Mark Lancaster

  • Merlin Rivington AAA jeans combine classic looks with serious rider protection

    Merlin Rivington AAA jeans combine classic looks with serious rider protection

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    Merlin has launched its Rivington AAA Jean, a new men’s motorcycle riding jean designed to offer high-level protection without losing the look and feel of everyday denim. Available in black or blue, the Rivington is a straight-leg jean with a regular rise and easy fit, making it suitable for riders who want something comfortable both…

  • Bonhams returns to Stafford after record-breaking spring sale

    Bonhams returns to Stafford after record-breaking spring sale

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    Following the record-breaking success of the Spring Stafford Sale, Bonhams is now inviting entries for the Autumn Stafford Sale, held alongside the UK’s premier Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show. For owners considering selling, the sale offers a high-profile route to market, combining Bonhams’ specialist motorcycle expertise with access to an international collector audience. With motorcycle sales…

  • Pip Higham, a tribute

    Pip Higham, a tribute

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    Bob Dixon remembers… One of my fondest memories of my dear friend Pip is a road trip we did together back in the early noughties when I accompanied Pip and his brother Bill (also sadly no longer with us) to participate in the Moto Club Piston Rally in the Picos De Europa. We loaded up…

  • When HRC unleashed the RVF750 at the 1991 Isle of Man TT

    When HRC unleashed the RVF750 at the 1991 Isle of Man TT

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    Back in 1991 the most exotic prototype four-stroke racing motorcycles took part in the punishing Isle of Man TT races. Bertie Simmonds reports… Two very special RVF750s were given to then TT legends Steve Hislop and Carl Fogarty to race around the punishing 37.73 mile Mountain course. In some respects, the bikes were the four-stroke…

  • Rickman Day returns to Sammy Miller Museum for 60th anniversary celebration

    Rickman Day returns to Sammy Miller Museum for 60th anniversary celebration

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    Rickman Day will return to the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum on Sunday, June 14, as the museum hosts a special celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the legendary Rickman marque. Taking place from 10am to 4pm, the event is being organised by the Rickman family and friends, with support from the museum team, and will…

  • R&G Deepens Partnership With Royal Enfield With Flat Track Schools Support

    R&G Deepens Partnership With Royal Enfield With Flat Track Schools Support

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    Crash protection specialist R&G is strengthening its partnership with Royal Enfield by offering a range of crash protection to the UK Dirt Craft school and the Flat Track Academy in the Netherlands. With R&G already a sponsor of the manufacturer’s Build.Train.Race series, this latest collaboration sees the school bikes equipped with R&G’s Bar End Sliders,…

  • Japanese Street Scramblers: Kawasaki W series

    Japanese Street Scramblers: Kawasaki W series

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    Kawasaki’s 1960s foray into four-stroke street scramblers produced just one model, but, as Steve Cooper explains, it was definitely a machine with merits. Kawasaki’s W series parallel twins stem from the Meguro Company that had produced similar 500s from the early 1950s. Towards the end of the decade a power unit very reminiscent of that…

  • Swan Motor Manufacturing

    Swan Motor Manufacturing

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    The Swan Motor Manufacturing began life in Frodsham High Street in Cheshire in around 1910 and exhibited its first motorcycle at the Olympia Show in 1911. This was an open-frame machine with, unusually for the time, front and rear suspension. The founder of the company was FH Thornton who lived in a large house opposite…

  • Ural gonna like this!

    Ural gonna like this!

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    Mick Payne takes a look at a recent build from F2 Motorcycles which marries a Royal Enfield with a Ural sidecar. [STANDFIRST] David Angel of F2 Motorcycles is perhaps best known as the importer of Velorex sidecars, but there are a large number of enthusiasts for whom he is the ‘go-to’ source for all things…

  • Japanese Classics Display Day rolls into ’Normous Newark Autojumble this June

    Japanese Classics Display Day rolls into ’Normous Newark Autojumble this June

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    The ‘Normous Newark Autojumble returns to Newark Showground on Sunday, June 7, with a special focus for the day — Japanese Classics Display Day. Following the success of previous themed display days, the June event will celebrate classic Japanese machinery, giving owners and enthusiasts the chance to bring together a wide range of much-loved bikes…


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