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Straight from the plate: JABS March 1951
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By 1951, the racing machine of choice was the Featherbed Manx Norton – but there were too few of those to go round and they were only made available to the select few anyway…
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Hong Kong quay,1956
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The crowded quayside area of Hong Kong bay in 1956. The rider of the fairly new Golden Flash BSA pauses to look across the bay. Near to the rider, fisherman aboard their small craft go about their business…
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The Classic MotorCycle on sale – August, 2013
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Best buy ever? AMC’s rigid 350 singles had it all, plus Moto Guzzi V8, the ultimate Grand Prix racer, dirt track Douglas, Vincent Black Shadow and all the usual regulars, columnists and archive articles. Plus FREE 1939 TT supplement. Don’t miss it!
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Durham event correction
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The Durham autojumble recently advertised in Old Bike Mart will take place on Saturday July 13, NOT as printed in the current issue of OBM…
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Eurojumble celebrating two decades of bargains
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One of Britain’s most popular motorcycling autojumbles is gearing up to celebrate a significant landmark…
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Classic Camera: Paso at Brands, August 1968
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On May 20, 1973 – coincidentally 40 years ago to the day that this is being written – a dreadful accident at Monza claimed the life of Finnish star Jarno Saarinen and experienced Italian Renzo Pasolini, after Pasolini crashed and Saarinen simply had nowhere to go…
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Dr James Kelly Swanston 1908-2013
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The motorcycling fraternity has lost one of its oldest and most accomplished racing competitors with the passing of James Kelly Swanston, who would have been 105 years of age on March 26, 2013…
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Exciting duels at Oulton Park
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The second race meeting of the Lansdowne Classic Series was at Oulton Park on May 31-June 1, where Bemsee were the hosts. It was a Friday-Saturday meeting with practice an qualifying on the Friday and a morning warm up and two eight lap races on the Saturday…
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VMCC raffle results
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The VMCC held its Jan-June 2013 raffle draw last week and has just released details of the winners. Lucky winner of the top prize, a 1959 Velocette Venom, was Carl Storer from Leeds…
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