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  • A ‘split single’ flat twin

    A ‘split single’ flat twin

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    Ingenious projected layout for a horizontally opposed two-stroke, to address the inefficiencies of unburnt fuel being wasted, and a 198cc German luxury lightweight motorcycle from Durkopp

  • International Jampot Rally

    International Jampot Rally

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    The International Jampot Rally is a great highlight in the calendar of the AJS and Matchless Owners’ Club. With Britain already having various reasons to be cheerful this year, it seemed only right that the home country could also have the honour of marking the club’s diamond jubilee…

  • Honington Sprint

    Honington Sprint

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    Trying to address the shortage of suitable tracks, the Vintage MCC Sprint Section took the opportunity (and a financial gamble) to hire the long runway at RAF Honington, Suffolk in May for a quarter-mile event on May 20…

  • NSU Quick 50

    NSU Quick 50

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    Quick and Quickly puns apart, the NSU Quick 50, based on a proven design, became one of the forerunners of the renowned sports 50s of the 1970s, though the diminutive NSUs are now rare. Richard Rosenthal reports…

  • CMM trackday filling up fast

    CMM trackday filling up fast

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    Classic Motorcycle Mechanics’ summer trackday at Donington Park on Friday, August 3 is filling up fast. In conjunction with Classic Bike Trackdays we’ve secured one of the highly sought after ‘noisy’ days at Donington Park in Leicestershire…

  • Crystal Palace Show and Sprint

    Crystal Palace Show and Sprint

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    The road race circuit at Crystal Palace in south London closed 40 years ago. When it was active, the motorcycle events that formed a large part of the calendar were extremely popular. In the years since closure there have been occasions when race engines have been heard again…

  • Luggage Tidy

    Luggage Tidy

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    New from British bike kit storage experts BikerTidy, is the new Luggage Tidy. Designed to protect expensive top boxes, panniers and the like, the Tidy gets them off the garage floor so they don’t get scratched, kicked or even used as a tabletop!

  • Court overturns award

    Court overturns award

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    Leading UK rider groups have written to Justice Minister Kenneth Clarke after a recent Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that had been made in favour of a motorcyclist seriously injured in a collision with a lorry…

  • Post vintage class

    Post vintage class

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    There will be a post-vintage motorcycles class at the Sunbeam Club’s Garden of England Run for the first time this year. The event, the 26th of its kind, is due to take place on Sunday, July 15

  • Gloucester Steam Extravaganza

    Gloucester Steam Extravaganza

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    The Gloucestershire Steam and Vintage Extravaganza, now in its 38th year, will take place once again at its new home at South Cerney Airfield, Cirencester…


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