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  • ‘Over 200 exotic motorcycles’ to go to auction next month

    ‘Over 200 exotic motorcycles’ to go to auction next month

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    More than 200 “exotic” motorcycles including Ducatis, collectible Japanese sports bikes and two-stroke street machines, will go to auction in Tampa, Florida on November 9.

  • October 2019 Issue on sale now!

    October 2019 Issue on sale now!

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    Laverda Loud & Proud! Honda FT500! Honda Blackbird! This month’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine has got the lot!

  • Stafford 2019: View Bonhams catalogue for free

    Stafford 2019: View Bonhams catalogue for free

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    With the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show only a few weeks away, Bonhams are showing their catalogue ahead of the show for free.

  • Lind’s a learner

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    Television and radio star shows off her small-wheeled transport. Photograph: MORTONS ARCHIVE From July 1948, actress, comedian, singer and radio star Lind Joyce explains the workings of her Brockhouse Corgi scooter to a youngster riding

  • Nine years that rocked the world: Part 1

    Nine years that rocked the world: Part 1

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    This year marks the diamond jubilee of Honda’s first appearance at the Isle of Man TT in 1959, and there hasn’t been a single year since without the successful participation of racing machines built by

  • Showtime

    Showtime

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    As the International Dirt Bike Show moves into a new phase, we take a look at dirt bike shows from the past. Words: Tim Britton Pics: Mortons Archive The International Dirt Bike Show had a

  • CDB show dinner with special guests

    CDB show dinner with special guests

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    We all like a bite to eat and if there’s a chance to enjoy some food in good company and listen to some tales teased from the star guests by Jack Burnicle, then so much

  • Gearing up for a sidevalve

    Gearing up for a sidevalve

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    So Arthur Pentney (OBM Letters July) likes his Norton sidevalve solos but not his BSA M20 which was “somewhat heavy and ponderous and lacking cornering ability” – could this be because he was talking of

  • Cadwell pics parte the seventh

    Cadwell pics parte the seventh

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    When Colin’s nephew gave me this batch when we worked for a Lincoln company in the 1980s, he had a huge pile of the card-backed prints. I just wonder what happened to them all if

  • Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

    Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

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    In the quest to assemble the big bits as quickly as possible, the details often have to wait. Words and photographs: Tim Britton I doubt anyone who has assembled a motorcycle of any sort will


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