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  • Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany

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    If your perception of northern France is that it’s flat and boring, you need to experience the annual three-day Tour du Calvados, run by the Lue sur Mer-based Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Club, writes Ian Kerr. 

  • Welsh Motoring Auction cancelled

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    The annual Welsh Motoring Auction on June 18th at Cothi Bridge has been reluctantly cancelled by the Auctioneers Peter Francis of Carmarthen.

  • A Shakespeare appreciation

    A Shakespeare appreciation

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    Vincent Day at Shakespeare County Raceway took place on April 17, 2016, with Stevenage’s finest celebrated in noisy style. 

  • Bonhams breaks records

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    Bonhams Stafford Sale set a new world-record price for a Brough Superior and for any British motorcycle sold at auction, as the gavel fell at an astounding £331,900 for the 1938 Brough Superior 750cc BS4. 

  • Sunbeam and Steve star at Stafford

    Sunbeam and Steve star at Stafford

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    The Classic MotorCycle backed show at Stafford saw a Best in Show award for a fabulous Sunbeam, with guest of honour Steve Parrish a popular appointment. 

  • Foggy at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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    Carl Fogarty will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 23-26 for the first time in eight years as he prepares to celebrate Triumph’s heritage. 

  • Sixth Ixion Cavalcade

    Sixth Ixion Cavalcade

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    On Sunday May 1, 2016, the Sunbeam MCC held the Sixth Ixion Cavalcade, to commemorate Canon Basil Davies, who wrote for The Motor Cycle under the pseudonym of ‘Ixion’ for many years from the earliest days of motorcycling.  

  • Guy in Scotland

    Guy in Scotland

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    TV and TT star Guy Martin took to the hills, rocks and mud of Scotland, to take part in the Scottish Pre-65 Trial, aboard an Ariel. He gamely battled on to the finish, classified as the final (157th) finisher in the results. 

  • Club stand success for DOT at Stafford

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    The 36th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle show took place over April 23/24, 2016. 

  • Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show: October 15-16, 2016

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    One of the funny things about quarterly publications such as Classic Dirt Bike is that while writing the news about this coming October’s Stafford, April’s event has only just happened…  


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