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  • Motorcycle Legends 2: BSA – Pre-Order Now and Get FREE Delivery

    Motorcycle Legends 2: BSA – Pre-Order Now and Get FREE Delivery

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    The next chapter in the exciting new Motorcycle Legends series is almost here, celebrating one of the most iconic marques in British motorcycling history: BSA. Following the incredible success of Motorcycle Legends 1: Triumph – which has already sold out – Motorcycle Legends 2: BSA is set to be another must-have collector’s edition for motorcycle…

  • Entries Now Invited – Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale | 10–11 October 2026

    Entries Now Invited – Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale | 10–11 October 2026

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    Following the record-breaking Spring Stafford Sale – which saw two new world auction records established and over £4.2 million realised – Bonhams is now inviting entries for the Autumn Stafford Sale, held in conjunction with the internationally renowned Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford, UK. With motorcycle sales exceeding £8 million in 2025 and an industry-leading average 96% sell-through rate, Bonhams continues to…

  • Kempton Park Autojumble returns this July with live Iconic motorcycle auction

    Kempton Park Autojumble returns this July with live Iconic motorcycle auction

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    Kempton Park Motorcycle Autojumble returns on Saturday, July 18, with an added attraction for classic, modern and retro motorcycle enthusiasts as Iconic Auctioneers brings its London Motorcycle Sale to the event. Taking place at Kempton Park Racecourse, near London, the well-established autojumble is already a firm favourite in the motorcycle calendar, attracting hundreds of visitors and more…

  • Entries Now Invited for Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

    Entries Now Invited for Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

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    With motorcycle sales exceeding £8 million in 2025 and an industry-leading average 96% sell-through rate, Bonhams continues to set the benchmark for the international collectors’ motorcycle market.

  • Free 100+ page digital magazine celebrates the best of classic motorcycling and scootering

    Free 100+ page digital magazine celebrates the best of classic motorcycling and scootering

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    Discover more than 100 pages of fascinating features, stunning photography and expert writing from some of Britain’s leading classic motorcycle and scooter magazines – completely free to read online. IF you’re passionate about classic motorcycles and scooters, we’ve got something special for you. We’ve created a brand-new, completely free digital showcase magazine, bringing together some…

  • ‘One-off’ 2009 Millyard Viper V10 to be auctioned

    ‘One-off’ 2009 Millyard Viper V10 to be auctioned

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    A world record breaking motorcycle, among the most individually famous bikes on the planet, is going under the hammer.

  • Leaping Lena: The daring Australians who built the world’s fastest sidecar

    Leaping Lena: The daring Australians who built the world’s fastest sidecar

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    John Milton looks at how a handful of young Australians took on the world to win the sidecar landspeed record. The nickname ‘Leaping Lena’ has been used countless times in all manner of ways – a woman who jumped out of a Philadelphia window to avoid police arrest in 1920, pigeons, racehorses, cars, trains, even…

  • Bazza’s first!

    Bazza’s first!

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    Words: Bertie SimmondsPic: Mortons Archive Some Fifty years ago Barry Sheene took his first 500cc Grand Prix race win. It was just months after his near-death crash at Daytona and his victory set the scene for his two world championships in 1976 and 1977. Suzuki’s iconic RG500 would eventually win 49 races, four riders’ titles…

  • Sparton: the chapel-built British racer that scared the factory giants

    Sparton: the chapel-built British racer that scared the factory giants

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    For a brief period in the 1970s, one of the most powerful race bikes in the world was being built in a converted chapel in North Wales. Sparton was a collaboration between Barton Engineering and Spondon Engineering. Barton brought the two-stroke engine expertise, Spondon brought the frame-building brilliance, and together they created a machine that…

  • Len Vale-Onslow: the maverick who gave motorcycles the welded frame

    Len Vale-Onslow: the maverick who gave motorcycles the welded frame

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    From childhood crashes to the first welded production motorcycle frame, Len Vale-Onslow’s story is one of invention, risk-taking and what might have been. The name of Len Vale-Onslow needs little introduction. Born Leslie Vale-Onslow in 1900, he was introduced to motorcycles in 1908 when he rode a machine built by his brothers. A police constable…


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