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  • 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.

  • Italy shows how to keep classic bikes alive, kicking and FUN!

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    The ASI Moto Show has to be one of the best-kept secrets of the classic bike world in the UK – which, considering the advertising the Italian club has done over the 16 years it’s been running, is somewhat surprising, writes Ian Kerr, with pictures by himself and Tony Page. 

  • Wobbling ‘Dad’s Army’ invades Northern Ireland!

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    Picture the Dad’s Army scene as Captain Mainwaring addresses his mainly past their ‘sell-by’ date squad, writes Ted Bemand. 

  • More than half-a-million bikes in a year – Royal Enfield’s best financial results ever

    More than half-a-million bikes in a year – Royal Enfield’s best financial results ever

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    After selling more than half-a-million motorcycles in the last financial year, Royal Enfield has announced its best-ever results for a 12-month period. 

  • Vintage Tyres appoints new managing director

    Vintage Tyres appoints new managing director

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    Vintage Tyres, the world’s largest supplier of original-equipment tyres for enthusiast vehicles, has appointed Ben Field, who joined the company last June, as its new managing director. 

  • 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.  


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