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A scintillating single
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The Venom sports version of the Velocette 500 single was added to the Veloce range in 1955 and rapidly won all-round approval…
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Rare Honda RC30 up for auction
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Auctioneer Bonhams is set to sell Fred Merkel’s Honda RC30 and a Yamaha TZ250W used by French star Jean-François Baldé in Paris on February 6-7…
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The way we were: February 1963
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Snow, ice, bitter cold and sleet failed to deter thousands of enthusiasts converging on Gwrych Castle for the annual Dragon Valley…
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RME quick action throttles
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Don’t poo-poo these as ‘modern contraptions’. These give you the option of a modern throttle, adjustable for four different ratios of turn for your classic road or race bike…
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Speedway reunion
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Local dealer Shaw Harley-Davidson celebrated 10 years in business with a show at the Winter Gardens Theatre in Eastbourne last Sunday, Jan 13. The Eastbourne Eagles speedway team was represented and Chris McDonald was re-acquainted with a 1972 Jawa speedway bike raced by World Speedway champion, New Zealander Ivan Mauger…
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Ride the National Road Rally 2013!
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The National Road Rally is one of the best excuses to use your bike this year. It involves a mid-summer weekend filled with riding your bike with other riders, finding and exploring some of the best roads in the UK and even getting an award…
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Sammy’s 180mph marvel joins Bristol line-up
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A machine ranked as one of the 10 greatest motorcycles of all time and regarded as a technological marvel of its time will be displayed at Bristol’s best bike show for the first time…
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Isle of Man to see its first Chinese TT entry
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History will be made this summer when Hampshire-based firm WK Bikes races the first Chinese bike ever to enter the Isle of Man TT. Australian rider David Johnson has been signed up to ride the 650cc twin in the Lightweight TT Race due to be held on Friday, June 8, the final race day…
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Help Chris go pure NUTs
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The pre First World War era saw loads of development in the motorcycle world as the devices changed from bicycles with an engine bolted to them to properly designed and constructed machines in their own right…
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The way we were: February 1938
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Under the headline ‘motor cycles for all’ The Motor Cycle’s editorial informed there were 320 motorcycles included in the year’s buyer’s guide published on February 10…
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