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Sensational Stroker: DKW SS250
Words: James Robinson | Photography: Joe Dick / MORTONS ARCHIVE / PAUL INGHAM DKW was the leading light in 250cc racing during the 1930s, its works machines all-conquering. There was a privateer version too, of which this is a rare example. There are some motorcycles which have attained a mythical status, there are some which…
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Wonderful Whitfield
Alf Craker and his Sunbeam Model 9- judged Best in Show. The Dover Transport Museum was held at Whitfield this year, on May 8, in a former industrial unit up on the Downs, behind the ferry port. Run entirely by volunteers, the museum, a unique attraction in Kent, has an amazing collection of artefacts covering…
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Dirt tracking in the UK
Chris Scheltens’ purposeful-looking Triumph takes a breather. With various classes, it was the vintage category which produced the most interesting machinery, with a Harley XR750 doing battle with a host of Triumphs, the majority of them Trackmaster-style twins, but among them a rigid framed TRW! Peter Jordan did well on his C15, while there was…
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Lasota medals auctioned
Peter James Lasota (1935-2011) was a career Army soldier with the Royal Corps of Signals, who was an ardent motorcycle trialist. Read more in August’s edition of TCM
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VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began
Richard Huckle receives the VMCC’s 70th anniversary baton from Bill Barns. After viewing the motorcycle exhibits that include an ex-Titch Allen Rex-Acme Brooklands racer, Berkshire chairman Bill Barns handed over the baton to Brooklands chairman Richard Huckle outside the iconic clubhouse. Read more in August’s edition of TCM
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British scooter exhibition
A Raleigh Roma and DMW Deemster are two of the unusual scooters on display at the Haynes Motor Museum, near Yeovil. Housed within the Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil, the collection showcases the development of the motor scooter from its beginnings in the 1920s through to the demise of scooter manufacture in Britain in…
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Kempton comes on board
Eric Patterson, left, who has sold the Kempton Park jumbles and shows, shakes the hand of Andy Kitchen from Mortons, the new owners. The events company has added the seven one-day events to its already packed calendar, which includes the two Stafford classic shows, the Telford off-road show and the ’Normous Newark autojumbles. Read more…
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A Social History of Motorcycling: Episode 8 – Mods vs. rockers (1964)
From May 1964 and 59 Club members congregate in Trafalgar Square, to collect posters promoting Christian Aid Week, which they then distributed. On December 19, 1963, a feature in Motor Cycle magazine invited readers aged under 25 to answer the question: ‘Are you a Mod or a Rocker?’ Starting with the assertion that “Sitting on…
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Imps in the Island
New Imperial’s finest moment? Arguably, yes. With managing director Norman Downs on his deathbed, Bob Foster raced to victory in the 1936 Lightweight TT. For decades, enthusiasts pointed out the 1936 250cc New Imperial unit construction racer was the last British machine to win an IoM Lightweight TT. The claim stood until 1981 when Lancashire’s…
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The yellow motorbike revived
Many years after parting with his last, lamented M21, Mr Wilson is once more a contented soul. Sometimes, the classic motorcycle planets do appear to align. Looking back over a lifetime’s riding, of all the British bikes I had owned, I found the only one I really regretted having let go a dozen years before,…
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