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Vincent Super 'D' Black Shadow for sale
1955 Vincent Super ‘D’ Black Shadow The rare bike will be offered at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on September 4-5, with a guide price of between £30,000-50,000. Only 144 Series D motorcycles were made in 1955 and matching numbers show SXW 606 was one of the final 38. The machine was purchased new by Johnnie…
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Reference: The Hesketh story
Hesketh 1200cc Vulcan “We should have thrown the whole motorcycle and engine away, and started again,” sighs Mick Broom, as he recalls post-production problems that tarnished the Hesketh V1000’s image as ‘the finest motorcycle in the world’. “It definitely needed more money and development time. I was an engineer, but suddenly I found myself involved…
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Reference: The Hesketh story
Hesketh 1200cc Vulcan “We should have thrown the whole motorcycle and engine away, and started again,” sighs Mick Broom, as he recalls post-production problems that tarnished the Hesketh V1000’s image as ‘the finest motorcycle in the world’. “It definitely needed more money and development time. I was an engineer, but suddenly I found myself involved…
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Jimmy Shaw's success
Jimmy Shaw leads in the Ulster GP Third Norton teamster, Joe Craig, made fastest time of the day in winning the 600cc class and coming in first ‘on the road’. But under the handicapping system used to determine the premier award winner, Shaw’s 2h 53m 25s, as opposed to Craig’s 2h 50m 44s, was enough…
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Essex Bikefest
Don Daly exercised his 1956 Manx Norton in sprint and circuit demonstrations With a broad class structure, anything with wheels and an engine had an opportunity to run up the North Weald airfield main runway's quarter mile strip. There were also circuit sessions for road race machinery on two and three wheels. Bernard White (1928…
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BSA Gold Star video
BSA Gold Star celebration video on YouTube Viny Parkinson writes: “Myself and few friends have recently posted a short film on YouTube about this iconic BSA Gold Star in celebration of its 75th birthday. “It was filmed in May around the North Downs area of Surrey by Richard Taylor, who has been making current affairs…
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BMW: sixty years of flat twins
BMW 60 years motorcycle production celebration article (pdf) The BMW story actually starts in Munich in March 1916 when Karl Rapp and Max Friz founded the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG to design and manufacture aero, engines for the fast expanding German air force. As is obvious from Richthofen's letter they were successful from the start. Soon…
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Watsonian centenary rally
Watsonian-Squire sidecars Founded by TF Watson in 1912, Watsonian has survived two world wars, the Great Depression of 1929 (and numerous economic recessions) and a devastating factory fire in 1930. Attractions at the Centenary Rally include a display of historic sidecars along with the company archives, driving skills test, prizes for ‘best in show’, celebrity guests,…
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Cassington Bike Night
Cassington Bike Night now back in business The Cassington Bike Night is run annually by the British Motorcycle Riders Club (BMRC), who meet each Monday in local establishment the Red Lion at Cassington. Sadly the event was cancelled last year after the council stated it needed to close roads because of road safety issues –…
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Road Test: Hesketh V1000
1982 Hesketh V1000 Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the third Baron Hesketh, inherited a fortune at an early age and spent it with notable enthusiasm. A lover of motorsport, in his mid-20s he bankrolled a private Formula One team that won a race during its third season in 1975 and finished fourth in the World Constructor’s Championship.…
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