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Stephen Ashcroft with his Eric Langton bike. The mudguards will soon be chromed to complete a restoration that has taken around two years. A glittering, colourful mix of bikes represented the evolution of track bikes down the years, the inevitable common features were the lack of brakes and gears. A Rudge represented the earliest years…

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New issue\’s out! • Editor\’s welcome • Archive photograph   • News   • Diary    • Subscribe and save    • Letters    • Motorcycles at the NEC    • National Motorcycle Museum Open Day     • Le Puy Notre-Dame     • Triumph 3T superprofile     • Triumph 3T and 3TA     • Panther Model 65     • Tommy Barker…

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The Herb Harris Collection of Texas has long been synonymous with the finest in classic British motorcycles, particularly Vincent HRD. It was Harris who discovered and lovingly restored the famous Rollie Free ‘Bathing Suit’ Vincent. Motorcycles consigned from this collection include the 1946 Vincent ‘1X’ Rapide B Prototype, the first postwar Vincent produced and the…

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Take a long-obsolete 250 BSA C15 grass track bike, change tyres, invert handlebars, make sprint bike! Peter Thomas enjoys the result The ever-popular track at Westonzoyland, near Bridgwater, Somerset, will host four meetings in 2015, in May, June, August and October. In April, July and October, the action transfers to Shakespeare County Raceway in Warwickshire.…

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Justin Newell blasts off the line on his way to a new personal best John Young was back out on the 500cc Triumph-JAP after the rained-off trip to Bonneville this summer. The most improved rider was Justin Newell on his Hagon-JAP. Alf Hagon supplied many kit-form sprinters, but there are few survivors. Justin found his…

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