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  • Tales from the glory days of racing

    Tales from the glory days of racing

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    140-page digital ‘Seen from the Saddle’ edition, celebrating past track heroes View our 16-page Seen from the Saddle teaser below. Digital purchase options are shown on the back cover.     With the end of the First World War in 1918, thousands of British servicemen returned home to a nation that had been altered forever.…

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  • CRMC championship

    CRMC championship

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    Kevin Hunt and Alan Cracknell (1172 Patterson Imp) four-times victors at Lydden With track time strictly limited on Sunday due to planning regulations, the club managed 20 races and two parade sessions on both days of the event. CRMC provides the opportunity to race machinery from an era when the Japanese manufacturers were displacing the…

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  • Brooklands: The 1940s relived

    Brooklands: The 1940s relived

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    Chris, Katherine and Sarah Stevens with the 1933 Ivory Calthorpe. Family transport popular with the family and their friends A vintage market offered clothing and all sorts of paraphernalia for those who liked time travel from their wardrobes, or lifestyle. Music from the decade was constant and courtesy of both live bands and DJs. It…

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  • Bonhams Banbury Run sale

    Bonhams Banbury Run sale

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    With 102 lots of iconic bikes available, the forthcoming Bonhams sale will have something for everyone. John Myerscough’s Brough Superior 1096cc 11-50hp is part of The Banbury Run auction – a piece of iconic motoring history estimated at £18,000 – £26,000 and offered without reserve. The 1928/31 Brough Superior Overhead 680 is the second bike…

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  • The way we were in June

    The way we were in June

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    1964 With just one ride in the year’s IoM TT Mike Hailwood (500cc MV four) could afford no mistakes if he was to mount the winner’s rostrum and in a near perfectly planned race he made no errors. Opening his account posting 101.56mph from a standing start, Mike just recorded one after another 100+mph lap…

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  • Vintage, veteran and classic show, Amberley, Sussex

    Vintage, veteran and classic show, Amberley, Sussex

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    Moto-Guzzi enthusiasts Terri and David Carpenter with the unusual 1964 Galletto that has required much attention As well as quarrying, the museum has many other displays relating to  a variety of other industries. A number of clubs supported the occasion, such as the BSA Bantam Club with a selection of the strokers that added to…

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  • RRL Riders Tour

    RRL Riders Tour

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    The RRL Riders Tour will see over 200 motorcycle riders ride 99km through Paris and the surrounding countryside on their custom café racers and cruisers, accompanied by a fleet of vintage cars and motorcycles. It promises to be loud, exciting and visually stunning, with some of Europe’s most dedicated riders showing off their awesome machines…

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  • Road Test: Jawa 90 Roadster

    Road Test: Jawa 90 Roadster

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    Jawa 90 Roadster For those of us of a certain age this nutty 90 would have been the motorcycle of our dreams as we sent off for our first provisional licence. Instant acceleration would have equated to instant fun and with its Jikov carburettor set at 90 degrees down draught and porting directly into the…

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  • Road Test: Jawa 90 Roadster

    Road Test: Jawa 90 Roadster

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    Jawa 90 Roadster For those of us of a certain age this nutty 90 would have been the motorcycle of our dreams as we sent off for our first provisional licence. Instant acceleration would have equated to instant fun and with its Jikov carburettor set at 90 degrees down draught and porting directly into the…

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  • Road Test: Jawa 90 Roadster

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    Jawa 90 Roadster For those of us of a certain age this nutty 90 would have been the motorcycle of our dreams as we sent off for our first provisional licence. Instant acceleration would have equated to instant fun and with its Jikov carburettor set at 90 degrees down draught and porting directly into the…

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