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Road Test: Triumph 6T Thunderbird

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18th March 2014

Triumph Thunderbird 6T It required virtually no restoration and would have been relatively unremarkable, even for having been registered in the year after production ceased, but for the fact that it was 100 per cent original and in exceptional condition. It also came with a full history from the date of sale in 1967, by…
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It's Stafford showtime!

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13th March 2014

The 34th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show takes place on the weekend of April 26-27 and along with the man himself, both the MV Agusta and Ferrari that took Surtees to two- and four-wheeled world championship glory will be in attendance. James Robinson, editor of the event’s title publication The Classic Motorcycle, said: “What…
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VMCC winter wandering

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11th March 2014

Dave Collett continues decades of motorcycling with his recently-acquired 5T Triumph Early arrival offered a chance to socialise and see what bikes had received attention over the winter. Arch-enthusiast Gavin Shaw has a four-day rally in Norway pencilled in. Final destination is Trondheim, but Gavin is making the trip on a competition Bantam. The only…
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The way we were: April

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10th March 2014

1914 Teddy Kickham and F G Ball were spotted on the new ohv 348cc Douglas twins with redesigned cams at the BARC (British Automobile Racing Club’s) Easter Monday meeting at Brooklands. Our correspondent also remarked on the number of racers using Senspray carburettors, including Kickham, W A Jacobs (248cc Singer), M Heinzel (267cc NSU) and…
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The Classic MotorCycle out now – April 2014

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7th March 2014

April TCM out now! • Editor's intro • Archive photograph • News • Diary • Subscribe and save • Bristol show • What we did this winter • Letters • Norton Dominator Super Profile • BSA V-twin • Beardmore Precision • Straight from the plate – Thruxton, 1951 • Reader’s restoration – Rudge Multi •…
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Classic Camera: Dicing on the cheap, July 1964

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7th March 2014

Dixon explained: “I rode 280 miles to Holyhead, crossed to Dublin to compete in the Skerries 100, then rode it back to London. Total mileage was almost 900 miles, and I carried all my gear – leathers, tools, clothes – on the bike.” It was an attempt to prove that racing 1930s style –when many…
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Archive image: The film Derby, June 1925

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7th March 2014

And it took place with the full knowledge – nay, collaboration – of the police, who stipulated sternly that there must be “no accidents” but who “…entered into the spirit of the game, and whenever they realised who was coming, the officers on duty held up other traffic and urged the film riders on.” In…
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Ernie Lyons (1914-2014)

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4th March 2014

Riding a road-derived Triumph twin in terrible conditions, he beat the ‘pukka’ racing machines – despite the front downtuube of his frame braking. Lyons started racing in 1935, on an aged AJS Big Port, made his Manx GP debut in 1938, enjoyed an association with Rex McCandless and rode a V-twin Moto Guzzi in the…
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New website for Classic Bike Shows

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28th February 2014

New website for Classic Bike Shows Exhibition manager Nick Mowbray said: “With six weekend events, as well as several one day autojumbles, as part of our calendar now our web presence has been rapidly increased in recent years. “We’ve invested time and effort into developing our social media sites and the Classic Bike Shows app,…
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Road Test: ISDT Royal Enfield Bullet

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24th February 2014

Bespoke Royal Enfield Bullet The 1967 International Six Days Trial at Zakopane could only be described as an embarrassing debacle for Great Britain’s National teams. Motor Cycle magazine’s report screamed; ‘ISDT; IT’S EAST GERMANY AGAIN – BRITAIN’S TROPHY TEAM THRASHED IN POLAND’, and that was certainly not overstating the case. Only two members of the…
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