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  • Road Test: ISDT Royal Enfield Bullet

    Road Test: ISDT Royal Enfield Bullet

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    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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  • Road Test: ISDT Royal Enfield Bullet

    Road Test: ISDT Royal Enfield Bullet

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    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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  • Mallory Park Open Day

    Mallory Park Open Day

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    There will be plenty to see with displays from all aspects of motorsport: • Classic F1 cars • BSB Superbike teams • Rally, including Group B • Speedway and Supermoto • Track day companies (2 and 4 wheel) • Race driving school • Mallory Motorsport Club • Classic vintage cars and bikes Plus there wll…

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  • Speedway anniversary

    Speedway anniversary

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    A variety of track-racing machinery on display at Paradise Park Speedway Museum Former speedway rider Peter Sampson, who rode for Swindon and Hackney, owns the Park complex. It is about 10 miles from High Beech in Epping Forest, which is generally accepted as the site of the first 'dirt-track' event as speedway was initially known.…

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  • The way we were: March

    The way we were: March

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    Using a 496cc Blue Star solo and 591cc M21 sidecar outfit selected from dealers’ stock by ACU officials, the challenge was to follow the English and Welsh coastline without stopping the engines (a distance of about 2500 miles). This included ascents of Bwlch-y-Groes, (the equivalent of climbing 31,000ft at an average incline of 1-in-4.9), riding…

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  • Great Scottish show moving to Edinburgh

    Great Scottish show moving to Edinburgh

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    Taking place on the weekend of August 9-10, two spectacular days of action will see visitors treated to row-upon-row of display bikes from clubs and private entries, manufacturers, trade stands, autojumbles and star guests covering both modern and classic machines and eras. Exhibition manager Nick Mowbray said: “To see our portfolio of events expanding is…

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  • Geoff Duke scrambling down under

    Geoff Duke scrambling down under

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    You can purchase this image at www.mortonsarchive.com The capitals are as used by Motor Cycling. They added a strap line, this all in capitals, across the top of the page: “WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS RIDER WRITES FOR YOU.” And, over four parts running in consecutive weeks, that’s what Geoff Duke did. While the main point of…

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  • Fastest machine on earth

    Fastest machine on earth

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    World’s fastest Triumph (pdf) Rider Bill Johnson is as slim as they come. Yet the light-alloy monocoque cockpit fits him as closely as his underwear. A course of muscle building and he'd be in trouble. Elbow width is a bare 20in. The most Spartan wire padding keeps his backside only 3in off the Utah salt,…

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  • Brisk walk through Bristol Show 2014!

    Brisk walk through Bristol Show 2014!

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    Quick walkaround to get a feel for the show.

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  • Club stand winners, Bristol 2014

    Club stand winners, Bristol 2014

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    The winners take their bows.

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