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  • January Issue

    January Issue

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    The January edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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  • January Issue

    January Issue

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    The January edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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  • December Issue

    December Issue

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    The December edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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  • December Issue

    December Issue

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    The December edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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  • Adding colour

    Adding colour

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    Thanks to a software programme update, we are now able to colourise pictures, pretty much with the click of a button. The results are, we think, rather extraordinary. Bringing to mind Peter Jackson’s 2018 They Shall Not Grow Old, when First World War footage was colourised, the added colour brings a different element to the…

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  • Top 10 Triumphs

    Top 10 Triumphs

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    In the December 2022 edition of The Classic MotorCycle, we’ve a feature on 10 notable Triumphs from the National Motorcycle Museum, the story produced in collaboration with Motorcycle Live!, the annual NEC, Birmingham, show, this year held over November 19-27. Our feature details 10 models from Triumph’s 120 year history, ranging from Pioneer days in…

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  • Mike Hailwood's Grand Prix crash x-ray is up for auction

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    A genuine x-ray from Mike Hailwood’s Grand Prix crash, alongside a copy of the new book Mike Hailwood in 100 Objects, is currently accepting bids on eBay.  This is a rare opportunity to own a truly unique piece of motorcycle racing memorabilia.  The x-ray is Mike Hailwood’s original 1975 check-up x-ray from Rosebank Clinic, Johannesburg (06/05/75) of…

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  • Phil Read MBE 1939-2022

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    Phil Read MBE, ‘The Prince of Speed’, died on Thursday morning.  The Read family released a statement on Thursday to report that he had died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of October 6th. He was 83. Phil is best known for winning Yamaha’s first world championship title in 1964 with four more Yamaha-mounted…

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  • Preview: November Issue of The Classic MotorCycle

    Preview: November Issue of The Classic MotorCycle

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    The November edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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  • Preview: November Issue of The Classic MotorCycle

    Preview: November Issue of The Classic MotorCycle

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    The November edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…

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