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Indian Four (pdf) Peter had in fact first set eyes on the 1937 four-in-line about 24 years ago, at which time it was owned by a Commander Hare who had an engineering business in Wrington. Little did he realise than that some three-odd years later he would become the next owner. However, by then the…

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Riders on the starting grid, preparing for the off. Start time was 8am In TCM’s September 2012 issue, we used a photograph from this same event, of winner Jim Whalley refuelling his Douglas, though this selection of pictures proved too irresistible to discard a revisit. To recap – the 1923 Grand Prix (then a single…

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Fiercely independent Theresa Wallach The fiercely independent motorcycle explorer was no stranger to long motorcycle trips, having, in 1935, ridden from London to Cape Town on Panther and sidecar, pulling a trailer. Accompanied by Florence Blenkiron, the journey is documented in a book, The Rugged Road. She was one of only three ladies to earn…

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1998 Velocette Street Scrambler History books will tell you that John Goodman (né Johannes Gutgemann, and temporarily trading as John Taylor) built the first Veloce motorcycle in 1905. You’ll also learn that the family business – run in turn by John’s sons Percy and Eugene, and his grandson Bertie – continued making motorcycles until the…

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