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  • BLACK FRIDAY DEALS – SAVE ON SUBSCRIPTIONS, TICKETS & MERCH!

    BLACK FRIDAY DEALS – SAVE ON SUBSCRIPTIONS, TICKETS & MERCH!

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    For a limited time only, you can save £££s in one of our biggest sales of the year! Treat yourself, or get started on your Christmas shopping early with up to 50% off books, 10% off advance show tickets and 30% off merch and bookazines! Whether you’re in to classic or modern motorcycles, reading about…

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  • Bond bike raises £138k for a Shropshire hospice

    Bond bike raises £138k for a Shropshire hospice

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    The motorbike ridden by Daniel Craig in the latest James Bond film has been auctioned for £138,600 in support of Severn Hospice The Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE which appeared in the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, was sold at auction on Wednesday. The stunt bike appeared in a pre-credit chase scene through…

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  • Tribute Twin

    Tribute Twin

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    Ariel enthusiast Dave Owen owns one of a small run of alloy-engined KHA twins built to celebrate the marque’s fine achievements in the ISDT. Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN Dave Owen’s Ariels have featured in TCM already. His VB 600 SV single was tested in March 2019, and on a Dutch Ariel rally, his…

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  • Lucky Seven! Barry Sheene's final winning machine at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

    Lucky Seven! Barry Sheene's final winning machine at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

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    A Manx Norton ridden by motorcycling great Barry Sheene to victory in his last winning race will be one of the stars at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale on 15/16 October, featuring alongside a host of trophies won by the late World Champion. The latter are offered direct from the Sheene family. ex-Barry Sheene 2001 FWD…

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  • Lucky Seven! Barry Sheene's final winning machine at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

    Lucky Seven! Barry Sheene's final winning machine at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale

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    A Manx Norton ridden by motorcycling great Barry Sheene to victory in his last winning race will be one of the stars at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale on 15/16 October, featuring alongside a host of trophies won by the late World Champion. The latter are offered direct from the Sheene family. ex-Barry Sheene 2001 FWD…

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  • Winds of Change

    Winds of Change

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    By 1936, BSA were in a trough. For once, their competition team of Bert Perrigo, Jack Amott, Harold Flook and Marjorie Cottle failed to win a major trial, and sales, although steady, weren’t picking up, as the UK struggled out of the world recession. Time for a different approach. At the Leader’s unveiling, Val Page…

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  • Dressed to Thrill: BSA Rocket Gold Star

    Dressed to Thrill: BSA Rocket Gold Star

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    This BSA Rocket Gold Star isn’t perhaps what it appears to be – but then its owner is perfectly happy to acknowledge that.  Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN ‘A Rocket goes into orbit… New clubman’s six-fifty twin from BSA’ was the headline which greeted readers of The Motor Cycle on February 8, 1962, announcing…

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  • 31 Speedway Motorcycles to be auctioned at Stafford this October

    31 Speedway Motorcycles to be auctioned at Stafford this October

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    This October’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show features an extraordinary collection of 31 Speedway Motorcycles, reflecting the glory years of a sport, once the second most popular in the UK. The Forshaw Speedway Collection represents 60 years of speedway history from its beginnings in the 1920s. Led by an exemplary pre-war American duo of a Crocker…

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  • Book of the Week: Taking it to the Limit

    Book of the Week: Taking it to the Limit

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    Our book of the week this time around is Taking it to the Limit by the award-winning Peter Starr! With over 40 years experience in and around the motorcycle industry and 35 years as an award winning documentary film maker Peter Starr is very uniquely positioned to champion his favorite sport. His first book is…

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  • PREVIEW: October issue of The Classic MotorCycle

    PREVIEW: October issue of The Classic MotorCycle

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    The October 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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