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  • Sammy Miller on stage at Bristol Show

    Sammy Miller on stage at Bristol Show

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    Legend Sammy Miller interviewed by Tim Britton Belfast born Sammy has had a remarkable motorcycling career. He started as a racer on a shoestring budget, with great success, then transferred his skillset to trials riding, where his abilities allowed equal success. Renowned as a non-faller, Sammy won just about everything in every discipline of motorcycle…

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  • Reference: Mark 1 Cammy Velocettes: which to choose?

    Reference: Mark 1 Cammy Velocettes: which to choose?

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    Velocette Model K The Mk.I (distinguished by the exposed valve gear) was to continue until 1935, when it gave way to the more sophisticated (enclosed valve gear, so cleaner) Mk.II, for road-going use anyway. By then, the racers were differently ‘coded’ though the lineage was clear. Mk.Is continued to give good service to sporting riders…

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  • Reference: Mark 1 Cammy Velocettes: which to choose?

    Reference: Mark 1 Cammy Velocettes: which to choose?

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    Velocette Model K The Mk.I (distinguished by the exposed valve gear) was to continue until 1935, when it gave way to the more sophisticated (enclosed valve gear, so cleaner) Mk.II, for road-going use anyway. By then, the racers were differently ‘coded’ though the lineage was clear. Mk.Is continued to give good service to sporting riders…

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  • Norton Domiracer fired up at Bristol!

    Norton Domiracer fired up at Bristol!

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    Domiracer fired up Chris's bike is as near as anyone will get to the rare racing machine, as the project was wound up shortly after the original bike finished third in the 1961 Senior TT behind Mike Hailwood and Bob McIntyre who were on highly tuned race-bred Manx Nortons. The original Domiracer, developed from the…

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  • Bristol Show gates open!

    Bristol Show gates open!

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    Gates open at Bristol! The 33rd Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show runs today and tomorrow (February 16-17) at the Royal Bath & West Showground and promises to be a weekend of growling precision-made engines, lively debate about motorcycling days gone by and appreciation for some of Britain’s finest bikes. The queues at the pedestrian…

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  • Bristol MotorCycle show: setting up for success

    Bristol MotorCycle show: setting up for success

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    Setting up in readiness for weekend show Labelled the 'Bristol' Show as a tribute to the Show's origins, it's actually held 25 miles down the road at Shepton Mallet, Somerset… The Bristol Show is the third largest classic show in the UK and probably the most popular for those who want to soak up the…

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  • Gravesend Thameside Cup Trial

    Gravesend Thameside Cup Trial

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    With various routes, the trial catered for a number of classes with the ‘over-50s’ (riders, rather than bikes) and Pre-67/twinshock both attracting good entries, although the trial was a relatively local event. The pre-67 bikes were an interesting mix of the Spanish two-strokes that revolutionised trials in the sixties and the once obsolete British lightweights.…

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  • VMCC Sprint section AGM

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    Brighton Speed Trials class winners (from left) David White and Sheelagh Neal receive the John Rich Memorial Trophy from John Manzano As well as the club prizes, the opportunity was taken to honour the winners from last year’s Brighton Speed Trials. The Brighton presentation usually follows the meeting, but that was impossible after the sidecar…

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  • The way we were: March 1938

    The way we were: March 1938

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    “Regulations governing the visibility of number plates have just been made by the Ministry of Transport. While this means that the pile of Acts and Regulations becomes a fraction higher – goodness knows how many laws and regulations now affect the motorist – the new regulations are essentially sound. In the past the regulations rather…

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  • 1926 Lightweight TT

    1926 Lightweight TT

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    Basically, Ghersi used a different make of spark plug than specified on his entry form. It was decided, some hours after the race had finished, to exclude him and the Guzzi from the final results but bizarrely not strip him of his fastest lap accolade, the official explanation being he was excluded from the final…

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