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  • The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show gears up for another huge turnout

    The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show gears up for another huge turnout

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It’s just over a month until the world’s biggest and best celebration of classic motorcycles comes to Staffordshire County Showground. The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show takes place over the weekend of October 14-15 and it’s no exaggeration to say this year’s event may be the best ever. No Stafford show is complete without a…

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  • Suzuki Village at Stafford Classic Bike Show to display a whole host of rare machines

    Suzuki Village at Stafford Classic Bike Show to display a whole host of rare machines

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    Sam Hewitt

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    VISITORS to the upcoming Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show – October 14-15 – will have the opportunity to get up close to a variety of rare Suzukis, including the two RG500s which Barry Sheene powered to world championship success in 1976 and 1977. The iconic red, white and yellow machines will be joined by…

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  • Into its stride

    Into its stride

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Rounds three and four of the 2017 Lansdowne series were at Cadwell Park (June 3/4) and Castle Combe (July 8/9). Cadwell Park  It’s not often you can visit Cadwell and be blessed with sunshine but this time we were lucky and after taking to the track for the practice/qualifying session, it was Dean Stimpson, leader…

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  • Unstoppable!

    Unstoppable!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    BSA came out fighting as the war ended in 1945, announcing in August a thoroughly modern 350cc ohv single. The B31 derived from the former wartime prototype WD B30, but from the start it wore Small Heath’s new telescopic forks, designed by Val Page and BSA’s Herbert Perkins, to be produced on redundant gun-making machinery.…

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  • Museum LIVE

    Museum LIVE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Following the massive success of Museum LIVE over the past three years, Saturday, November 4 will see the museum host its fourth annual free open day when everyone will be invited to visit the museum collection free of charge. The event boasts star names Carl Fogarty and Freddie Spencer (and their wives) who’ll all be…

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  • ‘The Vibrationless Motorcycle’

    ‘The Vibrationless Motorcycle’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Positively luxurious, the 1909 Pierce was the first four-cylinder motorcycle manufactured in the USA for customer sale. With its massive tubular steel frame, it also stood out for the smoothness of its four-cylinder engine, leading to it being dubbed the ‘Vibrationless Motorcycle’. As a Pierce advert declared: “Pierce motorcycles are not made to compete in…

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  • Motorcycles to star at Kop Hill Climb

    Motorcycles to star at Kop Hill Climb

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The lovely Kop Hill Climb event in Buckinghamshire continues to go from strength to strength, with an atmosphere more akin to a garden party than a race meeting, though it’s all the better for that. Although the cars take top billing, the motorcycle cast is more than supporting, with a range of regulars that generally…

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  • Quality kit

    Quality kit

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Hampshireman Jim Devereux is well known both as an arch-Ariel enthusiast and for his immaculate restorations, several of which – including his ultra-rare four-valve Sloper (TCM February 2014) – have appeared in these pages. Jim’s latest Ariel was bought ready-restored though, and with the logic understood by all enthusiasts, he explains that: “Its restorer lives…

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  • Bonhams’ Stafford extravaganza

    Bonhams’ Stafford extravaganza

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    Sam Hewitt

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    There are a whole host of exciting, interesting and occasionally jaw-dropping machines in Bonhams’ autumn Stafford sale, on October 15. As well as the clear headline acts – including the Pierce Arrow on page 64 of this issue, and the Broughs and Vincents – are some other less obvious interesting artefacts; a 1933 Silver Arrow…

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  • Editor’s welcome

    Editor’s welcome

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    Sam Hewitt

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    So another month has flown by, in a whirl of events and rides, ranging from the grand scale Donington Classic to lots of local club runs, all the while managing to put plenty of miles on various bikes, including the Model 90 Sunbeam I rode at Banbury and which I’m lucky enough to have been…

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