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The National Motorcycle Museum has announced that their Museum LIVE event is postponed until October 2021. The event was due to take place on Saturday 31 October 2020, but issues revolving around social distancing requirements due to Covid-19 means Museum LIVE “simply isn’t possible”. James Hewing, Museum Director, thanked everybody who has supported the event since…

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Back in August 1957, John Surtees took viewers for a ride when the BBC’s television programme, ‘Let’s go motor cycling’, filmed a lap of Oulton Park with the World Champion. That June, John had come second in the Senior TT on his 500/4 MV Agusta, in the longest ever Grand Prix, at 8 laps, 3hrs,…

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I am a regular reader of your magazine and was particularly interested in the article in the June issue on the Vinc ent-HRDs – I completely agree with you on the handling between Series As, Bs and Cs. I have been a lifelong devotee of Vincents since I was 19 (now 72) and besides a…

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The National Motorcycle Museum has launched an urgent appeal because of concerns about how and when the museum will be able to reopen. The National Motorcycle Museum receives no external funding, meaning the museum relies on visitors to the museum and income from conference business and two sister hotels. Hospitality and leisure has been one of the…

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For the last five years, the profits of Wemoto’s charity t-shirts have been destined for the Manx GP Supporters’ Club, a charity the company wholeheartedly supports and will continue to raise funds for in the coming years. But in light of recent events, Wemoto has decided as a one-off this year to raise funds for…

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Pauline Hailwood, wife of Mike, passed away after a long illness, on Saturday, June 13. Pauline and Mike were married in 1975, after Mike had retired from car racing, the couple having two children, Michelle and David. In 1981, Pauline’s world was blown apart when Mike, and their daughter Michelle, were killed in a car…

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Legendary Italian racer and nine-time world champion Carlo Ubbiali (pictured below) died on June 2. Born September 22, 1929, Ubbiali was reckoned to be the last survivor of the first (1949) season of GP racing; he finished third in the 125cc class on a Mondial. Riding the same marque, he scooped his first GP win…

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