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From our Archive: Dutch delight

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Sam Hewitt

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9th April 2020

The 16th Anglo-Dutch Trial brought together a host of veteran machinery for four days of historic riding. When members of the Netherlands Motorcycle Club visited the Isle of Man for the 1911 Tourist Trophy they came up with the idea of an international contest between them and the Brits. The rules were simple: each country…
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Triumphant return

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Sam Hewitt

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6th April 2020

On August 15-16, sprinting returned to east Kent, as Ramsgate reverberated to the sound of racing. Words: Alan Turner Photography: Alan Turner & Carol Green Government Acre is a large flat grass area at the top of the Western Cliff at Ramsgate, at the eastern end of Kent. Used occasionally as a venue for classic…
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Celebrating heroic women in motorcycling for International Women’s Day

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Sam Hewitt

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6th March 2020

Forget about motorcycling being a lads’ world. There are – and always have been – plenty of women riding fast and far.
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Colin Seeley: The machines, The magic, The man

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Shannon Butcher

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4th March 2020

There are some people who’ve done little. There are some people who’ve done a lot. There are others who’ve done more than that. Then there was Colin Seeley.
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A brief history of motorcycle sidecars

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Shannon Butcher

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4th February 2020

Uncommon as they are today, sidecars are an interesting footnote in motorcycling history…
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Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.
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Sensational Stroker: DKW SS250

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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15th January 2020

Words: James Robinson | Photography: Joe Dick / MORTONS ARCHIVE / PAUL INGHAM DKW was the leading light in 250cc racing during the 1930s, its works machines all-conquering. There was a privateer version too, of which this is a rare example. There are some motorcycles which have attained a mythical status, there are some which…
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Discovering the beautiful 1961 BSA Super Rocket

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Sam Hewitt

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11th January 2020

When John Foster first laid eyes on this BSA Super Rocket he was actually in the market for a Velocette, but the stunning pre-unit Beezer was enough to sway John’s affections on the spot.
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The story of a snowy Colmore Cup Trial in 1932…

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

Snow and ice are often the bane of competitive winter motorcycling events. But in February 1932, it wasn’t enough!
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END OF AN ERA: Looking back at the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix

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Sam Hewitt

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30th December 2019

As Ken Bills bump-started his 490cc ohc Norton for the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix, few would have imagined that he would be the last MGP winner for eight years.
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