From The Archive

From the archive: Beach racing with Ron Parkinson in 1930

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Alex Bestwick

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20th October 2023

An aged AJS, with its white-clad rider, was the combination to beat on the beach at Southport.
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Little Engine touring

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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8th June 2023

Velocette’s LE – for Little Engine – doesn’t perhaps spring immediately to mind as a long-distance mount, but that didn’t […]
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Silky Scotts

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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17th April 2023

Here is a warming image of the works Scott team at the Isle of Man TT in 1925. It seems […]
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Additional track time

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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9th March 2023

When the Melbourne Corner section was added to the Donington Park circuit in 1938, the first motorcycle meeting saw a […]
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A (free) trip down memory lane

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Darren Hendley

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7th September 2022

We’ve been digging through the archive and found this issue of The Motor Cycle from August 1923. It’s a fascinating […]
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The pastime and industry in France

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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1st June 2022

From 1912, a report on motorcycling over the Channel, featured in The Motor Cycle. Correspondent Dagobert (presumedly taken from the […]
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Stock Tiger test

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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1st June 2022

In the early part of 1937, ‘a demonstration of the high speed reliability of Triumph Tigers’ was undertaken. Our rather […]
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Paul Smart (1943-2021)

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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9th May 2022

After years of racing and riding, on October 27, 2021, Paul Smart was killed, riding his motorcycle, in a road […]
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A look at the 1961 TT

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2020

In 1961 Mike ‘the Bike’ Hailwood became the first competitor in the history of the Isle of Man TT to […]
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The need to diversify

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Sam Hewitt

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6th October 2020

Though his primary interest was producing high-quality performance machines, Philip Vincent was keen to look at other opportunities too. Words: […]
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