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During the month, 74-year-old Tom Silver died. Well known for his involvement with Quadrant motorcycles Mr Silver briefly offered his own machine, the Silver, built along Quadrant lines. The winner of many reliability trials in the Pioneer years, Tom held at one time the Land’s End to John o’Groats record and in 1903 crossed the…

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Eager to attract a new additional readership The Motor Cycle appointed Mrs C C Cooke as a columnist to write ‘Ladies and the Motor Cycle’. Mrs Cooke’s current mount in 1913 was a dropped frame 2½hp Singer with which she had toured and competed in reliability trials and hill climbs. A massive entry of 103…

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June issue of The Classic MotorCycle on sale now! This month's contents includes: • Editor's intro • News    • Dutch collection    • Subscribe and save    • Letters    • Men who mattered (Tommy Meeten)    • Joan Westbrook interview    • Classic advert    • For various budgets (On road/off road)    • Jerry Thurston column    • Archive photograph •…

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TCM editor James Robinson explains all at Bonhams auction. See vid below… The much anticipated Bonhams auction topped £1.4 million, with the top selling lot being a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow ex works machine. One of only two made by the factory for a 24 hour endurance test, the bike sadly failed to complete its…

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Thanks and bye from the Classic Bike Shows team. See you at Lanark! Graham Bowen's 1969 Triumph T120R Best in Show will go into our 'winners pot' for the Classic Bikers Club Bike of the Year 2013 competition later on in the year. Site visitors will be able to vote for their favourite machine. Show…

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Phil Read presents Best In Show trophy to Graham Bowen, owner of the Triumph T120R Starting with the recent online photographic competition, the winner was Ross Isaacson. Ross will be presented with his first prize later this afternoon by Nick Nicholls. His prize is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 12.1 megapixel camera and kit, worth £600,…

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Classic Racer GP Paddock attracted a lot of interest yesterday Today's schedule will have the similar action-packed events as demos as yesterday but with the additonal draw of the Bonhams auction sale, which starts at 10.30 prompt (early viewing before then is recommended) and the show's award winners will be presented with their trophies on…

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1952 Vincent Black Shadow. Pic: Double Red A Vincent Black Shadow that formed part of a bid by the factory to set a new 24 hour speed record in 1952 is among £1 million worth of lots already consigned for the annual sale. Although mechanical failures prevented the bid at Montlhery, France in May 1952…

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Phil Read airborne on the 250cc four cylinder Yamaha in 1964 Eight-times world champ Phil enthralled the appreciative crowd with tales from his glittering track career and he really was in a class of his own when racing. Single minded, focused, Phil was never bothered what rival competitors thought of him. It was this dedicated…

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Trials machinery on display in the dirt bike hall The star duo are scheduled for 10.15 outside the Dirt Bike experience hall (see showplan pdf). There will also be a trials demonstration at 10.30 by Dales Classics, and another after lunch at 14.00. It'll be spectacular. Since its inception a couple of years ago this…

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