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Fun in the Sun
A look back at the fabulous 2016 GP Rétro du Puy Notre-Dame, held last summer. Words and photographs: Mike Davis Even though it’s a demonstration event, some years Puy Notre-Dame can seem intensely serious and fiercely competitive. In other years, it’s the fun that shines through. In 2016 the sun shone, vintage motorcycles were multitudinous,…
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Sporting trial in eastern counties
Despite the flatness of the land, a tough route was devised by the Ipswich and district MCC for its April trial. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: MORTONS ARCHIVE In fact, the course was so tough that it did for nearly 50 per cent of the entrants, as 20 of the 43 competitors were forced to give…
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Winter warmer
The first full weekend of 2017 heralded the start of the show season. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic at Newark was, in many ways, a tale of twins – Alan Baldwin’s 125cc Suzuki Stinger, a frantic two-stroke twin, dating to 1972, which was chosen as Best…
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Sunbeam MCC Pioneer Run
The 78th Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club organised Pioneer Run takes place on March 19, 2017. Run by the club since 1930, it is widely recognised as the premier event for pre-1915 veteran motorcycles. The run starts at Tattenham Corner, Epsom, and finishes at Madeira Drive on Brighton seafront. For details see: www.sunbeam-mcc.co.uk Read more News in…
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A Clubman at Brooklands
When Howard Earle decided to enter for the 1936 Clubman’s Day at Brooklands he had to make two decisions: What bike he was going to ride, and what he was going to do about his mother. The first decision was easy. He bought an Excelsior-JAP TT Replica. Words and photographs: Phillip Tooth Introduced as part…
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Best of Bologna
Audi has honoured Ducati, its relatively new acquisition, with an impressive exhibition marking the Italian maker’s 90th anniversary. Rather than come from Ducati’s museum, machines for this event, which lasts until April 30 this year, are all private loans. And, strange but true, the 54 solo motorcycles add up to 109 wheels… Words and photographs:…
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Marvellous middleweight
After an extensive reconstruction, this glorious BSA is ready to go back to its patient owner. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN As Dave Rosser, co-owner of Robin James Engineering Services, and I stood back in the shadows and let photographer Gary do his work, Dave looked at this BSA and mused; “I’m glad it’s…
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Ironheart
With Royal Enfield’s new all alloy-engined, unit construction, EFI fuel-injected Bullet single well-established, the old iron engine, pre-unit Bullets are arguably now…classics? Words and photographs: Steve Wilson Oxford Royal Enfield, and its customising arm BMCC, inhabit a reassuringly petrol-head location. It’s an industrial estate behind a farm, where in other units you keep getting glimpses of…
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Be quick for Bristol
The first weekend of February – the 4/5th – sees the 37th Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show, at the Bath and West showground, in Shepton Mallet. Gates open from 10am each day, with more than 80 owners’ clubs attending, plus autojumble, private displays, trade stands and the Charterhouse auction held in a separate building…
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Letters: A question of taste
Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. I personally consider the Bimota MV (January 2017) to be equal to the Munch Mammut in terms of ugliness. On the other end of the scale, I consider the classic lines of the Triumph Thunderbird to be beautiful. What a good thing it is that we…
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