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Found in France
Words and photographs: Steve Wilson Though the trip didn’t perhaps go quite as smoothly as might have been hoped, a good time was had by all. The BSA camping weekend at Stephen Dunne’s rambling farm in central France earlier this year was too good an opportunity to miss. Stephen had started running the weekends four…
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Endangered species
Words: ROY POYNTING Photographs: TERRY JOSLIN The 1931 Sunbeam Lion is a rare beast, and although its name hints at a fearsome nature, it’s actually more a big, soft pussycat. It was a no-brainer for the motor industry to adopt the names of nature’s big cats; conjuring up images of what the Jaguar car adverts…
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Overdue debut
Words: James Robinson Photographs: Gary Chapman/Mortons Archive This prototype machine was never actually fully finished, but dedication, hard work and enthusiasm has seen it take to the road for the first time… 55 years after the project began. This is a tale of detective work, dedication and no little ingenuity. What has resulted, through the…
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Patents have been granted…
So said the headline for a 1942 Graham Walker feature, referring to some Velocette developments. During the Second World War, Graham Walker, editor of Motor Cycling magazine, had to use some initiative to keep the pages of his weekly magazine full. As a consequence, those magazines from the 1939-45 period provide some fascinating tales and…
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Editor’s welcome
This last month or so seems to have been as busy as most of the summer ones, as despite the fact we are now officially approaching winter, there have still been plenty of opportunities to get out and about on motorcycles, with several events on the calendar – I’ve been to vintage racing, the Kop…
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Book Review: Giacomo Agostini – A Life in Pictures
Book reviewed by Jonathan Hill Giacomo Agostini is, still, Italy’s most successful and most glamorous motorcycle road racer and, some would argue, the greatest riders of all time. They would have good reason too, when you consider his record of 15 world titles; 123 grand prix victories, 18 Italian Championships, 10 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy…
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Walker remembered
Sunbeam MCC’s Graham Walker Memorial Run was held on Sunday, August 7, 2016. An entry of 100 riders, made this one of the club’s best events at Beaulieu, all played out in fine sunshine. The riders set off on the road safety run at 1.15pm on a route laid out by the Southampton and District…
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Baton reaches top of the UK
A group of enthusiasts, led by Shetland VMCC members Joe Gray and Frank Johnson, took the VMCC’s 70th Anniversary baton to the top of the UK in Unst, Shetland. On Sunday, August 14, the duo set off from Lerwick in the company of 10 fellow members of the Shetland Classic Motorcycle Club to take the…
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White collection makes £3 million
The Robert White Collection auction, held at Bonhams’ HQ in New Bond Street, London on Monday, September 19, hammered at £3 million, with 99% sold. The late Robert White bequeathed the collection’s proceeds to fund advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment in his home county of Dorset. Motorcycle highlights included a lovely, unrestored, fully documented…
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Another star for Stafford
One of the most exciting motorcycles to grace Stafford for many a year will be at the show on the Mortons stand over October 15-16, in the form of this sensational MV four ‘special.’ The breathtaking cafe racer was created by Massimo Tamburini, one of the three founders of Bimota, and was the basis, in…
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