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  • VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began

    VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began

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    The VMCC Berkshire Section arrived at Brooklands Museum on the latest leg of the 70th anniversary celebration VMCC Baton Relay on June 5. VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began Richard Huckle receives the VMCC”s 70th anniversary baton from Bill Barns. After viewing the motorcycle exhibits that include an ex-Titch Allen Rex-Acme…

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  • Lasota medals auctioned

    Lasota medals auctioned

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    Included in the automobilia section of the Dee Atkinson and Harrison Classic Car and Motorbike auction to be held on July 31 at East Yorkshire’s Driffield Showground will be memorabilia relating to ISDT competitor Pete Lasota. Lasota medals auctioned Peter James Lasota (1935-2011) was a career Army soldier with the Royal Corps of Signals, who…

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  • Dirt tracking in the UK

    Dirt tracking in the UK

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    The third round of the Maxxis 2016 UK national flat track championship was held at Greenfield Farm near Alford in Lincolnshire on June 11/12. Dirt tracking in the UK Chris Scheltens’ purposeful-looking Triumph takes a breather. With various classes, it was the vintage category which produced the most interesting machinery, with a Harley XR750 doing…

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  • Wonderful Whitfield

    Wonderful Whitfield

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    Classic Motorcycle Day at the Dover Transport Museum welcomed a wide range of machinery to the Kent attraction. Wonderful Whitfield Alf Craker and his Sunbeam Model 9- judged Best in Show. The Dover Transport Museum was held at Whitfield this year, on May 8, in a former industrial unit up on the Downs, behind the…

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  • Wonderful Whitfield

    Wonderful Whitfield

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    Alf Craker and his Sunbeam Model 9- judged Best in Show. The Dover Transport Museum was held at Whitfield this year, on May 8, in a former industrial unit up on the Downs, behind the ferry port. Run entirely by volunteers, the museum, a unique attraction in Kent, has an amazing collection of artefacts covering…

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  • Dirt tracking in the UK

    Dirt tracking in the UK

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    Chris Scheltens’ purposeful-looking Triumph takes a breather. With various classes, it was the vintage category which produced the most interesting machinery, with a Harley XR750 doing battle with a host of Triumphs, the majority of them Trackmaster-style twins, but among them a rigid framed TRW! Peter Jordan did well on his C15, while there was…

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  • Lasota medals auctioned

    Lasota medals auctioned

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    Peter James Lasota (1935-2011) was a career Army soldier with the Royal Corps of Signals, who was an ardent motorcycle trialist. Read more in August’s edition of TCM  

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  • VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began

    VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began

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    Richard Huckle receives the VMCC’s 70th anniversary baton from Bill Barns. After viewing the motorcycle exhibits that include an ex-Titch Allen Rex-Acme Brooklands racer, Berkshire chairman Bill Barns handed over the baton to Brooklands chairman Richard Huckle outside the iconic clubhouse. Read more in August’s edition of TCM  

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  • British scooter exhibition

    British scooter exhibition

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    A Raleigh Roma and DMW Deemster are two of the unusual scooters on display at the Haynes Motor Museum, near Yeovil. Housed within the Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil, the collection showcases the development of the motor scooter from its beginnings in the 1920s through to the demise of scooter manufacture in Britain in…

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  • Kempton comes on board

    Kempton comes on board

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    Eric Patterson, left, who has sold the Kempton Park jumbles and shows, shakes the hand of Andy Kitchen from Mortons, the new owners. The events company has added the seven one-day events to its already packed calendar, which includes the two Stafford classic shows, the Telford off-road show and the ’Normous Newark autojumbles. Read more…

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