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The good people at the Museum Workshop have been tasked with restoring three machines; a 1946 Scott Autocycle, a 1926 AJS Big Port, and a 1929 500cc Royal Enfield. As you can see from the photograph, this will be no mean feat! 

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Top: The Sunbeam Model 2 of Top Gear’s Richard Hammond, apparently his first vintage bike, behind are his old and new Norton twins. Bottom: The Lynton, apparently a one-off, 500cc dohc twin created by Colin Lyster but abandoned before it was fully developed. As well as an assortment of classics on show, Top Gear stalwarts…

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Stephen Ashcroft with his Eric Langton bike. The mudguards will soon be chromed to complete a restoration that has taken around two years. A glittering, colourful mix of bikes represented the evolution of track bikes down the years, the inevitable common features were the lack of brakes and gears. A Rudge represented the earliest years…

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New issue\’s out! • Editor\’s welcome • Archive photograph   • News   • Diary    • Subscribe and save    • Letters    • Motorcycles at the NEC    • National Motorcycle Museum Open Day     • Le Puy Notre-Dame     • Triumph 3T superprofile     • Triumph 3T and 3TA     • Panther Model 65     • Tommy Barker…

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The Herb Harris Collection of Texas has long been synonymous with the finest in classic British motorcycles, particularly Vincent HRD. It was Harris who discovered and lovingly restored the famous Rollie Free ‘Bathing Suit’ Vincent. Motorcycles consigned from this collection include the 1946 Vincent ‘1X’ Rapide B Prototype, the first postwar Vincent produced and the…

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Take a long-obsolete 250 BSA C15 grass track bike, change tyres, invert handlebars, make sprint bike! Peter Thomas enjoys the result The ever-popular track at Westonzoyland, near Bridgwater, Somerset, will host four meetings in 2015, in May, June, August and October. In April, July and October, the action transfers to Shakespeare County Raceway in Warwickshire.…

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Justin Newell blasts off the line on his way to a new personal best John Young was back out on the 500cc Triumph-JAP after the rained-off trip to Bonneville this summer. The most improved rider was Justin Newell on his Hagon-JAP. Alf Hagon supplied many kit-form sprinters, but there are few survivors. Justin found his…

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Among the highlights for enthusiasts of earlier machines was this lovely 1937 Sunbeam Model 9A, which sold for strong money at £10,580, with taxes to add. Another Sunbeam, a late vintage Model 9/90 (and other models!) ‘bitsa’ was about fair at around £6325 as it needed work, with a racing trim Excelsior Manxman £12,650 and…

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The motorcycle is to be offered as part of Bonhams Grand Palais auction, entered at no reserve, with an estimate of €15,000-25,000 (£11,700-19,600). In a special countdown to Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary celebrations, two commemorative motorcycle petrol tanks were presented to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. These were signed, and returned to the motorcycle legends US headquarters where…

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1915 Despite the arctic conditions, 24 starters set off from The Clifton Hotel, Bristol for Land’s End via Exeter, Bodmin and Penzance for the Bristol MCC’s 24 hour return run to Land’s End. Included among the 12 finishers who completed the 407 mile round trip were the works Douglas solos of Ted Kickham and FG…

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