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Gradually, Tim Howell has been steadily improving his BSA A65-based bike Peter Thomas raced a BSA C15-powered Hagon grass track bike. With a suitable change of rubberware, it took him to an 18.33/72mph best over the two days. Justin Newell must have one of the best-preserved, over-the-counter Hagon sprint bikes. Now fitted with a supercharged…

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1920 Henderson The 1974 Ducati, which is estimated at £28,000 to £34,000, is in perfect original condition complete with clip-on handlebars and rearset footpegs to tilt the rider forward for top-speed blasts. The Harley-Davidson XR750 totally dominated ‘flat track’ racing for over 10 years. Limited to the public through only authorised dealers, even in their…

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TCM new starter Michael Barraclough Leeds-born Michael has just finished a journalism degree at Lincoln University. He’s a classic enthusiast, who had a Triumph Thunderbird as his ‘favourite’ – until we took him to Stafford and he saw his first ‘real life’ Vincent Back Shadow… Contact him at [email protected] • Cotton rally To celebrate George…

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John Surtees presents cheque The presentation, which took place at Mercedes-Benz World, Surrey was made to the Air Ambulance Chief Executive Adrian Bell. The £75,000 will be used to fund simulation manikens for the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust (KSSAAT). The manikens are the very latest in simulation technology, helping the clinical teams…

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August TCM out now! • Editor's intro • Archive photograph   • News    • Diary    • Letters    • Banbury Run    • ASI MotoShow    • Royal Enfield Constellation    • NUT V-twin     • Norton Navigator    • Straight from the Plate – Racing at Blandford    • Reynolds Runabout    • MV Modello Sport    • Ted Mellors reflections    • Closer…

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Patient, energetic, enthusiastic, competitive and with a gift for communication, Alan needed all those qualities in 1985 when, with Alex Brett, he established the first International West Kent Run. It eventually became one of the Vintage MCCs major events, but for the first run Alan was organiser, treasurer, route marker and participant. Even when he…

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It has the big-names, including multi-time World Champion Giacomo Agostini and 21 time Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness but among them, on track, will be Ivy Mosely, a 100 year old lady who is an avid motorcycle enthusiast and keen Valentino Rossi fan. She will enjoying a parade passenger lap in a historic…

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This saw floor bidding up to the £14-16,000 estimate, before an internet contest pushed the final figure to £23,000. The head-to-head date clash with Bonhams at Banbury had, presumably, deterred potential buyers for the early bikes. A 1911 Enfield offered instant entry to the Pioneer Run, but a £9000 top bid left a way to…

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As this is the Museum's 30th anniversary, the company wants to make an extra special party offer to motorcycle clubs, organizations, related businesses and even small groups of individual enthusiasts. The Museum will be transforming the Bracebridge Suite into a Winter Wonderland, with snowy white decorations including twinkling star cloth, an LED fireplace and 8ft…

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