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Vintage machines under the hammer
Rare bikes at Cambridge auction The lot with the highest estimate is a bespoke 2011 JMC Egli Vincent Lightning replica 1200cc with just 700 miles on the clock. It’s expected to fetch between £30,000 and £35,000. Other items include a 1930 Enfield J Type, 1955 BSA C11G, 1959 James Comet, 1938 BSA C10, 1964 Raleigh…
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Chalfont Hill Climb
Rain fell throughout the day and the start straight quickly got churned up at the late September event, which was organised by the VMCC Grasstrack and Speedway Section. Stuart Towner on his 1930 Rudge was undeterred though, and defeated Men In Black vintage speedway rider Terry Stone (Douglas). The Smith family from Nuneaton also enjoyed…
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News in brief
One free with TCM, the other reprinted by Haynes The November issue of The Classic MotorCycle, on sale October 5, will come with a free reprint of The Motor Cycle from April 1908. Why that particular week? Well, that was the week the 1908 London Olympics began, adding a neat symmetry with 2012, when of…
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Hesketh day out
Hesketh celebration About a dozen shining Hesketh motorcycles, plus their owners, rode along the high street and then parked in the square as part of the British motorcycle’s 30th anniversary, which was inspired by Lord Hesketh who lived just outside Towcester in the stately home at Easton Neston in the early 1980s. Mick Broom, the…
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The way we were: November 1937
New speed record on Autobahn BSA submitted its new 500cc side valve, the Val Page designed M20, for British Military MEE (Mechanisation Experimental Establishment) assessment at Farnborough, Hampshire. The test concluded that the model needed a major overhaul, causing the MEE to describe its reliability as ‘fair’ while considering it not entirely suitable for military…
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VMCC's Founders Day
Stu Measures takes part in the trials demonstration, aboard his Royal Enfield Bullet With some sun beating down too – though the ground was decidedly ‘springy’ hinting at what had gone before… – enthusiasts converged on the Leicestershire site, with the ever-popular autojumble first port of call for many. They were greeted by the usual…
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CBL image galleries
Classic British Legends on sale now Classic British Legends is a 132 page collection, the first of a series, which celebrates the nation’s two-wheeled dream machines, the men who rode them and the tracks that played host to their greatest triumphs. It covers everything from Triumph Bonnevilles, Barry Sheene and Cadwell Park, through to the…
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Surtees draws crowds to Sussex
Some of the Surtees collection, on show at Burpham The event in Burpham near Arundel, West Sussex on Sunday, September 2 was in support of John’s charity, The Henry Surtees Foundation. For the event John and the BMRC brought together his personal collection of racing cars and motorbikes to create a Formula 1 Paddock. Over…
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The way we were: October 1912
Recordbreaker George Stanley Freddie Barnes (988cc Zenith-JAP) won the One Hour Sidecar Race, while mechanical mayhem soon diminished the field of the Junior One Hour race. Casualties including early leader Les Bailey (348cc Douglas), sidelined by a broken valve. After a slow start, George E ‘Wizard’ Stanley (inset) powered his 299cc Singer through the pack…
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Classic British Legends
Classic British Legends on sale now Classic British Legends is a 132 page collection, the first of a series, which celebrates the nation’s two-wheeled dream machines, the men who rode them and the tracks that played host to their greatest triumphs. It covers everything from Triumph Bonnevilles, Barry Sheene and Cadwell Park, through to the…
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