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Victorious Maurice Cann In the Junior race Cann broke Freddie Frith’s Junior lap record on his opening circuit and beat Bills by 45 seconds at the flag with Johnnie Locket (Norton) third. Organisers ran the 250cc Lightweight class concurrently with the Junior race. Wakefield's Dennis Parkinson (248cc Excelsior) led from start to finish and won…

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John Bottomley on the Wicksteed Triumph The meeting is an expensive undertaking and, to balance the books, Bemsee needs as much support as it can get, including full grids for its races. The lure of riding the long circuit at Brands proved to be a strong attraction and the programme showed that many were prepared…

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1987: Suzuki pulls plug on Heron Suzuki team An official press release confirmed the Heron Suzuki team, including rider Kenny Irons, would miss the Portuguese, Brazilian and Argentinian GPs. The team hadn’t enjoyed a great season with Irons the best rider, scoring 12 points. Following a slump in motorcycle sales for the first six months…

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Affordable trials jacket with armour This German trials jacket is made from British waxed cotton and has all the specification expected, though its trump card is it comes with Forcefield’s CE approved armour in the shoulders and elbows. The ‘International Trials Jacket’ also comes with a zip-out quilted thermal liner. Perhaps the most amazing thing…

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Standing on a beach at sunrise; the intrepid octet They arrived on the Welsh coast at about 7pm – though sadly the weather was overcast and they couldn’t see the sunset. Isle of Wight based Jeff Read, the main instigator, reported they rode 410 miles ‘point to point’, while Jeff’s total mileage on his rigid-framed,…

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New motorcycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats Riding a 17ft 650cc Triumph, Californian Bill Johnson set the new world record at 224.57mph. The record speed of 224.60mph was the average of Bill’s required two runs, one in either direction, of 227.17mph and 222.63mph. Earlier in practice the rocket shaped motorcycle had hit 236mph.…

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The Classic Motorcycle on sale now This month's contents includes: • News    • Gold Star day    • Banbury Run    • Festival of 1000 Bikes    • Letters    • (Wo)Men who mattered: Beryl Swain   The motorcycling world was shaken by a ‘blonde bombshell’ in the early 1960s, though soon ‘the establishment’ had her banned. • Brian Bonny…

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Yamaha TZ celebrated at Donington The Egham Royal Show is on August 25-26, at Whitehall Lane, Egham, Surrey. Vehicles expected range from the 1920s to the late 1970s and include cars, motorcycles and commercials. Each entrant gets a brass commemorative plaque and there are also small cash prizes too for the various classes that are…

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Michael Bockh was delighted to receive an award for his 1927 Model 9 Sunbeam This year's Reunion took place on July 22 and the featured marque was Sunbeam, as 2012 marks the centenary of the first Marston Sunbeam motorcycle. Vic Youel of the Owners’ Club managed to muster no less than 31 examples of the…

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Sammy with the Rennsport BMW Following in the tyre tracks of the two recent Moto Guzzi racers, yet another glamorous continental to grace the Sammy Miller Museum, this time a ‘short stroke’ Rennsport BMW. Sam will have it and the two Guzzis in the Isle of Man for the Manx. The Sammy Miller museum has…

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