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  • The season of disruption

    The season of disruption

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    The list of events cancelled and postponed due to the coronavirus is, of course, an extensive one. The highest impact for us is the April Stafford show, one of our – as in Mortons, publisher and owner of The Classic MotorCycle and also of the Stafford shows – biggest of the year, in so many…

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  • Mortons Books launch brand new book catalogue brimming with new titles

    Mortons Books launch brand new book catalogue brimming with new titles

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    Mortons Books have just launched their latest book catalogue – brimming with fantastic new titles to explore while you’re stuck at home.

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  • Back on track

    Back on track

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    After last year’s postponement caused by heavy snow, it was reassuring that this year’s Bristol Classic Show went ahead with no such drama. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN Best in Show winner Jim Devereux was delighted to pick up the premier award with his incredibly rare four-valve 1931 Ariel SG Sloper, a machine that…

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  • Scorton Giant Auto and Bike Jumble cancelled

    Scorton Giant Auto and Bike Jumble cancelled

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    The Scorton Giant Auto and Bike Jumble’s March 21 and April 18 dates have been cancelled due to concerns over Covid-19 spread.

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  • 40th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show postponed until June 2020

    40th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show postponed until June 2020

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    Following the recent announcement from the UK Government, Mortons Events has had to postpone the 40th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show which was due to be held on April 25-26.

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  • Prewar singles to the fore at H&H

    Prewar singles to the fore at H&H

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    One of the star lots at H&H’s sale at the National Motorcycle Museum on April 7, will include this 1938 Vincent-HRD Meteor, below, which was discovered incomplete in a barn, and subsequently restored over 10 years to its current condition. Specialists Maughan and Sons and Conway Motors have been involved in its rebirth. It has…

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  • South of England show

    South of England show

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    Guest of honour at Elk Promotions’ show, at the South of England showground at Ardingly, West Sussex, onMarch 29, will be legendary Triton builder, racer and raconteur Dave Degens. Additionally, the show boasts five indoor halls, with all manner of attractions. If you enter your pre-1980 classic into the show before March 1, then you’ll…

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  • Pioneer Run’s new destination

    Pioneer Run’s new destination

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    The Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club has announced a new destination for the finish of its annual Pioneer Run for some 300 Veteran motorcycles, tricycles, quadricycles and combinations. Starting at Tattenham Corner, Epsom, at around 8am on Sunday, March 22, 2020 the final destination will be Brighton City Airport at Shoreham, where machines will start arriving…

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  • Jack for all trades

    Jack for all trades

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    Held at Canada Heights in Swanley, Kent, in December, the Jack Thompson Trial is a celebration of diversity. Words and photographs: ALAN TURNER The Talmag Trial has achieved an enviable reputation for evoking the time when big four-stroke singles ruled the roost in postwar mud-plugs. The Jack Thompson Trial has a more liberal approach. There…

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  • Strong start to the year

    Strong start to the year

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    If the CBG Winter Classic was anything to go by, then this year is going to be a good, busy one. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN With trade stand numbers up, exhibitor spaces full, and visitor numbers higher – much higher – than ever before, the move to a weekend later than traditional (so…

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