New & Features

The Classic Car and Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House was another great success with an enviable 90% selling rate. Buyers came from all over the country to bid for the quality offerings and competed on the internet and telephone from around the world. Highlights of the July 6 sale were the 1937 AJS 37/2 that…

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Spicer Auctioneers have moved the date of their next Classic Car & Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House to Saturday the 26th October, a week earlier than scheduled.

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Dan Thorpe joins his dad on the Challenge Trophy and they become the only father/son winners of the pre-65… so far. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: FIONA WATSON That the hills and fells surrounding Kinlochleven are home to one of the greatest trials riding experiences in the world is a given thing – there are few…

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The Ixion Run is becoming an established event in the calendar and it is a fitting tribute to a remarkable man. Words and photographs: ALAN TURNER On Sunday, May 5, around three dozen prewar solos and sidecar outfits lined up in the car park of St Barnabas’ Church in Bexhill, Sussex for the Ixion Run.…

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ELK Promotions made its traditional visit to Ashford Cattle Market in Kent, on Easter Monday (April 22). The event is always popular with vintage and classic enthusiasts from that end of the county, where events further west often involve long and uninspiring journeys. Local clubs and sections provided plenty of different marques and models to…

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The Sussex village of Laughton is situated a little off the main roads, but the 27th annual Cuckoo Fayre over May 25-27 was another enormous celebration of just about anything under that catch-all heritage banner, from steam-powered road locomotives to palatial motorhomes. Motorcycles were welcomed under the ‘transport’ umbrella, with more than 130 entries. The…

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Sammy Miller was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transport Trust at the Brooklands Museum on June 17, 2019. The award was presented by Prince Michael of Kent, who coincidentally also features on page 114 of this issue. Sammy took along two motorcycles, his famous Ariel trials iron, GOV 132, and the ex-works Norton…

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