New & Features

The Sammy Miller Museum has announced the purchase of three classic racers, bought from Jim Lilley in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Jim is a staunch supporter of the classic scene and was delighted the museum was able to make the purchase. The exotic trio of two-strokes are an ex-Freddie Spencer works Honda NS500, a Barry Sheene…

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As usual, The Classic MotorCycle Show will bring you a fine selection of everything needed for a weekend of motorcycling indulgence, this year being held over April 21/22. Held at Staffordshire County Showground, you’ll find a feast of trade stalls, autojumbles, club stands and private entries. Guest of honour will be Neil Tuxworth, Honda’s racing…

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  On April 21/22, the largest ever Bonhams spring Stafford sale of classic and collectors’ motorcycles will take place at The Classic MotorCycle show. The sale has been split into a two-day event to accommodate the volume of machines on offer. More than 300 motorcycles have been consigned. On Saturday at 2pm, the weekend’s marathon…

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Always slight in build, Tommy Barker, who has died age 91, was frail in the final decade of his riding years and a lack of strength in his legs closed down his riding career at the age of 89. But, in his younger day he’d been a formidable Western Centre scrambles champion, first on a…

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Though the weather did its best to thwart it, with heavy snow and freezing winds, the Sunbeam MCC’s Pioneer Run went ahead on March 18 from Brighton seafront. We’ll have more in next month’s issue.

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We are always pleased and interested to hear readers’ thoughts about the magazine we’re producing. Whether you have been a subscriber since the sta rt or have just picked up your first copy, we’d like to know what you think about it. What’s good and what’s not? What do you want to see more, or less,…

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On January 25, 2018, to the sound of cheers and applause in a packed ballroom at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Bonhams – led by auctioneer Malcolm Barber – sold the rare, original condition, Australian speed record-setting, 1951 Vincent Black Lightning for $929,000, making it the most valuable motorcycle ever sold at…

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In January, this 1928 BSA S28 De luxe was stolen from a workshop in Fyfield, Essex. This machine had been taken apart in 1963 by a previous owner, though all of the parts were there and all original. Frame number is 11120, engine number 19748. Any details to us please and we’ll pass them on.

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  The first H&H motorcycle auction of 2018, is on Sunday, March 4, at The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Consignments include a 1969 ex-John Lennon Honda Z50A monkey bike, while one of the star lots is a 1969 Honda CB750 prototype, which featured in early press coverage of the model. There’s a wide variety…

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The Talmag Trophy Trial (this year held on January 28) at Hungry Hill, Aldershot, is long-established as one of the premier events in the Pre-65 calendar. The regulations require bikes to appear as close as possible to those that might have appeared in competition either before the last war, or in the following two decades.…

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