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Held beneath one of the huge grandstands, the Southern Classic Off Road Show & Jumble brought the season at Kempton Park racecourse in Surrey to a close in December. The long line of jumble stalls at the show offered projects and pre-Christmas bargains, all eagerly pursued by those who took advantage of the ‘early bird’…

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Motorcycle Live, this year held from November at the Birmingham NEC, is the modern motorcycle industry’s annual showcase, but it doesn’t take much investigation to find some interesting old machinery, plus plenty of ‘influence’ being brought to bare on modern designs. Girder forks seem to be in vogue among many ‘special builders’ with several modern…

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ELEMENTS of the scooter/motorcycle rivalry of the mid-60s will be showcased at The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show. The motorcycling event, now in its seventh year, takes place at Newark Showground on January 6-7 and has been expanded by two halls for 2018. Among the many attractions on offer will be a…

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Scores of classics (often not seen elsewhere) and abundant early-season enthusiasm are hallmarks of The Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show, which will be held over February 3/4, 2018, at the Royal Bath and West Showground. See classicbikeshows.com for ticket information or call 01507 529529.

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Another packed day at the National Motorcyle Museum’s now-annual extravaganza. The National Motorcycle Museum has clearly hit on a winning formula with its annual, early November open day, as evidenced by the fact that by 8am on the morning of the day before the day we all ‘remember, remember’, the car parks were already filling…

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Road race stars  Freddie Spencer, Peter Hickman and Maria Costello did the honours for the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle to win a 1960 BSA DBD34 Goldstar 500cc motorcycle. The draw was made at the venue’s Museum LIVE open day on Saturday, November 4.  1st Prize – 1960 BSA 500cc DBD34 Goldstar motorcycle. Winner –…

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With the big day looming large, anyone looking for that hard-to-find Christmas gift for the motorcyclist in their family could find the ideal thing thanks to our friends at the National Motorcycle Museum. The Birmingham venue has now updated its Museum Legends online retail shop and it boasts lots of classic motorcycling related items as…

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The Offham Steam Rally is one of those delightful events that’s almost under the radar. Held on the same Sunday every year (in 2017, October 22) with minimal notice, it simply happens. Every year the village green of this traditional Kent village all but disappears beneath a gathering of internal combustion engine powered vehicles in…

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Bernard ‘Ben’ Noble on his Manx Norton, which will now be displayed in the Isle of Man, the place where it raced, by Ben, for year after year.Dee, Atkinson & Harrison had another successful Classic Car and Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House, East Yorkshire, on November 4. The venue was packed with potential bidders and…

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With the start of housing development on the site possibly imminent, a decision is expected soon regarding future race events at Shakespeare County Raceway. The drag strip, near Stratford-upon-Avon, wrapped up its 2017 season with the Halloween Party and Bonfire Burn-up, on October 28/29. The National Sprint Association (Southern Section) also closed its race season…

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