New & Features

It’s all trails leading to the Telford International Centre for the Classic Dirt Bike Show, over the weekend of February 17/18. Well-known off-road exponent and raconteur Colin Dommett is one of the guests of honour, and he’ll no doubt have some good tales to tell, with Colin joined by Gerrit Wolsink (twice runner-up in the…

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Sam Rhodes clinched the TCM Cup, awarded within the Lansdowne Race series, for ‘clubman’ type machines, picking up his trophy at the Lansdowne dinner on November 18, 2017. Campaigning Graham Austen’s 1954 MSS, Sam was a cut above his class competition, regularly getting about the Manx Nortons and Matchless G50s, on Graham’s pushrod, two-valve single.…

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On Saturday, February 10, Artcurial Motorcars will hold a separate sale featuring an important single-owner collection of fascinating motorcycles. Belonging to a French enthusiast who started collecting in the 1960s, the collection comprises nearly 80 pioneer, veteran and vintage machines. Many of the bikes pre-date the First World War and they offer a fantastic testimony…

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Top prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle, this 1960 BSA DBD34 Gold Star, has been won by Bart Maatje, from the Netherlands. His ticket was drawn during the NMM’s event on Saturday, November 4. The next raffle is of a brand-new Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster. Tickets are available at www.thenmm.co.uk

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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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