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Ironheart

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Sam Hewitt

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10th February 2017

With Royal Enfield’s new all alloy-engined, unit construction, EFI fuel-injected Bullet single well-established, the old iron engine, pre-unit Bullets are arguably now…classics? Words and photographs: Steve Wilson Oxford Royal Enfield, and its customising arm BMCC, inhabit a reassuringly petrol-head location. It’s an industrial estate behind a farm, where in other units you keep getting glimpses of…
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Be quick for Bristol

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

The first weekend of February – the 4/5th – sees the 37th Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show, at the Bath and West showground, in Shepton Mallet. Gates open from 10am each day, with more than 80 owners’ clubs attending, plus autojumble, private displays, trade stands and the Charterhouse auction held in a separate building…
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Letters: A question of taste

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. I personally consider the Bimota MV (January 2017) to be equal to the Munch Mammut in terms of ugliness. On the other end of the scale, I consider the classic lines of the Triumph Thunderbird to be beautiful. What a good thing it is that we…
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So near…

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

Words: Roy Poynting Photographs: Terry Joslin If only battery technology and understanding had been better, the Norton Electra could have been a huge hit. When I reported on Brian Jeffery’s rare Triumph TSX (TCM, November 2015), I mentioned the almost equally elusive Norton Electra was another entry on his very short wish-list of British motorcycles…
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Telford Classic Dirt Bike off-road show

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

The countdown has begun to the biggest classic off-road event of the year, and so it’s all eyes on the Telford International Centre which will once again host the two-day Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks. Taking place across the weekend of February 18/19, one of the star guests has been confirmed as…
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Rare Matchless highlight of sale

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

On March 4, 2017, Dee Atkinson & Harrison’s sale at Sledmere House, Driffield, Yorkshire, is offering this Matchless Silver Hawk. It is thought to be one of only 60 surviving examples of about 500 made. The estimate is £45,000-55,000. First registered on March 8, 1933 in Taunton, Somerset, to a Mr A C Thomason, the…
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Ken Hallworth (1942-2016)

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

As Ken and Irene Hallworth launched Old Bike Mart (OBM) in 1985 they could never have dreamt its future profound significance. As long-standing old bike enthusiasts, they spotted a large publishing market gap and their formula of lots of private classifieds, trade adverts, editorial, events diary and more hit the spot. Initial promotion was by…
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Book Review: “Isle of Man TT – The Golden Years 1947-1962 Volume Two”

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

Author: Mick Duckworth Published by: Lily Publications Ltd, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man, IM99 4LP www.lilypublications.co.uk Fax: +44 (0) 1624 898 446 Hardback, 210 x 205mm (landscape); 96 pages with over 110 photographs and illustrations. ISBN 978-1-911177-09-8. £16. This second volume in the Golden Years series is packed with a rich mixture of…
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Reputation ill-deserved

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

Words: Phil Turner Photographs: Gary Chapman Triumph’s TR25W was saddled with a less than favourable reputation in its day, and one that has stuck with it. But this fine example puts up a strong argument for the defence. ‘A breed apart’ read the headline in Triumph America’s advert for the Trophy 250. The image accompanying…
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How to build a 130mph Goldie engine

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

Words and photographs: Phillip Tooth Philip McGurk became the first man to lap the Isle of Man TT circuit at over 100mph with a BSA Gold Star engine when he covered the 37.73 mile course in 22 minutes 24.43 seconds. His 101.030mph second lap of the Senior Classic TT brought his average for the four…
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