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Dave Collett continues decades of motorcycling with his recently-acquired 5T Triumph Early arrival offered a chance to socialise and see what bikes had received attention over the winter. Arch-enthusiast Gavin Shaw has a four-day rally in Norway pencilled in. Final destination is Trondheim, but Gavin is making the trip on a competition Bantam. The only…

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April TCM out now! • Editor's intro • Archive photograph        • News    • Diary     • Subscribe and save          • Bristol show       • What we did this winter • Letters • Norton Dominator Super Profile • BSA V-twin         • Beardmore Precision      • Straight from the plate – Thruxton, 1951 • Reader’s restoration – Rudge Multi          •…

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New website for Classic Bike Shows Exhibition manager Nick Mowbray said: “With six weekend events, as well as several one day autojumbles, as part of our calendar now our web presence has been rapidly increased in recent years. “We’ve invested time and effort into developing our social media sites and the Classic Bike Shows app,…

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There will be plenty to see with displays from all aspects of motorsport: • Classic F1 cars • BSB Superbike teams • Rally, including Group B • Speedway and Supermoto • Track day companies (2 and 4 wheel) • Race driving school • Mallory Motorsport Club • Classic vintage cars and bikes Plus there wll…

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A variety of track-racing machinery on display at Paradise Park Speedway Museum Former speedway rider Peter Sampson, who rode for Swindon and Hackney, owns the Park complex. It is about 10 miles from High Beech in Epping Forest, which is generally accepted as the site of the first 'dirt-track' event as speedway was initially known.…

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Using a 496cc Blue Star solo and 591cc M21 sidecar outfit selected from dealers’ stock by ACU officials, the challenge was to follow the English and Welsh coastline without stopping the engines (a distance of about 2500 miles). This included ascents of Bwlch-y-Groes, (the equivalent of climbing 31,000ft at an average incline of 1-in-4.9), riding…

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Taking place on the weekend of August 9-10, two spectacular days of action will see visitors treated to row-upon-row of display bikes from clubs and private entries, manufacturers, trade stands, autojumbles and star guests covering both modern and classic machines and eras. Exhibition manager Nick Mowbray said: “To see our portfolio of events expanding is…

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Plenty to see and do at Bristol Some fantastic displays and exhibitions marked the 34th Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show, and none were more impressive than the winner of the Best Club Stand prize – the Bristol section of the Norton Owners Club. Inspired by their own first ever meeting back in 1963, club…

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