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  • Rachel’s calendar

    Rachel’s calendar

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    Our regular contributor Rachael Clegg has once again put together her Milestones calendar, with pictures shot on location in the Isle of Man, and with each picture comes a TT-based fact or anecdote. The calendar was shot in November in the Isle of Man with photographer Ian Parry. Rachael said: “It was by far the…

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  • From the Archive: Memories of Mike

    From the Archive: Memories of Mike

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    We asked Racer readers to send us their recollections of the young Mike Hailwood. Sydney Webster and Jock Leyden sent us theirs…

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  • Motorcycling to Brighton

    Motorcycling to Brighton

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    Cars were undoubtedly the stars of the show at the London to Brighton Veteran run on November 3, 2019, but this truly classic event, which began in 1927, inevitably attracts numerous spectators on bikes of all ages too, some of them following at least part of the route for a change of vantage point. In…

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  • Remembering Pete Rutterford…

    Remembering Pete Rutterford…

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    Sidecar racing passenger Pete Rutterford lost his battle against cancer on November 24, 2019.

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  • When The Classic MotorCycle sat down with Colin Seeley

    When The Classic MotorCycle sat down with Colin Seeley

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    Motorcycle racing and manufacturing legend Colin Seeley has died at the age of 84. It is understood he had been unwell for some time.

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  • Vic Eastwood (1941-2019)

    Vic Eastwood (1941-2019)

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    Former scrambling star Vic Eastwood has died, aged 78. A member of BSA’s works motocross team, he was fourth in the 1965 500cc world championship, while he also won the 1968 British Motocross GP, riding a Husqvarna. He placed second in the British championship eight times. During the 1970s he rode for CCM, and then…

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  • Bristol is nearly here!

    Bristol is nearly here!

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    The 2020 Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show celebrates the 40th birthday of the event. To mark the milestone, organisers are turning back the clock and throwing a 1970s/80s-themed birthday bash and, of course, everyone is invited. Dressing up is encouraged and there will be a cash prize for the best-dressed visitor on both days.…

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  • Autumn extravaganza

    Autumn extravaganza

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    Over the weekend of October 19-20, the Stafford County Showground welcomed classic enthusiasts of, predominantly, 1970s and 1980s classics. Words: James Robinson Photographs: Gary Chapman Innovative engineer Allen Millyard first came to prominence with his multi-cylinder Kawasaki based specials, as he added more cylinders to the 1970s two-strokes, as well as other Japanese-made machines. But…

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  • Hastings Week

    Hastings Week

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    While there may be no mention of motorcycles in any account of the Battle of Hastings, in recent years there has been a classic motorcycle show aspart of Hastings Week, afestival where the town marks the anniversary of that decisive conflict with various events. As part of the week’s grand finale, the bikes line up…

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  • Last Elk of 2019

    Last Elk of 2019

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    The theme at the last of Elk Promotions’ 2019 events was celebrating 70 years of Royal Enfield’s seemingly evergreen Bullet model, and there were numerous examples of the marque in attendance at the South of England Showground at Ardingly, Sussex, on October 27. Oddly, no Bullets made the awards, but a 1938 Royal Enfield 500…

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