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  • Editor’s welcome

    Editor’s welcome

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The other evening, I was having a discussion with a friend and we were talking about what the difference is between being someone ‘with a few bikes’ and someone who is a collector. At what point does one leave one group and move into the other? Of course, it doesn’t actually matter at all, but…

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  • TELFORD OFF-ROAD SHOW GUESTS OF HONOUR ANNOUNCED

    TELFORD OFF-ROAD SHOW GUESTS OF HONOUR ANNOUNCED

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The countdown has begun to the biggest classic off-road event of the year… and 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. The event takes place across the weekend of February 18-19, with one of the star guests having been confirmed…

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  • Ray’s Ariel a dead cert at Kempton

    Ray’s Ariel a dead cert at Kempton

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A factory Ariel supplied to star 1950s rider Bob Ray was best in show, as the last Kempton Park Motorcycle Autojumble of 2016 proved a big hit. The December 3 event featured more than 250 stalls and provided plenty of opportunities to progress – or even start – a winter project. In the basement of…

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  • Indian-Vincent’s a Vegas high roller

    Indian-Vincent’s a Vegas high roller

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Bonhams has announced the consignment of a very rare and historically significant motorcycle, the 1949 Indian-Vincent prototype, to its 2017 Las Vegas sale. In 1948 then manager of Indian Motorcycles Ralph Rogers and Philip Vincent agreed on a joint venture to manufacture and sell a hybridisation of their machines to the American market. Two prototypes…

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  • BSA price Rockets at Yorks sale

    BSA price Rockets at Yorks sale

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A Super Rocket headed the way at the recent Classic Car, Motorcycle and Automobilia auction held in Driffield. The sale at Dee Atkinson & Harrisons sale room in East Yorkshire on December 11, was a great success, with a packed room and multiple bidders on the internet. The auction started with automoblia and straight away…

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  • Bristol show all set to fly

    Bristol show all set to fly

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A rare BSA which saw service with the RAF is set to be one of the stars of the Charterhouse auction at the upcoming Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle show. The Bath and West Showground again hosts the event, over the weekend of February 4-5, and as well as the auction, there will be plenty…

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  • Book Review: The Panther Story

    Book Review: The Panther Story

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    Sam Hewitt

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      The Story of Phelon & Moore – Revised edition Author: Barry M Jones Published by: Barry M Jones, Unit 2, Rustic Crafts Workshop, Bixley Lane, Beckley, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6TH (First published by Panther Publishing Ltd.) E-mail: [email protected] www.brenelltape.co.uk Softback, 210 x 280mm (portrait) 326 pages with approx. 250 photographs and illustrations. ISBN…

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  • A Norton job well done

    A Norton job well done

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A few years ago I mentioned to my wife I’d quite like to restore an old motorcycle. My ownership history is mainly Japanese machines. But she suggested I look for a Norton 500T, as this was the bike her father owned when he was courting her mother. After a few months of searching, one appeared…

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  • Triumph’s forgotten two-strokes

    Triumph’s forgotten two-strokes

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Triumph histories devote pages to lusty belt-drive veteran singles, the First World War DR favourite Model H, Turner’s twins, Cubs, Terriers and more. But often Triumph’s two-strokes are at best given a couple paragraphs, or ignored. Time to let them speak. Words: Richard Rosenthal – Photography: Mortons Archive No brief magazine feature can cover in…

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  • The future?

    The future?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Based in Seattle, the Tacoma concours looks set to become a leading international event. Words and photographs: Ian Kerr Many with an interest in classic vehicles in general will have heard of the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance event which takes place in California each year. Started in 1950 with just 30 cars, it now…

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