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  • Stafford auction proves timely

    Stafford auction proves timely

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Stand-out lots at October’s Stafford auction look to be projects, with a 680 Brough Superior – sporting some unusual tank-top art – top of the bill. While a ‘timely’ late addition from one of racing’s icons will also cause huge interest at the Bonhams event over the weekend of October 19-20. Of the machines, a…

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  • Dunlop’s rare racer at Stafford

    Dunlop’s rare racer at Stafford

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A beautiful restored Kreidler, owned and raced by Robert Dunlop, is set to be one of the highlights at the upcoming Classic Motorcycle Mechanics show. The German-built 50cc bike will be proudly displayed alongside thousands of fascinating machines at the event at Staffordshire County Showground from October 19-20. The Kreidler currently glistens in a striking…

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  • A touring Triumph

    A touring Triumph

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Intrepid motorcycle tourist Ida Crow and two companions take a European jaunt on their TR5 Trophies. Words: ADAM REARPhotographs: MOTONS MEDIA ARCHIVE At first glance, the photograph asks more questions than it answers, with a particularly intriguing scene taking place. In the foreground, a 1951 Triumph TR5 Trophy can be seen fitted with some rather…

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  • November issue out now!

    November issue out now!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The brand new November issue of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of…

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  • Lind’s a learner

    Lind’s a learner

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Television and radio star shows off her small-wheeled transport. Photograph: MORTONS ARCHIVE From July 1948, actress, comedian, singer and radio star Lind Joyce explains the workings of her Brockhouse Corgi scooter to a youngster riding a tricycle. Joyce was a cast member of Liverpool comic Tommy Handley’s It’s That Man Again (ITMA), a wildly popular…

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  • Spot that frame damage

    Spot that frame damage

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Visit any autojumble and you’ll find many motorcycle frames on offer and you’ll see enthusiasts happily buying the most unpromising structures. Are they mad, or do they know something we don’t? Words and photographs: RICHARD ROSENTHAL Classic motorcycle frame construction using ferrous metals falls into one of a range of types: Cast lugs Frame tubes…

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  • You were asking: Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal

    You were asking: Your queries resolved with Richard Rosenthal

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Vale-Onslow barrel conversions Before his prominence in the motorcycle industry, specifically with Norton Villiers Triumph (NVT), Mike Jackson successfully campaigned Greeves off road machines. He remembers the instant success of the Vale-Onslow (V-O) 250cc conversion kit, as featured in our August 2019 issue, page 88. “From memory, the V-O 250cc barrel conversion, priced at £25,…

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  • Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

    Rebuild | Triumph unit twin: I’ll do that later…

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the quest to assemble the big bits as quickly as possible, the details often have to wait. Words and photographs: Tim Britton I doubt anyone who has assembled a motorcycle of any sort will be surprised to hear it’s not the big bits which take the time, but the smaller details. What I’m talking…

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  • Men who mattered: Mick Walker

    Men who mattered: Mick Walker

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    Sam Hewitt

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    He bought a scooter, and was satisfied with that, until a go on a friend’s motorcycle proved revelatory. There are people who’ve written a lot of books – and then there’s Mick Walker. The author of over 130 motorcycle-related tomes, his prodigious output was even more astounding when it’s taken into account he didn’t start…

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  • A brief chat with… the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists

    A brief chat with… the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Club life is a good way to be involved. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: BRIAN SLARK It’s a slightly different take on our brief chat for this month as we’re talking to a club rather than one person, so we asked the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists chairman Ken Brady to provide the answers. In the…

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