The Classic MotorCycle
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My old Matchless on the cover
Nice article and pictures on the Matchless G3LS in the July issue. I owned/restored the bike before selling it on. Specification includes a 7.5 compression ratio piston and SH (scrambles) cams, minor port polishing and a Lucas Wader magneto, fettled by Shaun Hawker. I bought the frame and engine as a lump and sourced all…
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Ashford Classic Motorcycle Show
ELK Promotions made its traditional visit to Ashford Cattle Market in Kent, on Easter Monday (April 22). The event is always popular with vintage and classic enthusiasts from that end of the county, where events further west often involve long and uninspiring journeys. Local clubs and sections provided plenty of different marques and models to…
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Going large in Laughton
The Sussex village of Laughton is situated a little off the main roads, but the 27th annual Cuckoo Fayre over May 25-27 was another enormous celebration of just about anything under that catch-all heritage banner, from steam-powered road locomotives to palatial motorhomes. Motorcycles were welcomed under the ‘transport’ umbrella, with more than 130 entries. The…
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An award for Sammy Miller
Sammy Miller was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transport Trust at the Brooklands Museum on June 17, 2019. The award was presented by Prince Michael of Kent, who coincidentally also features on page 114 of this issue. Sammy took along two motorcycles, his famous Ariel trials iron, GOV 132, and the ex-works Norton…
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Concrete mixers
Nearly 500 motorcycles and cars have a blast on the banking at the fifth biennial Vintage Revival Montlhéry. Words and photographs: Phillip Tooth 1: “It is a lot bumpier than it looks,” says Stu Rogers as he pulls a pantomime face and gives his backside a rub. He has been campaigning cammy Nortons in classic…
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Duzmo at Founders’ Day
Among the attractions at the VMCC Founders’ Day on July 21,will be a celebration of the rare Duzmo motorcycle, as this year it is 100 years since the company started. At least three of the four known Duzmos will be there, maybe all four. In addition, and borrowed from the National Motorcycle Museum, will be…
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Remembering old racers
When I read your excellent article about Rob Fitton in the June 2019 edition of The Classic MotorCycle, it took me back to Easter 1954. Then, I was a 14-year-old schoolboy living in Brigg, north Lincolnshire, and a local road racer living in a nearby village was called D A (Dave) Tutty. His girlfriend Jill…
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H&H sale at the NMM
A highly collectable single-owner 1955 Vincent Black Knight, pictured right, is one of the stand-out lots at the next H&H Classics auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on July 30. Mark Bryan, of H&H, says: “The bike is in amazingly original condition, showing 58,000 original miles. It comes with the original bill of sale, Vincent…
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Nine hours on full chat
The 1956 Thruxton nine-hour endurance race was eventually wonby a 350cc Gold Star, which covered 651 miles. Photographs: MORTONS ARCHIVE There were 60 motorcycles due on the line for the 1956 Thruxton 500 mile road race, to be held over the kidney-shaped 2.7574 mile course. Organised by the Southampton and District Motor Cycle Club, practice…
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EDITOR WELCOME: August 2019
For the last four weekends, I’ve managed to get out on a vintage pre-1931 motorcycle, which is pretty pleasing. And I’ve only got soaked about 10 times… The weekend just gone, as I write, was the Banbury Run, where I was thrilled to be riding the 1928 AJS K10, owned by my cousin Peter, who…
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