The Classic MotorCycle

  • RIDING YOUR CLASSIC BIKE ABROAD AFTER BREXIT

    RIDING YOUR CLASSIC BIKE ABROAD AFTER BREXIT

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    You might be concerned about what will be different if the UK should leave the EU on 29 March.

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  • World’s biggest Classic MotorCycle Show to celebrate 100 years of TT Racing!

    World’s biggest Classic MotorCycle Show to celebrate 100 years of TT Racing!

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    Stafford International Classic MotorCycle Show returns in April with a special TT-themed spectacular.

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  • UPDATE: MOT EXEMPTION OF HISTORIC VEHICLES

    UPDATE: MOT EXEMPTION OF HISTORIC VEHICLES

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    FBHVC argues changes to requirements for MOT testing of historic vehicles can leave drivers “at risk from ill-briefed policeman.”

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  • Tiernan’s charity offering

    Tiernan’s charity offering

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    With proceeds going to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, that’s another good reason to invest £10 (UK, including postage) in the annual Andy Tiernan Classics calendar, which is, as ever, beautifully illustrated by Mike Harbar. Go to www.andybuysbikes.com for details. Read more in the January issue of TCM – on sale now!

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  • Plaque for McCandless

    Plaque for McCandless

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    Read more in the January issue of TCM – on sale now!

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  • A very naughty boy

    A very naughty boy

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      The Oxford Dictionary is uncompromising. You and I might think of a ‘scamp’ as a lovable rogue, a mischievous little tyke, but the OED defines the word as “rascal, good-for-nothing,” and if it’s a verb, as “to do work negligently.” So as an unfortunate choice of name for a new two-wheeler, it’s right up…

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  • Patrick retires

    Patrick retires

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    After 12 years as a much relied upon volunteer, Patrick Failes (81), recently retired from the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. A dinner was arranged for Patrick with Sammy and Rosemary Miller and Patrick’s colleagues and friends from the museum. After 12 years supporting the museum, Patrick will be much missed. His knowledge of motorcycles and…

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  • Apply for the DJ

    Apply for the DJ

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      Entries are open for the 2019 commemorative regularity rally which celebrates the 106th anniversary of the staging of the motorcycle road race between Durban and Johannesburg that was staged annually between 1913 and 1936. Motorcycles are therefore limited to those manufactured before the end of December 1936. This regularity rally has attracted fields of…

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  • Swedes in Vegas!

    Swedes in Vegas!

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    Rarities under the hammer in gambling capital of Nevada It’s logical to think that any kind of museum will always be going to hold onto all of its exhibits ad infinitum, but that’s not always strictly true. Sometimes it’s due to financial reasons, occasionally it’s thanks to local politics, but the most common reason –…

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  • Proper job

    Proper job

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      Edward Turner was probably the best-known personality in the British motorcycle industry, but that didn’t mean he had an unblemished record. He made his name with the Ariel Square Four, but the model which endured until the late-1950s owed little to his original concept except its cylinder arrangement. And while ET’s prewar Speed Twin…

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