The Classic MotorCycle

  • Brightly coloured Ajay info sought

    Brightly coloured Ajay info sought

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    Brightly coloured Ajay info sought Once again, congratulations on another great issue with the July number. Although I have never owned one of the AJS or Matchless twins they have always interested me. I was particularly intrigued by the G45 racer which Bob McIntyre once rode. You did a picture feature on the G45 a few…

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  • October 2018

    October 2018

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    Archive photograph News Letters Festival of 1000 Bikes Brooklands Motorcycle Day Founders’ Day Subscribe and save Solex Rally Velocette Venom Matchless Model X Beart Manx Norton Cedos Graham Crowley profile Lansdowne round-up Francis-Barnett Falcon Closer look Ashley Boal interview Triumph 3TA/5TA rebuild Roy Poynting column Jerry Thurston column Sketchbook travels You were asking Restoration guide…

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  • EDITOR’S WELCOME

    EDITOR’S WELCOME

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    Firstly, an apology; we’ve not included the Morini OC Track Day in this issue, the simple explanation being we ran out of space after being presented with the opportunity to go and have a closer look at the historic Beart Manx Norton (featured on page 40). As you’ll read it had a massive personal appeal…

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  • Donut grasstrack

    Donut grasstrack

    The Southend Donut grasstrack meeting, at Latchingdon in Essex, this year held on August 12, is an annual event organised by the Southend club. The event title refers to the relatively short course, as well as the packet of donuts (or doughnuts) that are a bonus for all those who appear on the podium at…

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  • BMW airheads

    BMW airheads

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    The BMW Airhead Fellowship, a non-profit-making organisation run by Peter Ardron and dedicated to keeping as many air-cooled ‘R’-series BMWs as possible on the road, held an event at the Lincolnshire Showground in aid of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance from July 13-15. There were all sorts of attractions, including lectures and a show…

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  • Vicar’s collection offered

    Vicar’s collection offered

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    Father Robert Edward Hampson was an avid motorbike collector and rider in his spare time, so close friends and relatives were pleased to have his bikes at the church once more before going to sale with H&H Classics on November 9, 2018, at the National Motorcycle Museum. His collection, headlined by a Vincent Black Shadow,…

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  • Dragstalgia

    Dragstalgia

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    Santa Pod’s Dragstalgia (held this year over July 13-15) re-creates some of the heady early days of drag racing in this country, when machines at the cutting edge often tested the mettle of their riders. While the competition now may not be as razor-sharp, the annual draw of quarter-mile racing and former exponents is also…

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  • BSA and Rudge sale

    BSA and Rudge sale

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    Three vintage motorcycles, one dating from 1913, that have been in the same father and son ownership for decades, are included in a sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries. The ‘Pioneer’ 1913 500cc, a 1934 250cc Rudge Radial and a 1936 500cc Rudge Special will be offered in the saleroom’s two-day sale on October 2/3. They were…

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  • Classic Mechanics show

    Classic Mechanics show

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    Headline news for the 25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, being held over October 13/14, at Staffordshire County Showground, is the appearance of 11 Cagiva ex-GP racers being displayed together, on the central Mortons’ stand. Responsible for some of the most beautiful racers from the late 1980s and 1990s, Cagiva strived to break the Japanese dominance, employing…

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  • Fly me show…

    Fly me show…

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    The Flywheel Festival, held this year over the weekend of June 23/24, is an event which combines cars, aeroplanes and motorcycles, and although it has tagged itself as a ‘show’ it’s by no means a static event; cars and motorcycles are demonstrated on the figure-of-eight circuit, while aeroplanes fill the skies overhead. Plus there’s also…

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