The Classic MotorCycle

Bennetts launches classic insurance

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Sam Hewitt

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20th August 2018

Motorcycle insurance specialist Bennetts has launched insurance for classic motorcycles, offering owners of modern classic and vintage machinery individually-tailored, five star Defaqto-rated coverage. Bennetts have designed the insurance for classic motorcycles package to make it as easy as possible for owners to customise and modify their bikes. The policy includes 16 common modifications covered as…
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Lots to like

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Sam Hewitt

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17th August 2018

Engines with more or less vertical cylinders have always been so much the norm that only a few motorcycle manufacturers have consistently adopted a different layout. Harley-Davidson has stuck with its V-twins, which look and sound so good, BMW has persisted with its logical flat twins and sensible shaft drive, and for the last half…
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FIVE REASONS TO MAKE A DATE IN YOUR DIARY FOR NETLEY!

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El Armstrong

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13th August 2018

Fancy a weekend of bikes, bargains and banter? This year’s Carole Nash Eurojumble is celebrating its 25th year and is ticking all the boxes for bike enthusiasts. Gates will open from 9am on both days of the event – Friday, August 31 and Saturday, September 1. Here are the top five reasons to visit… Thousands…
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Exciting lots at Ally Pally

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Sam Hewitt

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12th August 2018

A spectacular single ownership collection is set to come under the auctioneer’s hammer at London’s Alexandra Palace on September 23. And there are some real glamour machines in there as part of the collection, including several MV multis and a gorgeous Francis Beart 350cc Manx Norton, as well as an original Matchless G50 and AJS…
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Don Hitchcock’s last motorcycle journey

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Sam Hewitt

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10th August 2018

Don Hitchcock’s last motorcycle journey was clocked from the pillion of the hearse by grandson Matt at 65mph on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. One last blast; a fitting memorial to a life centred around family, motorcycles and speed. Originally, it was my intention to write a tribute solely to Don, but this was not possible…
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Adrian Reed collection offered

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Sam Hewitt

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6th August 2018

Bonhams has announce the sale of the Adrian Reed collection on Saturday, October 13, at its two-day Autumn Stafford Sale. The single-owner collection comprises 40 machines spanning the turn of the 20th century through to the 1960s. Highlights include a circa 1930 Henderson Model KJ Streamline Four (£25,000-35,000), a circa 1919 Henderson 1147cc Model…
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Blueprint bike

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2018

It’s not often one is allowed to get too close to a prototype. They’re usually tantalisingly out of reach behind ropes or on an elevated and rotating platform in the middle of a show hall; to stand over one, touch it or sit on it is a rare privilege, to start one up and ride…
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Netley Marsh Eurojumble 2018

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Darren Hendley

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2nd August 2018

Whether you need one particular part or you just fancy a mooch through mountains of motorcycling memorabilia, you should make a date in your diary for one of Britain’s biggest bike jumbles. The Carole Nash Eurojumble is celebrating its 25th year, returning to Netley Marsh, between Cadnam and Totton, Hants SO40 7GY, on Friday, August…
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September 2018

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2018

Archive photograph News Flywheel Festival Dijon Letters Subscribe and save Royal Enfield 175cc prototype Moto Guzzi 500S Silk 700S Hitchcock (Jock and Don) story Touring in 1949 John Bull Rally Classic TT preview Closer look – 1958 Manx GP Brian Slark interview Men who mattered – Richard Wyler Triumph 3TA/5TA rebuild Roy Poynting column Jerry…
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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2018

This was always going to be the busiest period of the year, what with events every weekend, and so it has proved. The Flywheel Festival kicked things off, a superb weekend down there, which afforded the opportunity to exercise the KTT too, though I also took the Rex-Acme and gave that a run. It was…
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