The Classic MotorCycle

AJS 500

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Sam Hewitt

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7th June 2018

One for the road This modest-looking late AJS 500 twin from 1959 ticks almost all the boxes for a really satisfying ride. Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN This is one of the most difficult tests I have ever had to produce – because I could find so very little wrong with the motorcycle! Okay,…
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Editor’s welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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5th June 2018

We hope you enjoy our Norton supplement included with this issue. It’s been good fun putting it together, while it – of course – made me once again start pondering Norton twin ownership. I did have a Featherbed Dominator for a couple of years, though I can’t remember what provoked its sale, usually it is…
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Brough sold for benefit

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2018

The top lot of Bonhams’ April Stafford sale was this 1931 Brough Superior 981cc SS100, which sold for an impressive £264,700, well above its pre-sale estimate of £170,000-220,000. The machine sold to a bidder in the room after an intense six-way battle. The proceeds of the sale are to benefit three charities – the Search…
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NMM ride a bike

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Sam Hewitt

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28th May 2018

Riders in the stormDespite rain and the threat of snow, the NMM’s training day went ahead as planned. Words: Rachael Clegg Photographs: Dean Atkins ALMOST four years ago National Motorcycle Museum director James Hewing said: “We have tremendous plans over the next few years to make the National Motorcycle Museum a truly dynamic resource for…
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Filling in the history

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd May 2018

I enjoyed the feature on the Johnny Brittain Bullet (May 2018), particularly as I found and restored it. I was variously on the staff of The Motor Cycle or MCN during the 1950s and early 60s and also a trials rider myself with a penchant for trials Royal Enfield, so most weekends were spent following…
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Range of products on offer at Whengparts

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd May 2018

Whengparts offer a range of weather vanes, key racks, helmet holders and signs, laser cut from steel or aluminium. This BSA Bantam key rack (right) is particularly eye-catching. Custom parts can be cut too; any flat shape can be produced or replicated. Whengparts also produces a range of clothing under its Kustom Shack brand and…
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BSA WD M20

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Sam Hewitt

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21st May 2018

South Island warrior This wartime BSA WD M20 is not memorabilia but a working motorcycle, and one which its owner rides frequently, and alarmingly fast!\ Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: JONATHON FLEETWOOD Jonny the photographer and I let out the equivalent of “Cor!” simultaneously, as ahead of the car, Ken Powell treated us to a virtuoso…
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In celebration of speedway

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2018

It is generally accepted that February 19, 1928, is the date when the inaugural meeting of oval track racing in this country took place, behind the hotel at High Beech in Epping Forest. The big ‘sell’ was the new Australian import (‘Dirt Track Racing’) enabled spectators to see an entire event from one vantage point.…
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TT 2018: Great British Motorcycles stamp collection celebrates the Isle of Man TT

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Darren Hendley

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15th May 2018

The Isle of Man Post Office has commissioned a set of 12 ground-breaking stamps, featuring TT greats of yesteryear – man and machine alike. The new Great British Motorcycles set celebrates innovation, incorporating both artwork and classic archive images for the Isle of Man Post Office collection. Harold Daniell, who raced the Manx Norton Single…
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Easter extravaganza

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Sam Hewitt

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15th May 2018

The BSA Owners’ Club display managed a line-up of prewar Small Heath examples. East Kent has a lively classic transport scene, but with restorers not always keen to travel miles west, the Ashford Cattle Market site offers a relatively local chance for an opportunity in the limelight. Weather warnings of a biblical deluge for Easter…
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