The Classic MotorCycle
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Matchless G3L
Wears it well This redoubtable old warhorse has only had two owners from new and has never been restored, yet still delivers a fine ride today. Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN There’s something special about an old, unrestored motorcycle. It is still an inanimate object but it is given life by its wonderful patina of…
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Stolen BSA
In January, this 1928 BSA S28 De luxe was stolen from a workshop in Fyfield, Essex. This machine had been taken apart in 1963 by a previous owner, though all of the parts were there and all original. Frame number is 11120, engine number 19748. Any details to us please and we’ll pass them on.
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H&H motorcycle auction
The first H&H motorcycle auction of 2018, is on Sunday, March 4, at The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Consignments include a 1969 ex-John Lennon Honda Z50A monkey bike, while one of the star lots is a 1969 Honda CB750 prototype, which featured in early press coverage of the model. There’s a wide variety…
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Talmag Trial
The Talmag Trophy Trial (this year held on January 28) at Hungry Hill, Aldershot, is long-established as one of the premier events in the Pre-65 calendar. The regulations require bikes to appear as close as possible to those that might have appeared in competition either before the last war, or in the following two decades.…
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Triumph Tiger 100
Half-litre hot rod Though in its day it was about to be eclipsed in the performance stakes, Triumph’s 1956 T100 reamins a great little motorcycle. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN It has been said that Triumph’s model numbering equates to the performance each machine was capable of, ergo the Tiger singles in the Edward…
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Editor’s welcome
As I write, we are heading towards the end of February and there are the first shoots of spring appearing, with the prospect of some imminent motorcycling seeming to become a closer reality. Of course, it’s possible to ride all winter, and plenty do, it’s just I prefer it so much more when the roads…
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April 2018
Archive photograph News Bristol show Letters Subscribe and save Triumph Tiger 100 Jack Thompson Trial Ariel Red Hunter Matchless G3L James Commodore Archie Beggs’ story TT Matchless Closer look – Brooklands 1920 part two Alastair Alexander interview Men who mattered – Alec Bennett BSA A7 rebuild Roy Poynting column Jerry Thurston column Sketchbook travels You…
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Pip Squeak event
Sunday, April 15, will see the Glasgow Section of the VMCC running its now annual Pip Squeak event around rural Ayrshire. Initially this event was for mopeds and other small machines under 100cc but following last year’s successful inclusion of cyclemoters, the club now offers a choice of two routes, one for the really small…
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George Costain
Winner of the 1954 Senior Manx GP George Costain has died, aged 88. From the Isle of Man, George won on Reg Dearden’s Manx Norton, the same source providing his machines the next year for his TT debut. George’s best TT finish was 13th in the 1956 Senior, gaining nine silver replicas in his career.…
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New VMCC section for the West Highlands?
The Vintage Motor Cycle Club is very active in Scotland at present and a meeting to consider setting up a new section in North Argyll and Lochaber is to take place on February 23. Anyone with an interest in old motorcycles is invited whether or not they are VMCC members. Location is the Alexandra Hotel,…
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