The Classic MotorCycle
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April 2018
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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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First time around
It’s not hard to explain the swell of enthusiasm for scooters after the Second World War. Small wheels meant less weight and also left more room for bodywork giving some weather protection, and there could even be a modicum of luggage capacity. Of those factors, only the chance of keeping one’s clothes cleaner and dryer…
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Bright new year at Brooklands
Brunch for more than 5000 seems a vaguely biblical feat, but it sums up the efforts of Brooklands Museum for its New Year’s Day Classic Gathering, billed as the largest such year-opening event. Whatever the excesses of the previous night, when the gates opened at 9am it started a seemingly never-ending stream of classic, vintage,…
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Prepare to bid for unique French collection
A superb single owner collection of motorcycles, many of which predate the First World War, is set to go on sale with French auction house Artcurial next week (February 10). Belonging to a French enthusiast who started collecting in the 1960s, the collection comprises nearly 80 pioneer, veteran and vintage machines. The majority are unique…
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Within these Walls
Tucked away, off an unremarkable West Midlands dual carriageway, in an unremarkable West Midlands industrial complex is an unremarkable industrial unit. But it’s here where some of the world’s most extraordinary motorcycles are restored. As they say, you can never judge a book by its cover. This is the workspace of Colin Wall, who’s been…
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Prescott set to hit new heights
This year’s Prescott Bike Fest is set to be the biggest and best yet, with so much to do that organisers have now extended it to cover two days. The event will return to the Gloucestershire hill climb venue on April 14/15, and it will feature a hugely diverse range of machinery covering virtually every…
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Sporting ambitions
Park a Bantam of any age in any British town and I’d wager you’ll not stand there long before you’re approached by someone who: “…rode to work on one of those…” or for whom “…it was my first bike…” The opening gambit is usually followed by a brief outline of what said person went…
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