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Time to join in 79th Pioneer Run
The Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club was founded in 1924 and inaugurated the first Pioneer Run to Brighton in 1930. The next Pioneer Run will be held on Sunday, March 18, 2018, and will be the 79th event. This event attracts the largest gathering of pre-1915 solos, sidecars and tricycles in the world and represents the…
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Nailsea ‘International’ Bike show 2017
When the first Nailsea ‘international’ show was held in the grounds of the Royal Oak pub eight years ago, little could the organisers imagine that by 2017 it would have grown to such an extent that it would take over much of the centre of the North Somerset town. With a rich display of two…
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Editor’s welcome
In his column this month, Jerry Thurston talks about a motorcycle from each decade that he’d like to own, which set me thinking. Combined with various other things occurring, including of course Stafford, added to that Rachael Clegg’s piece on the R60/ series BMWs, and the fact that I turn 40 in 2018, I’ve decided…
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Best in show at Stafford
Bill Millar celebrated his 1967 Bridgestone 350GTR being chosen winner of the Rod Gibson Best in show trophy at the 2017 Classic Motorcycle Mechancis show, at Stafford over October 14/15. What’s better, Bill had ridden the Bridgestone to the show. More next month.
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December 2017
Archive photograph News Clothing Letters Subscribe and save Norton Dominator Rudge Multi Brighton Speed Trials BSA B44 German veteran and vintage rally Royal Enfield Model G Steve Parrish’s Goodwood diary BMW R60/ series Closer look – 1954 Manx GP Roy Poynting column Jerry Thurston column Crash damage repaired Dave Clark interview Men who mattered –…
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Tougher than the rest
Rob Taylor’s magnificently distressed 1948 BSA M33 is his winter bike. Retired garage owner Rob, a cheerful guy and a skilled mechanic, has several interesting classics, including a smart Silk 700 and a near-unique Silk 500cc racer. But the ohv 500cc M33 with its irreproachable patina is a standout. He acquired the BSA, complete with…
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Reward of £10k offered
Stolen from Epping on Tuesday, August 29, at 3am, was a pair of distinctive classic motorcycles. A £10,000 reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of these machines, which are an ex-Phil Read MV four (frame number MV4C75022177, engine number 77, registration WHJ 467M) and a Vincent Rapide (frame number RC/1/7896, engine number…
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Matchless size issues
With reference to the article on the splendid Matchless in the October edition of TCM, it may well have been entitled ‘Sizing up’ as indeed it was; were owner Andy Pennell and tester Phil Turner aware they were riding a 350? Andy has a G5 Matador engine squeezed into his G2 frame; the engine number…
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The future starts here
Although beaten to the honour of creating America’s first four-cylinder motorcycle by the Pierce Four introduced in 1909, when Scottish-born brothers William G and Thomas W Henderson founded the Henderson Motorcycle Co. in Detroit, Michigan in 1911, their aim was to manufacture a luxurious, reliable four-cylinder machine that was substantially better than anything else…
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Rare Lightning up for grabs
Vincent Black Lightnings are rare, with under 30 made and land speed record-breaking ones are even rarer. Which makes Bonhams offering the ex-Tony McAlpine/Jack Ehret Australian history maker a special occasion. It’ll come to auction in Las Vegas on January 25, 2018. Details at www.bonhams.com Read more News and Features in the November issue of…
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