The Classic MotorCycle
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Into its stride
Rounds three and four of the 2017 Lansdowne series were at Cadwell Park (June 3/4) and Castle Combe (July 8/9). Cadwell Park It’s not often you can visit Cadwell and be blessed with sunshine but this time we were lucky and after taking to the track for the practice/qualifying session, it was Dean Stimpson, leader…
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Unstoppable!
BSA came out fighting as the war ended in 1945, announcing in August a thoroughly modern 350cc ohv single. The B31 derived from the former wartime prototype WD B30, but from the start it wore Small Heath’s new telescopic forks, designed by Val Page and BSA’s Herbert Perkins, to be produced on redundant gun-making machinery.…
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Museum LIVE
Following the massive success of Museum LIVE over the past three years, Saturday, November 4 will see the museum host its fourth annual free open day when everyone will be invited to visit the museum collection free of charge. The event boasts star names Carl Fogarty and Freddie Spencer (and their wives) who’ll all be…
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‘The Vibrationless Motorcycle’
Positively luxurious, the 1909 Pierce was the first four-cylinder motorcycle manufactured in the USA for customer sale. With its massive tubular steel frame, it also stood out for the smoothness of its four-cylinder engine, leading to it being dubbed the ‘Vibrationless Motorcycle’. As a Pierce advert declared: “Pierce motorcycles are not made to compete in…
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Motorcycles to star at Kop Hill Climb
The lovely Kop Hill Climb event in Buckinghamshire continues to go from strength to strength, with an atmosphere more akin to a garden party than a race meeting, though it’s all the better for that. Although the cars take top billing, the motorcycle cast is more than supporting, with a range of regulars that generally…
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Quality kit
Hampshireman Jim Devereux is well known both as an arch-Ariel enthusiast and for his immaculate restorations, several of which – including his ultra-rare four-valve Sloper (TCM February 2014) – have appeared in these pages. Jim’s latest Ariel was bought ready-restored though, and with the logic understood by all enthusiasts, he explains that: “Its restorer lives…
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Bonhams’ Stafford extravaganza
There are a whole host of exciting, interesting and occasionally jaw-dropping machines in Bonhams’ autumn Stafford sale, on October 15. As well as the clear headline acts – including the Pierce Arrow on page 64 of this issue, and the Broughs and Vincents – are some other less obvious interesting artefacts; a 1933 Silver Arrow…
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Editor’s welcome
So another month has flown by, in a whirl of events and rides, ranging from the grand scale Donington Classic to lots of local club runs, all the while managing to put plenty of miles on various bikes, including the Model 90 Sunbeam I rode at Banbury and which I’m lucky enough to have been…
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World record for Dee, Atkinson and Harrison
Following their North of England auction record price of £48,160 for the 1933 Matchless Silver Hawk in March, Dee, Atkinson and Harrison, of Driffield, held their latest Classic Car and Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House on the July 29 and achieved a world record! A rare, limited edition 2014 Norton Domiracer, with only delivery mileage,…
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Happy trials reminiscing
Perusing the August 2017 issue, I turn to page 90 and there was the bike that makes this old heart jump. A 1959 Greeves Scottish. After watching works rider Jackie Simpson practising on his bike, with an alloy barrel with detachable transfer ports no less, I lusted for one. I traded in my faithful, heavy…
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