The Classic MotorCycle

Pioneering spirit

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

This year marked the Sunbeam MCC’s 77th Pioneer Run, with an eclectic range of machines and riders attempting the famous journey from London to Brighton. Pioneering spirit Dave Jones poses with the 1913 Ariel he’d borrowed from Chris Thomas. The first day of spring 2016 (March 20) and the Sunbeam MCC’s Pioneer Run ushered in…
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Crash, bang, wallop…

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

A tangle of Nortons at Brooklands in 1927. Crash, bang, wallop… Though Brooklands endured sustained popularity as a venue for record-breaking and high-speed machine proving, it was never really a place that provided much spectator enjoyment and in consequence, crowds numbers were always small – succinctly described in Motor Cycling of October 12, 1927, as…
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Beautiful baby

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The 680 ohv Brough Superior was launched as smaller version of the iconic SS100 – and it certainly looked the part. But, for better or worse, does it share its bigger brother’s characteristics? Beautiful baby As I travelled back from riding the 680 Brough Superior, I was trying to think about what it most reminded…
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Commuting with style

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

In Germany in the 1950s and 60s, Zundapp was one of several companies to manufacture high-class ‘commuter’ machines. Commuting with style Above: Despite the KS100 being half the engine capacity of the other, it is only about 5mph slower. Just like a certain savoury spread, people either love two-strokes or loathe them, and those in…
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Club stand success for DOT at Stafford

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The 36th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle show took place over April 23/24, 2016. Club stand success for DOT at Stafford Among the award winners were the DOT Owners Club, which picked up the award for Best Club Stand, while Sean Kelly’s gorgeous 1928 Model 90 Sunbeam was Best in Show. Read about the show…
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Guy in Scotland

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

TV and TT star Guy Martin took to the hills, rocks and mud of Scotland, to take part in the Scottish Pre-65 Trial, aboard an Ariel. He gamely battled on to the finish, classified as the final (157th) finisher in the results. Guy in Scotland Winner was Dan Clark. A notable performance was the ninth…
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Time machine

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

This staggering motorcycle, built in 1935, is based on a Henderson Four. It takes its styling cues from the art deco period from whence it came – and it couldn’t have come from any other era. Time machine The compact dimensions of the riding position are clear to see. Most motorcycle design doesn’t represent a…
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Sixth Ixion Cavalcade

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

On Sunday May 1, 2016, the Sunbeam MCC held the Sixth Ixion Cavalcade, to commemorate Canon Basil Davies, who wrote for The Motor Cycle under the pseudonym of ‘Ixion’ for many years from the earliest days of motorcycling. Sixth Ixion Cavalcade Once again the cavalcade started from Saint Barnabas’s church on Sea Road in Bexhill…
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Foggy at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

Carl Fogarty will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 23-26 for the first time in eight years as he prepares to celebrate Triumph’s heritage. Foggy at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Representing the Triumph brand, Foggy, will ride two of the British marque’s current bikes, two supplied by the National Motorcycle Museum,…
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The camera does lie

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The start of the 1967 Ulster Grand Prix. But all is not, perhaps, as it seems The camera does lie Every picture tells a story, right? So, here we have the start of a race and Giacomo Agostini, on the MV, right, is streaking away into an unassailable lead, probably on his way to a…
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