The Classic Motorcycle

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e subject of the noise vehicles make has been something I’ve been thinking about recently. Where I live, we’re e ectively on the ight path for RAF Lakenheath, which is actually an American military airbase. I grew up in the town, and its proximity is...

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is is the rst issue of , the year which will mark the th anniversary of the foundation of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) which in many ways, was the beginning of the movement that we all share this interest in. Prior to , ‘old bikes’ were just...

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Welcome to the last ‘calendar’ issue of the year, which seems a good time to say goodbye to a pair of features which have been long-running, but have now reached the end. The discontinued duo are Alan Turner’s Restoration Guide and Tim Britton’s...

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In the last issue, we ended up with a slight three-wheeler theme; this time, it’s very much a ‘specials’ thread running through, even more so than last time’s three-wheelers. The use of the word ‘special’ in a motorcycling context has many different...

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This issue, all the archive pictures feature three-wheelers which, obviously, has made me start looking at said devices, as an addition to the shed – me being easily influenced. While a Servi-car (or even better a swamp buggy, like a Servi-car hotrod)...

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One becomes aware that one probably has too many motorcycles, when upon ringing the insurance company to make an amendment, the lady on the other end of the phone – having opened up the policy – says: “Cor, there’s a lot of bikes on here…” Not in a...

Vintage-style experience

BMW R80 G/S RESTORATION GUIDE BROUGH SUPERIOR CLUB RALLY IXION CAVALCADE BSA A10 SUPER ROCKET TRIUMPH TWIN REBUILD SILLOTH MOTOR MUSEUM MZ TS125

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SS100S AT STAFFORD BSA SUPER ROCKET PEEBLES CLASSIC SHOW MZ REBUILD PIRROTA 75 SPORT LUSSO WESTERDICK SIDECARS THE THUNDER FLASH

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MARCH HARE CLASSIC TRIAL TRIUMPH TWIN JAMES COMET SPEEDWAY CELEBRATION VETERANS AND VINTAGE AT BROOKLANDS THE DAILY MAIL AIR RACE MZ REBUILD

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There is no better season than spring, especially the start of spring and especially for motorcyclists. It’s so cheering when the days start to get a bit longer, when the sun has some warmth in it, and when the prospect of going for a ride and not...

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As we plod through – in the UK at least – the cold, dark, wet and frankly grim days of winter, about this time of year thoughts start to turn a bit more positive, with plans and excitement building for the season and what it holds. And none more so...

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In January, I went to the Newark Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show, always a welcome diversion after the Christmas period I find. And while there is an obvious sea-change in the machines which are being displayed, insomuch as there were only half...

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In this issue, we’ve an account of visiting the ‘modern’ show, which I went along to with my brother and a couple of mates, where we had a nice day out as usual, doing what people have done for years at the motorcycle show, as in viewing and sitting on...

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If, like me, you’re a hoarder of books and magazines (and I suspect many of you will be…) then there comes a point when you think, ‘Right, enough is enough, I’ve really got to sort some of these out.’ I had that moment the other day, when I’d...

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Popularity is a funny thing. By this, I mean, to be in demand is a good thing – but to be overwhelmingly popular, I’m not so sure. This came to mind the other day, as I was thinking about how ‘in vogue’ or otherwise motorcycling is at the moment, or...

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▶ 1903 2HP ARIEL ▶ FOUNDERS' DAY ▶ MOTO MORINI 3½ ▶ BRESSUIRE GP ▶ DOUGLAS T35 ▶ BROOKLANDS MOTORCYCLE DAY ▶ TRIUMPH TWIN REBUILD ▶ SOUTHPORT SAND RACING

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For various reasons, of late I’ve been thinking about what I’d (perhaps unfairly) call ‘weird’ motorcycles, insomuch things that are not the norm. Now, I know that to many of those outside our classic world, even those people into modern motorcycles,...

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Books have always been a big thing for me, not exclusively motorcycling ones, though I have always enjoyed ones on that theme. I try to split my reading up, with either a motorcycle/car/sport biography/ autobiography, followed by fiction, then back to...