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For such a big, torquey bike, the T120 Triumph Bonneville Black scores highly enough in the handling stakes. The all-new T120 Triumph Bonneville is a vitally important motorcycle for Triumph’s future, with the bike targeted to be the biggest seller in the Bonnie range which, in turn, will account for 25 to 30% of all…

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This ex-Henry Laird demonstrator 1938 982cc Brough Superior SS100 made £219,900 at the Bonhams’ auction. The eight long-lost Broughs, of which the Austin Seven-engined machine was the star lot, sold collectively for £752,625. Believed by many to have been destroyed, they finally came to light last year in the Cornish village where they’d been rotting…

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Looking down on another top show at Stafford on Saturday, April 23, with the Douglas display prominent in the foreground. It’s one of the greatest bike shows on earth, with so much to see and experience that the whole weekend, let alone a single day, is never quite enough. Such was the standard of machines…

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At the forthcoming Stafford Show, ‘Geebee’ and fellow Cubbies are planning to improve on previous Cub and Terrier displays. “Whatever type, model, style or state your bike is in, and whether it be road, competition, pristine or part-finished, it would be great to have it on the stand,” she says. “Last year we had around…

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One of the few Vincent sprinters still active today, Maurice Brierley’s Methamon sidecar outfit will be showing its paces on April 17. Vincent-powered machines became a popular choice during the early days of National Sprint Association events, with George Brown’s 1000cc Nero and 1500cc Super Nero establishing many records. He was often seen at NSA…

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He still looks good on it, doesn’t he? Visitors to the Stafford Show will be able to get up close to this gorgeous 1957 250cc dohc World Championship Mondial which will be displayed in the main hall courtesy of the Sammy Miller Museum Trust. As well as halls packed with rows of stunning exhibition machines,…

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