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  • Stavros show will aid Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

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    An event in which all proceeds go to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, is being organised by former Honda director Gerald Davison and the Westland Classic Motorcycle Club on Saturday, November 21. Read more in this month’s edition of Old Bike Mart  

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  • Good times roll again at Ace Cafe Reunion

    Good times roll again at Ace Cafe Reunion

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    There’s hardly an inch of Tarmac left as visitors celebrating the 22nd reunion weekend swarm around the many mouth-watering bikes parked outside the Ace Cafe. A year later, in September 1994, Mark organised the first Ace Cafe Reunion. It attracted no fewer than 12,000 people, including many of the Ace’s original ‘ton-up’ customers, and the…

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  • Don Rickman presents Sammy Miller Run awards

    Don Rickman presents Sammy Miller Run awards

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    John Rands’ GPO BSA Bantam brought back a few memories. Clerk of the course Percy Gosling waved off from the Sammy Miller Museum and although Bob Stanley, who works in the restoration workshop, followed in the recovery van, not a single rider needed his help this year. Read more in this month’s edition of Old…

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  • Brough rallyists take part in Holland's 50th Hengelo Run

    Brough rallyists take part in Holland's 50th Hengelo Run

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    Norbert Verwoglt still uses this 1927 BMW R42 on a daily basis, and once rode it all the way from Germany and back to take part in the Banbury Run. For the first two days, August 29-30, 17 of them participated in the 50th Hengelo Run, near Arnhem, for motorcycles manufactured before 1939. John Wallis…

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  • An ‘L’ of a way to help Cancer Research UK

    An ‘L’ of a way to help Cancer Research UK

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    Graham Lampkin takes the splash for Cancer Research UK on his Royal Enfield. “I undertook a similar venture last year, called ‘Lampy Goes to Lerwick’, riding off-road wherever possible,” said Graham, 62, “and it raised over £3000 for the charity.” Read more in this month’s edition of Old Bike Mart  

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  • Remembering that very first Dragon Rally

    Remembering that very first Dragon Rally

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    An estimated 40% of those pioneering ‘Dragonists’ arrived on sidecar outfits. Try repeating that today! Organised by the Conway Club in February 1962, the pioneering Dragon Rally had been heralded in the motorcycling press, particularly Motor Cycle, as a great international gathering of like-minded riders who would flock to North Wales in the spirit of…

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  • A lifetime of memories with an old police bike

    A lifetime of memories with an old police bike

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    Bernard shows off his Triumph in the lush Essex countryside where he lives. When Bernard Ratcliffe saw our front cover archive picture of the line-up of police Triumph Speed Twins last month, particularly the HXH 319 registration of the machine nearest the camera, he was amazed to see that it was only a few numbers…

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  • Great news for British classic bike owners as Rex's Speed Shop takes Pazon agency

    Great news for British classic bike owners as Rex's Speed Shop takes Pazon agency

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    At your service! Marcus Rex’s wife Kate deals with all the enquiries and orders. Marcus Rex, who runs the business with Kate, says: “We’d been looking at electronic ignitions for classic British machines for a while, and after months of research the Pazon system has come out on top. "We’ve been impressed with its build…

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  • Blue Style meets blue yonder

    Blue Style meets blue yonder

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    Little donkey… the Jawa/Velorex outfit takes a rest amid the magnificent scenery of the Lake District. This month’s ‘Bit on the Side’ was going to be quite different before I decided to consign it to the waste basket – and what changed my mind was respect for a little bike that, if it were a…

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  • Important update for Old Bike Mart February issue

    Important update for Old Bike Mart February issue

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    The edition will leave the publishing offices today (Wednesday 4) and while we are hopeful this means most copies will reach intended addresses by Saturday, we want to apologise in advance for any additional wait encountered. If your copy has not arrived by Tuesday, February 10, then you can give our customer services team a…

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