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Race Retro 2012
Race Retro 2012 Honda is the motorcycle marque which will be celebrated. Visitors to hall three will be able to delight in the variety of Honda displays and the fact that they can rub shoulders with Honda team riders, team managers, and mechanics. Of course, classic motorcycles should be heard as well as seen, so…
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Triumph T140 flat tracker
Straight from the dirt tracks of the USA, a superb 750 Bonnie is the ultimate flat tracker Parked up next to the main tent at the 2010 Beezumph – the first at Anglesey and the year of the extreme weather if you were there – was this T140 Triumph flat track racer and it was…
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Island racer
The evocative sight and sound of a Manx Norton thundering along the roads of a small island are the stuff of motorcycle legend, after all, isn’t that how the ‘Manx’ got its name? Except in this case it would be a ‘Jersey’ Norton as the island in question is just off the coast of France…
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Moto Guzzi Lodola
Moto Guzzi Lodola road test This gorgeous red Moto Guzzi Lodola long distance trials motorcycle dates from 1962 when its first rider – Italian Policeman Gianfranco Saini – used it in that year’s ISDT at Garmisch Partenkirchen in Germany. Saini was a member of the works Guzzi team and obviously held in high regard as…
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Owners Club makes stand
Chosen theme for the stand is ‘The featherbed frame’ and a selection of the said framed models will be on show, 650SS – ex-Paul Dunstall, Manxman, 500 Manx racer, International, Model 50, ES2 and a few permutations – although not the almost obligatory Triton – a mighty Norvin and a less usual Norvelo will also…
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Davida visor
Davida strap-held motorcycle helmet visor What is it? It’s a universal 75 JPV1 visor from D4Vi9A that transforms the open face riding experience. With a preformed ‘Fighter Pilot’ shaped lens, that’s riveted to a sprung stainless steel rim, it is secured to the helmet using an elasticated headband rather than traditional studs. This combination of…
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Reference: When was it that? Matchless
1947 Matchless, with a little more brightwork than on earlier versions It was the only way the government could conserve this country's precious fuel supplies, which had to be shipped either from the USA or the Middle East. Motorcycling had, for the duration of the war, to become little more than a cherished memory. A…
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Reference: When was it that? Matchless
1947 Matchless, with a little more brightwork than on earlier versions It was the only way the government could conserve this country's precious fuel supplies, which had to be shipped either from the USA or the Middle East. Motorcycling had, for the duration of the war, to become little more than a cherished memory. A…
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Reference: When was it that? Francis-Barnett
Francis-Barnett Light Cruiser classic motorcycle It was with their 1960 range that, for the first time in over 45 years, the Coventry-based makers of lightweight motorcycles failed to include a Villiers engined bike in their line-up. The culmination of a four year programme, which saw the Villiers Engineering Company lose a monopoly position as suppliers…
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Reference: When was it that? Francis-Barnett
Francis-Barnett Light Cruiser classic motorcycle It was with their 1960 range that, for the first time in over 45 years, the Coventry-based makers of lightweight motorcycles failed to include a Villiers engined bike in their line-up. The culmination of a four year programme, which saw the Villiers Engineering Company lose a monopoly position as suppliers…
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