With thoughts of a sidecar outfit capable of as many types of riding as possible, Mick Payne takes a look at a new offering from long-term sidecar manufacturers Watsonian. Back in the day, in the
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Author: Nigel Devereux
Silver Streak dazzles at Shiny Bike Night
Report and pictures: Brian Crichton The AJS Silver Streak single of the 1930s is the natural star turn for an event that glories under the title Shiny Bike Night. Eighty years ago the Silver Streak
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Keen to discover whether the heart of England’s motorcycle industry still has plenty to offer, Dave Manning heads to the West Midlands, and finds lots of true British industry. While there are those who bemoan
Read moreThe Border Classic Bike Show
Held at Lacon Childe School in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PE, on September 8, the Border Classic is a long-standing show of more than 30 years’ provenance that has a small, but definitive, change for
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I was struggling to read the June issue, having just got back from having some swarf excavated from my eye at the local hospital (by the most delightful young lady!) and I chanced upon the
Read moreHerefordshire On The Edge 2019
The fourth running of Herefordshire on the Edge attracted no less than 92 entries, all on classic machines ranging from the 1920s through to the 1990s. This unique, navigational event, organised by the Herefordshire section
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Thanks to the really rather successful first showing at Stratford-upon-Avon racecourse, September 15 sees a return to the venue for the Stratford autojumble. Tickets can be purchased in advance, which allows customers to beat the
Read moreCadwell outfits
As Cadwell Park hosts the Sidecar Revival Meeting I thought it would be appropriate to include the last three Colin Clark images of sidecar outfits in the 1950s. The first is a Norton outfit (70)
Read moreMade in Japan: Yamaha YDS7/YR5
Over the last few months, Steve Cooper has stomped through Yamaha’s earlier back catalogue of machinery, showing the steep learning curve that the factory covered in those years… Even if the factory had adopted the
Read moreA lifetime of collecting
Amassed by Shropshire lad Doug Jackson, his lifetime collection of motorcycle ephemera is being sold by Charterhouse at its auction of classic and vintage motorcycles being held at The Haynes International Museum, Somerset, on Saturday,
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