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  • Winners all in baking Banbury Run

    Winners all in baking Banbury Run

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s sweltering 69th Banbury Run of Sunday, June 18, took place only four days before the last issue of Old Bike Mart went to press, enabling us to bring you just a short report and photo selection, so here we follow it up with the full list of results from the…

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  • ‘A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows’

    ‘A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The words come from St Francis of Assisi, but seem perfect for Tony Page’s report on the Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region’s Summer Run around Windsor The Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region, whose members meet quarterly in Windsor, organises summer and autumn runs around the back roads of the town that…

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  • We might even have had the Fairy and Trixie!

    We might even have had the Fairy and Trixie!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Recalling his days at the BSA Group’s Umberslade research centre, reader David Myers – not, incidentally, the Hairy Biker – reveals some of the things that went on there, and after reading our recent Last Drop Saloon feature, concludes that the group had proved itself perfectly capable of incompetence long before the establishment opened. I…

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  • Buying a brand- new sidecar outfit

    Buying a brand- new sidecar outfit

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    Sam Hewitt

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    You could buy a car for the same price – but would it be as much fun? Mick Payne discusses the choice that’s now available in off-the-shelf combinations. Not so long ago, it was just as easy to buy a ready-made new outfit as it was to buy an off-the-peg suit. In the home town…

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  • The pros and cons of absolute originality

    The pros and cons of absolute originality

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    Sam Hewitt

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    If you actually ride an old Japanese motorcycle rather than simply show it off, there are plenty of good reasons not to keep it absolutely original, writes Steve Cooper. In some areas of the classic world there’s a slavish desire to stick with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components, and sometimes such a stance is quite…

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  • Italian beauty parade at Sammy Miller Museum

    Italian beauty parade at Sammy Miller Museum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Italian Ride-In at the Sammy Miller Museum on Sunday, July 16, brought a feast of around 120 beautifully-crafted motorcycles, varying from a classic Moto Guzzi horizontal single to a stunning MV Agusta F4 and everything in between. A little red and white Bianchi single, with its swirl-pattern tank and lovely fishtail-style silencer, was a…

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  • ‘Walk through time’ theme at Waterlooville Club’s big show

    ‘Walk through time’ theme at Waterlooville Club’s big show

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Reflecting the Waterlooville Motor Cycle Club’s formation in 1928, the theme of its biennial show at Horndean Technology College on Sunday, June 18, was motorcycling through the ages. Guest of honour Sammy Miller MBE opened the show at 10am, and in the reception area visitors got a taste of what was inside the main hall…

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  • Bike Life Classics Day gets better all the time

    Bike Life Classics Day gets better all the time

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Well over 500 motorcycles of all makes turned up for the third Bike Life Classics Day at the Sammy Miller Museum on June 25, raising more than £1000 for The Stars Appeal charity at Salisbury Hospital. Six trophies were presented – four chosen by independent judges for the best bikes, and two by Bike Life…

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  • Motorcycling legends join Surtees tribute at Team Karting Challenge

    Motorcycling legends join Surtees tribute at Team Karting Challenge

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Triple world champion Freddie Spencer, veteran TT riders Stuart Graham and Mat Oxley and Norton chief executive officer Stuart Garner took part in a moving tribute to the life of John Surtees as they rode some of the most iconic motorcycles from his road racing period during the annual Henry Surtees Foundation Team Karting Challenge…

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  • Charlie and Zach complete Rudge Ulster charity ride

    Charlie and Zach complete Rudge Ulster charity ride

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Multiple TT winner Charlie Williams and Zach Burns have successfully completed a 1035-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats on Rudge Ulster motorcycles, raising more than £5000 for their chosen charities, Classrooms in the Clouds and the TT Riders’ Association. Both the 1934 and 1928 models ridden by Charlie and Zach came from the…

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