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Carole Nash Bristol Classic Show 2019
Thanks to a short delay due to inclement climatic conditions, Dave Manning heads south, and west, to Shepton Mallet. With 2019 being the show’s 39th year, the Bristol Classic saw a delay of three weeks thanks to serious snowfall on the morning of the original set-up day, preventing not only any kind of movement on…
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Hagon Classic Dirt Bike Show
With the interest in classic mud-pluggers showing no sign of slowing down, Dave Manning takes a trip to Shropshire’s haven for roundabouts, Telford, for a look at knobbly-tyred classics. While the focus of the Hagon Classic Dirt Bike Show is, rather understandably, on mud-pluggers and trials bikes, the International Centre on Telford’s inner ring road…
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Watsonian sidecars
Following on from last issue’s potted history of Watsonian Squire sidecars, Mick Payne describes the current range of the Cotswolds’ greatest manufacturer of motorcycle outfits. “I bought Peter’s share of the business in 2006 and Mike’s last year,” explained Ben Mathews, a man with the sidecar industry at heart. The Peter and Mike in question…
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Celebrating 100 years of TT Racing
Although the Isle of Man TT races were launched in 1907 there has, in fact, only been 100 years of actual racing on the island, as long as you include the forthcoming TT of this year. A total of 12 years were lost as a consequence of the two world wars and the foot and…
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Charlie Bruce
Having helped set up the ‘Bellshill Beehive’ collective of motorcycle racers and tuners in Glasgow in the late Forties, Charlie Bruce’s talents were proving vital for the success of other Scottish racers. Ben Waters explains how this relationship became a two-way street… Aside from being the effective team manager for the riders racing with Joe…
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Three wheels on my wagon…
Michael Edwards takes a look at the fascinating early history of motorised tricycles as detailed in The Tricycle Book, 1895-1902 Part One. When Georges Bouton introduced his half horsepower motorised tricycle to the crowds at the Horseless Carriage Exhibition in Tunbridge Wells in 1895, many of the forward thinking and enthusiastic ‘automobilists’ present anticipated rapid…
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Go places! Do things!
If there’s one thing that those of us with a fanatical passion for classic motorcycles are not short of, it’s things to do. Aside from the maintenance, restoration and improvement of our bikes, of course. I’m a firm believer in riding your classic bike, anywhere and everywhere, and not just ‘saving’ it for Sunday best,…
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Classic luggage
While many of us want to ride a classically styled machine that is unencumbered by components that may hinder the good looks of our pride and joy, Dave Manning takes a look at ways in which we can make our classic machines more practical and purposeful while retaining some timeless style. As most of us…
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Game to the finish!: Ariel’s trusty VA/VB side-valve singles
Often forgotten among the Ariel four-strokes that were consigned to history, to make way for the Leader and Arrow two-stroke twins in 1958, was the long-lived 597cc VB. Pete Kelly raids the Mortons Archive to find out more about this well-loved side-valve single, and its stablemates. Ariel’s long production of side-valve motorcycles began more than…
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1969 Suzuki T125
Of diminutive stature, and fighting well above its weight, a Suzuki two-stroke twin, the Stinger, gives Steve Cooper a real buzz. Fifty years ago, one of Japan’s most unusual motorcycles rolled off a production line at Hamamatsu. Despite only sporting 125 cubic centimetres of engine capacity and weighing little more than a moped, the new…
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