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  • It’s a winning formula at Crich Classic Motorcycle Day

    It’s a winning formula at Crich Classic Motorcycle Day

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Both visitor and entry numbers were up for the second annual Classic Motorcycle Day to be organised in conjunction with the Vincent HRD Owners’ Club at Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire on a glorious first day of July. The magical blend of classic motorcycles and vintage trams proved a winning formula, and once again the…

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  • William Dunlop (1985-2018) – a true racing hero

    William Dunlop (1985-2018) – a true racing hero

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The road racing world is still reeling from the death of 32-year-old Irish hero William Dunlop. He died following a crash on Saturday, July 7, during practice for the Skerries 100 road race, organised by the Loughshinny Motorcycle Supporters’ Club in County Dublin. The accident occurred at the Sam’s Tunnel section on the third lap…

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  • ‘Bread bin’ petrol tank straps from Clive Scarfe

    ‘Bread bin’ petrol tank straps from Clive Scarfe

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With no replacements, new old stock or re-manufactures for the centre aluminium extrusion strips on Triumph T150V European petrol tanks, and taking into account the high cost of making faithful reproductions or the originals, Clive Scarfe Systems has come up with a nice-looking alternative. Costing £98 plus p&p, the new straps are made of 0.7mm…

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  • Pete’s Prattle

    Pete’s Prattle

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Letter after letter has come in to OBM in recent weeks, about the perceived state of the old bike movement, with many readers citing factors such as high auction prices, hoarding bikes as ‘nest eggs’ with profit rather than riding in mind, potential new riders being put off by stringent learner/riding test rules, and even…

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  • Festival of 1000 Bikes

    Festival of 1000 Bikes

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After a five-year hiatus, Leicestershire’s Mallory Park is once again playing host to the Festival of 1000 Bikes, and Dave Manning rode through the early July heat to see the result. With 2018’s incredible summer season bringing about much reminiscing of 1976, it seems rather apt that the layout of the Mallory Park circuit for…

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  • Anniversaries, sentiments and the Yamaha YR1

    Anniversaries, sentiments and the Yamaha YR1

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With many anniversaries of significant Japanese motorcycles coming up, Steve Cooper looks at one we almost completely forgot last year – the golden anniversary of Yamaha’s ground-breaking YR1 350cc two-stroke twin. The marking of special occasions comes under the umbrella title of ‘anniversary’ or, to use the dictionary definition, the date on which an event…

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  • The Craven Collection

    The Craven Collection

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Dave Manning heads to the Yorkshire Wolds for an eye-opening look at memorabilia and history While formal museums can display their exhibits in a brightly-lit blaze of formality, there is sometimes a cold feeling of detachment and a lack of soul and passion. Fortunately, motorcycle museums are rarely of this form, and more usually consist…

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  • Bikes and bits in every nook and cranny!

    Bikes and bits in every nook and cranny!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    While taking part in a French motorcycling event, Ian Kerr stumbles across a charming motorcycle museum in the historic town of Entrevaux. The annual five-day Drailles event, run by the Moto Club Senas Durance that’s based in the town of the same name in Provence in the South of France, celebrated its seventh birthday this…

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  • A coffee-bar cowboy’s tale of a Triton

    A coffee-bar cowboy’s tale of a Triton

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    Sam Hewitt

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    John Edwards tells the story of a Triton dream – with a Norton Dominator rolling chassis that cost £16 and an engine from a 1953 sprung-hub Triumph Tiger 100 whose owner parted with the whole bike for a fiver! As a coffee-bar cowboy in the early Sixties, I loved the look of the BSA Gold…

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  • Reliving the past – four times over!

    Reliving the past – four times over!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Perran Newman hadn’t swung a leg over a motorcycle in more than 20 years when a friend invited him to try four of his vintage machines along with a modern BMW for comparison – and here he recounts the experience. As I enter my 72nd year, it’s 22 years since I last rode a bike…

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