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If your perception of northern France is that it’s flat and boring, you need to experience the annual three-day Tour du Calvados, run by the Lue sur Mer-based Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Club, writes Ian Kerr. Picturesque tour proves the classic way to explore Brittany Harley-Davidson, Indian and AJS await their owners’ return from…

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After establishing his business, Bill Little Motorcycles of Oak Farm, Braydon, near Swindon SN50AG, in 1979, Bill has finally decided to put his feet up, and a Retirement Sale, with lots of automobilia and memorabilia to clear from his barn, takes place on Saturday, August 6. Bill Little to retire after almost 40 years There’s…

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Almost 500 riders took part in the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 68th Banbury Run, open only to VMCC members on pre-1931 machines, on Sunday, June 19 – down a little on the 600 or so during the halcyon days of a few years ago, but still living up to the event’s tag of ‘the largest…

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Last October we ran a short feature headed ‘The Cotton they dragged from the Grand Union Canal’ telling the story of a 1937 350cc JAP-engined Cotton Sports that VMCC Taverners Section member Brian Matthews had just started putting back together. Now the job is done, and Brian tells the tale. A Cotton restored Brian (left)…

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After several years in the planning, the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust’s exhibition of British motor scooters opened to the public within the Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil on May 21. British scooter display opens at Haynes Motor Museum Visitors could be in for a surprise when they see the sheer variety of British scooters…

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Owners of T160 Triumph Tridents might be interested to know that a T160 Triplex primary drive conversion sprocket is now available from Clive Scarfe Systems. T160 triplex primary drive problem solved All you need to carry out the T160 conversion is the new sprocket, your original spider assembly and shock-absorber rubber retaining plate, a T150…

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After winning a Carole Nash Insurance competition, 37-year-old Ben Hayes from Cheshire recently spent a day he’ll never forget with his motorcycle racing hero, Leon Haslam. Carole Nash winner Ben spends a day with his hero Leon Haslam Experiencing a few laps as pillion passenger with Leon’s equally famous dad, Ron is one of the…

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Almost 200 bikes, including some real Japanese exotica, turned up for the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club’s Japanese bikers’ day at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum on Saturday, June 11 – and Nigel Barratt and Steph Murchison are to be congratulated on once again organising such a fabulous event. Japanese bikers’ day at Sammy Miller Museum…

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Sponsored by Harleyworld of Chesterfield, the 2016 Thunderfest at Darley Moor saw a packed grid striving to reach their personal target times in a tough 10-lap competition. Timely Thunderfest victory for Rob Head Class A winner Rob Head (740 BSA Norton) is seen in close company with Class B winner Keith Ruddock (250 BSA). The…

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride a Brough, a ‘cammy’ Velocette, a two-speed Scott or a ‘Class One’ veteran? Who said that old bikes weren’t fun to ride? The club’s ‘Reed Scott’ is mastered by an enthusiastic rider. Well, your dreams can come true when you enrol on a Vintage…

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