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  • News in brief

    News in brief

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    Remembrance garden at Victoria Bikers Pub Full details of the garden, the pub and all the motorcycling activities that take place there are available by visiting www.vicbikerspub.co.uk • First World War display at Motorcycle Live Motorcycle Live will feature a display of mint-condition motorcycles from the First World War as well as showing all the…

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  • Villiers and the Black Country Vehicle Festival

    Villiers and the Black Country Vehicle Festival

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    He was told he could sign in as a late entrant on the day. When this had been done, he was greeted warmly by the volunteers and shown to his parking place, and soon his bike was surrounded by around 35 motorcycles, mostly Sunbeam and AJS. Although he didn’t make anything of the lack of…

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  • T E Lawrence\'s penultimate SS100 attracts attention at Brough Rally

    T E Lawrence\'s penultimate SS100 attracts attention at Brough Rally

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    RIGHT: UL 656, the penultimate Brough SS100 that Lawrence of Arabia owned, attracts admiring glances at the Brough Rally at Middle Aston House, Middle Aston, Oxfordshire The machine used to be in Devon’s Coombe Martin Motorcycle Museum (now closed) and has been owned by the same family for many years. Although no longer in running…

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  • Founders Day event at Lutterworth

    Founders Day event at Lutterworth

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    Organised in memory of VMCC founder Titch Allen, it boasted club stands galore, classic trials riding demonstrations by members of the Taverners and visiting Dabbers club, the arrival of John Wallis on his ‘red-nosed’ 1924 Brough Superior SS80 after his mammoth 3800 mile, month long tour of England, Scotland and Wales in support of Comic…

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  • Wells charity event

    Wells charity event

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    Groups of riders were flagged off on their various routes over the east Mendips and mid-Somerset by the mayor, assisted by the town crier, and after meeting up for coffee at Walton village hall, they took different routes back to Wells Football Club for lunch. In the afternoon there were more scenic routes, the ‘tortoises’…

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  • Towcester ton-up day

    Towcester ton-up day

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    Classic roadburners abound as visitors relive the golden years of their youth Hundreds of bikes turned up for this great free annual event, and the sun shone too. With the emphasis on the café racers, ton-up boys and rockers of yesteryear, there were lines of Tritons, Goldies and Norvins to admire, and during the afternoon…

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  • Sprinting returns to Leighton Hall

    Sprinting returns to Leighton Hall

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    The last time bikes raced at Leighton Hall was in 1969. Here, a group of riders and their machines, headed by a race-kitted Ariel Arrow, line up for action Competitors will race along a 220 metre track, with a 55-degree bend just 50 metres from the start line, and the event is open to all…

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  • All-Japanese show at Great Blakeham

    All-Japanese show at Great Blakeham

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    Look out for gorgeous restored classics like this Yamaha YR3 at the Great Blakenham event Situated just off the A14, the village hall will play host to one of the classic Japanese scene’s best-kept secrets. If you like your period bikes, this has to be the place to see them, and the breadth of this…

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  • Norton rallygoers roar into Norfolk

    Norton rallygoers roar into Norfolk

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    Nortons of all descriptions are lined up as riders arrive at the Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Museum of Norfolk Rural Life, near Dereham, on Saturday, June 21 Highlights included a mass ride-out on the Saturday to the Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Museum of Norfolk Rural Life near Dereham, a barbecue and evening entertainment and a…

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  • Restored Dot delivery tricycle revealed

    Restored Dot delivery tricycle revealed

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    With two exhaust pipes coming from the back of little Villiers engine, what memories this now-immaculate Dot three-wheeler stirs Powered by a 122cc Villiers two-stroke engine with a three-speed gearbox, the 1947 Dot ‘Devoid of Trouble’ motorcycle vehicle delivery truck, to give its correct description, was popular for bread and ice cream deliveries, and its…

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