While you may not realise it, if you learnt to ride a bike in the late ’70s or early ’80s you will have seen this motorbike while studying the Highway Code! It’s a 1973 Triumph
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Banbury Run award criteria
Expanding on the mention in the last issue, you’ll recall that entrants in the VMCC’s Banbury Run, held on Sunday, June 16, can qualify for a number of different awards. Included in those awards are
Read moreSomerset trials: no tribulations
Of late, there seems to be an expanded interest in classic trials and similar off-road events – as you’ll have seen from the number of mentions in the OBM news pages – and the Somerton
Read moreA Gentleman’s conveyance
Brough Superiors have, of late, seemed to be fetching higher and higher figures at auction. And it’s highly unlikely that the bike you see here is going to buck the trend… This legendary SS100 was
Read moreFestival of 1000 Bikes 2019
A bit of early information here, just to make sure that you don’t double-book yourself, as this year’s Festival of 1000 Bikes, organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, is to be held at Leicestershire’s
Read moreWill you be my friend?
We all like to support the kind of causes that we’re really interested in, or in which we have a vested interest, and the warm-hearted feeling brought by supporting such ventures is made all the
Read moreClassic Bike Guide Winter Classic – Newark Showground
Keen to walk off the overindulgence of turkey sandwiches, turkey curry, bubble and squeak and mince pies, Dave Manning heads to Newark Showground for the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic. The first weekend in January
Read moreTelford Classic Dirt Bike Show
Welcome, dirt bike fans, to the annual Classic Dirt Bike Show, sponsored by Hagon Shocks. We would like to thank all the folk who turned out to support the show last year; once again it
Read moreMetisse launch
Sending Ian Kerr OBE out to a golf club on a grey autumnal morn probably wasn’t fair, but he found a good reason for the trip A prestigious golf club in Oxfordshire on a wet,
Read moreUPDATE: MOT EXEMPTION OF HISTORIC VEHICLES
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) has argued that changes to requirements for MOT testing of historic vehicles can leave drivers “at risk from ill-briefed policeman.” The FBHVC has argued that the DVLA
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