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This year’s special activities for Friends of the National Motorcycle Museum will start with a free Museum Workshop Training Day in the Compton Suite on Saturday, February 24. Two sessions presented by Classic Bike magazine’s Rick Parkington of ‘Rick’s Fixes’ fame, and the museum’s own restoration team will be on hand to discuss some of…

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AFTER staying in all day for the royal wedding on Saturday, May 19, why not treat yourself to a great day out at the second annual Clifford Arms Classic Show at Great Haywood, Stafford on Sunday, May 20? The vehicles, including of course motorcycles, will be on display from 11am until 3pm and no fee…

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When Royal Enfield CEO Siddhartha Lal said we’d be surprised by the new Interceptor INT and Continental GT 650 parallel twins that are due to go on sale this year he wasn’t kidding – and they drew the fans like a magnet at the nine-day Motorcycle Live extravaganza at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre in November.…

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Racing history from 120 years ago was recreated to the day at Brooklands on November 29, when the recently reopened Finishing Straight proved the perfect venue for a celebration of Britain’s very first motor race – and Tony Page was there to witness it. Britain’s very first motor race was organised by Charles Jarrott, and…

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THE new RE Interceptor will be ceremoniously uncovered on the Interceptor Group Stand, (259 Sedgmoor) in the Bristol Classic Bike Show at 11am on Saturday, February 3. A spokesperson for the organisation said: “The Interceptor Group has waited 47 years to see the continuation of the line and we will be celebrating accordingly. “Visitors are…

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Steve Jones of Steve’s Stainless, who was known to thousands of motorcyclists at autojumble events and was an unmistakable figure in his jester’s headgear, collapsed and died of a heart attack while on holiday in Goa with his wife Mand in November, and his cremation has taken place in India. Steve, whose business was featured…

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This year’s Annual Rally of the Trident & Rocket 3 Owners’ Club at the Anglesey circuit in North Wales on July 13-14 will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of the iconic triples in 1968. It is anticipated that the format will be similar to last year’s event, with track sessions, an autojumble…

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Graham Lampkin has become the Association of Classic Trials Clubs’ motorcycle co-ordinator responsible for all bike-related matters. “The ACTC regulates classic trials, but the term is a bit ambiguous,” said Graham. “The trial is of a classic format, but the vehicles can be brand new. They are the best-kept secret in the biking world.” The…

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Classic motorcycle racing had a great 2017 season with good entries at all six meetings organised for the Lansdowne series. The overall winner and Bonhams Lansdowne British Champion was Dean Stimpson, riding an Izzard Racing Manx Norton, with Mike Russell and Chris Firmin in second and third places respectively. The National Motorcycle Museum-sponsored WRR class…

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A collection of British motorcycles dating from the 1930s to the 1950s has been dragged from a Somerset barn, and the machines will go under the gavel at Charterhouse Auctioneers’ classic motorcycle auction at Sherborne on February 4. “Most are complete but will require some recommissioning work before they are put back on the road,”…

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