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The words come from St Francis of Assisi, but seem perfect for Tony Page’s report on the Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region’s Summer Run around Windsor The Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region, whose members meet quarterly in Windsor, organises summer and autumn runs around the back roads of the town that…

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The Italian Ride-In at the Sammy Miller Museum on Sunday, July 16, brought a feast of around 120 beautifully-crafted motorcycles, varying from a classic Moto Guzzi horizontal single to a stunning MV Agusta F4 and everything in between. A little red and white Bianchi single, with its swirl-pattern tank and lovely fishtail-style silencer, was a…

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Reflecting the Waterlooville Motor Cycle Club’s formation in 1928, the theme of its biennial show at Horndean Technology College on Sunday, June 18, was motorcycling through the ages. Guest of honour Sammy Miller MBE opened the show at 10am, and in the reception area visitors got a taste of what was inside the main hall…

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Well over 500 motorcycles of all makes turned up for the third Bike Life Classics Day at the Sammy Miller Museum on June 25, raising more than £1000 for The Stars Appeal charity at Salisbury Hospital. Six trophies were presented – four chosen by independent judges for the best bikes, and two by Bike Life…

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Triple world champion Freddie Spencer, veteran TT riders Stuart Graham and Mat Oxley and Norton chief executive officer Stuart Garner took part in a moving tribute to the life of John Surtees as they rode some of the most iconic motorcycles from his road racing period during the annual Henry Surtees Foundation Team Karting Challenge…

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Multiple TT winner Charlie Williams and Zach Burns have successfully completed a 1035-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats on Rudge Ulster motorcycles, raising more than £5000 for their chosen charities, Classrooms in the Clouds and the TT Riders’ Association. Both the 1934 and 1928 models ridden by Charlie and Zach came from the…

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Former World Superbike star Aaron Slight will be guest of honour at the 24th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford on October 14/15. The New Zealander was as fast and smooth on the track as he was flamboyant and controversial off it, so he should have some entertaining tales to share with show…

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A rare collection of AJW motorcycles from the 1920s and 30s is now on display at the Lakeland Motor Museum in Cumbria, and includes a 1934 Flying Vixen and a 1933 Flying Fox that was tracked down to the Netherlands, where it lay in a completely dismantled state before undergoing a meticulous 18-month restoration. Other…

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Lifelong motorcyclist and freelance journalist Jim Reynolds has been appointed motorcycle consultant for Shropshire, Wales and Gloucestershire by Bonhams auctioneers. Jim’s writing made the columns of countless publications including Motor Cycle News, Classic Bike, The Classic MotorCycle, Bike and Vintage Bike (USA), and he launched Classic Bike Guide with Frank Westworth in 1990. Jim has…

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Looking around the paddock at Donington Park race circuit on the first weekend in May one couldn’t help wondering whether the organisers had read last month’s ‘Pete’s Prattle’, writes Ian Kerr. As the Endurance Legends motorcycle racing series, featuring a four-hour classic endurance race complete with a number of star guests, made its Donington debut,…

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