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Category: Features

Christmas Gift Guide 2023

4th December 2023 Alex Bestwick Advertisement Feature, Features
MoreBikes.co.uk Christmas Gift Guide

Christmas is just around the corner, meaning that it’s time to start present hunting yet again. Fortunately, we’ve made your life that bit simpler with our exclusive Christmas Gift Guide! Check out some of these fantastic picks…

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Book of the Week: Triumph: Pictorial History of the Great British Marque

20th November 2023 Web Editor Features

In our latest book of the week, James Robinson takes a deep dive into the history of Triumph.

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The 1967 International Cycle and Motor Cycle Show

14th November 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

We would lay money on the fact that the event that virtually all of us have in common, that most of us will have attended at least once, is not the TT or the Dragon Rally, but the International Cycle and Motor Cycle Show. Here John Milton takes a look back to the show of 1967 using Mortons Archive images.

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The life of Stanley Woods, the first motorcycle superstar

2nd October 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

John Milton looks back on the life of the man they called ‘the first motorcycle superstar’.

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Speed is Expensive: the Vincent story told by the people who were there in new documentary

15th September 2023 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

  A new documentary follows the life and career of legendary motorcycle designer Philip Vincent, told by the people who were there. Alex Bestwick speaks to director David Lancaster about bringing the Vincent story to

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Made in Japan: Yamaha’s XT and SR500 – a singular sort-out

31st July 2023 Web Editor Features, From the Archive

Eyebrows were raised when Yamaha entered the ‘big single’ market in the 1970s – but it had done its homework thoroughly to put some tired old bogeys to rest, writes Steve Cooper.

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The Wee Run Frae The Doc’s Auld Hoose

21st July 2023 Arianne Davey Features

This year sees the fourth running of the splendidly named Wee Run Frae The Doc’s Auld Hoose.   The event was inspired by Alistair Huddleston’s father, Dr Iain Huddleston, one of the founding members of

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Time travel: Horace Meadowcroft’s motorcycle showroom, exactly 100 years ago – Readers' Letters

21st July 2023 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

I thought that this photograph, taken exactly 100 years ago this July, may be of interest to readers of OBM.  It is of my grandfather, Horace Meadowcroft, standing by the side of his Model T

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The evolution of bike races: A look back at their history… and future

16th June 2023 Arianne Davey Advertisement Feature, Features

As a sport, motorcycle racing has come a long way and seen its fair share of changes and advancements – from the introduction of new technologies to the rise of professional teams.

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Three Motorcycle Events You Don't Want to Miss in June

15th June 2023 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Celebrate Father’s Day or enjoy a day out in the sun with a classic motorcycle show or event, during the rest of June. IMAGE: iStock Braithwell Classic Car & Bike Show Family fun day Saturday,

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