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Looking back at his Motor Cycle years during the mid-1970s, Pete Kelly recalls the drawn-out saga of Norton Villiers Triumph and the Meriden workers’ co-operative along with a few more memorable tales. Michael Heseltine, then the Shadow Minister for Industry (left) and NVT chairman Dennis Poore, put on an optimistic front as the Cosworth ‘Challenge’…

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Looking back at his Motor Cycle years during the mid-1970s, Pete Kelly recalls the drawn-out saga of Norton Villiers Triumph and the Meriden workers’ co-operative along with a few more memorable tales.

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Our book of the week this time around is Taking it to the Limit by the award-winning Peter Starr! With over 40 years experience in and around the motorcycle industry and 35 years as an award winning documentary film maker Peter Starr is very uniquely positioned to champion his favorite sport. His first book is…

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‘Classic’ is in the eye of the beholder and well, it’s time for the new guard to make their mark at Stafford. The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show is back in Stafford this October, and tickets are available here! The brand-new Naughty 90’s hall, in association with Suzuki, will showcase the very best and most interesting…

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Our first book of the week for August is the recently published Classic Superbikes II by Frank Melling. A classic superbike is a motorcycle which has universal appeal, regardless of your age or riding experience. It’s the bike you dream of riding – even if you’re a non-motorcyclist. Bikes like this are inspirational and their…

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An absolute must-have for motorbike enthusiasts is the VMCC’s new book: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides! Bustling with over 1000 rides and biking events you can do in 2022 are listed in this brand new book from the VMCC – the Vintage Motorcycle Club, which welcomes all bikes over 25 years old.  Britain’s…

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It hasn’t just been a ‘normal’ winter, unable to get out for a few months, instead we’ve been locked down and shut out from all those places we love to visit for the best part of two years. So with spring here you are no doubt starting to think about getting back out on the…

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Honda has, it cannot be denied, consistently been one of the most innovative and ingenious automotive companies that the world has ever seen but, argues Steve Cooper, with the VF400 and VF500, was it just too clever for its own good? With its new V4 engine shoehorned into a duplex loop frame, the VF400 rewrote…

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