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Welsh Motoring Auction cancelled This difficult decision had to be taken due to the very limited number of entries that had committed to the sale as the catalogue deadline approached. Having held the auction annually for over 15 years, during which time some rare and valuable vehicles have changed hands, Nigel Hodson, auctioneer in charge,…

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Old bikes don’t handle? Mervyn Stratford’s fiery cornering style on his Rudges could put many a lardy modern bike to shame! Based at the Autodromo di Varano de’Melagari, close to Parma in northern Italy, the three-day track event is a superb festival of motorcycling that’s totally free to view, yet as I discovered at the…

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They should have been looking over a beautiful patchwork of green fields… “Right, men,” he says. “I’ve got an idea. Instead of waiting for the invasion, we need to practise one ourselves, on our autocycles.” (The Home Guard doesn’t run to 16H Nortons). “Where?” asks Sergeant Wilson. “Not Scotland,” interrupts Private Godfrey. “My knees are…

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After opening a new Royal Enfield store at Mitcham, Surrey, last year, RE’s CEO Siddhartha Lal (left) attended the Goodwood Revival meeting where an authentic 1960s RE dealership was housed in a marquee. Maurice Mumford (right) who worked at RE’s Westwood plant in the 1950s, was there to offer advice as mechanics fettled a 1949…

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Ben Field – taking over as the new MD. Ben, who has 25 years’ experience in the classic vehicle industry as a restorer, road tester and journalist, takes over from long-standing managing director Chris Marchant, who brought Vintage Tyres to its base at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire, in 1991. Read more in…

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This 1990 limited-edition Norton F1 Rotary will be the first prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s Summer Raffle, to be drawn at Museum Live on November 5. The tickets were drawn by Steve Parrish and Steve Plater at the International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford on Sunday, April 24. It took some time for the…

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