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All kinds of pre-1980 machines are packed tight at a Colombres Rally lunch stop. The organisers are adamant that limiting numbers and strictly adhering to the pre-1980 cut-off will maintain the spirit of this popular event, and they are absolutely right. Read more in November’s edition of OBM 

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What a job the judges had to do when confronted by rows of gleaming exhibition machines like these. Fuelled by increased attendances and a European record-breaking motorcycle auction, the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at the Staffordshire County Showground on October 17-18 proved another stunning success. Celebrating emerging and modern classics from the 1960s…

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How about a Land’s End-John O’Groats run on this 1970 Chuan Yie BC100c taxi trike? There’s plenty of room for the luggage, and even a night’s kip at a push! A Norton Dominator realised £6,600, but a Chinese Chuan Yie taxi trike that plied its trade on the streets of Beijing before such vehicles were…

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James and friends have a look at a Kawasaki KH500 triple. The run started from Poole Harbour and stopped on Bournemouth promenade before heading to Highcliffe Castle. There the riders were met by Sammy Miller and his wife Rosemary, who led them back to the museum where they spent the afternoon chatting with friends and…

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We made it! The finishing enclosure at Brighton last year brought a chance for riders in last year’s Pioneer Run to relax and trade stories. Photo: Alan Turner. Founded in 1924, the club promoted the first Pioneer Run to Brighton in 1930, and throughout its long history the event has been broken only by war,…

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There’s hardly an inch of Tarmac left as visitors celebrating the 22nd reunion weekend swarm around the many mouth-watering bikes parked outside the Ace Cafe. A year later, in September 1994, Mark organised the first Ace Cafe Reunion. It attracted no fewer than 12,000 people, including many of the Ace’s original ‘ton-up’ customers, and the…

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Norbert Verwoglt still uses this 1927 BMW R42 on a daily basis, and once rode it all the way from Germany and back to take part in the Banbury Run. For the first two days, August 29-30, 17 of them participated in the 50th Hengelo Run, near Arnhem, for motorcycles manufactured before 1939. John Wallis…

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John Rands’ GPO BSA Bantam brought back a few memories. Clerk of the course Percy Gosling waved off from the Sammy Miller Museum and although Bob Stanley, who works in the restoration workshop, followed in the recovery van, not a single rider needed his help this year. Read more in this month’s edition of Old…

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