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Want a high gloss shine? Contact ACM Finishing The staff at the Lowestoft business had been polishing metal parts for years using conventional polishing methods which involve surface preparation and then buffing and finishing, and although this system has been sufficient for most polishing jobs they felt that some jobs required more than the usual…

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Harley-Davidson tour The Ride Home, which begins on August 18, is a 10 day ride across the United States from Los Angeles, California to Milwaukee, Wisconsin birthplace and home of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. The tour arrives in Milwaukee just in time for the 110th anniversary of Harley-Davidson celebrations. On the way it will visit the Mojave…

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Our project Can-Am would have been ideal for the Twinshock Trailfinder event If you’ve got a twinshock bike, a brain and don’t fancy the ‘eat my dust’ world of guided trail-rides then this two day, old-school, non-GPS map-reading event in the Pyrenees is for you. The entry is £200 per rider. You must be in…

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Dates announced for Borders Classic Bike Show • Calls to lower drink drive A road safety organisation has applauded the Scottish Government’s move towards lowering the drink drive limit and called for the rest of the UK to follow suit. GEM Motoring Assist says that if Scotland makes the move, it will be brought into…

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New look calendar It unfolds, so that the unfortunate machines depicted each fill an entire A4 sheet, thus rendering oil leaks, dents, rust patches and mismatched parts clearly visible. The lower part has individual days outlined, providing enough room to note down award ceremonies, hospital appointments, court appearances and other important engagements. The six illustrations,…

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Matt and Mike Collier with Sammy Miller at the handing over of the Collier To mark the inspiration of this great innovator the trust is contemplating a ‘Bob Collier Area.’ The machines are circa 1940s 1056cc Vertical Twin (as featured in the December 1942 issue of Bike Magazine), Austin Seven trials bike and Scottish Six…

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Eccles Racing Cruiser boots It’s all well and good wearing modern riding gear on an old motorcycle but it doesn’t look right does it? All that bling and boots with sliders with spangly bits on is okay if you’re heading off to the local meeting point on your hyper bike and standing round in your…

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Guest of honour Guy Martin Racer Guy Martin will meet fans on the Live Motorbike Stage where he will be interviewed about his career and bikes. Also interviewed will be racer and TT rider Mick Grant and speedway legend Eric Boocock. Mick and his team of expert trials riders will be riding classic machinery as…

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Riders leave the Kinlochleven car park where the Moidart Run starts each The date will be Thursday, May 2, and it will start and finish at Kinlochleven, take riders on to the Corran ferry and over to the peninsula where a stop will be made at the Devil’s Staircase section of SSDTs long ago. The…

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Bike breathalyser fines put back until next March The fines were due to be enforced from November 1 this year, with all drivers in France, including motorcyclists, now required to carry a breathalyser kit. The €11 fine for failure to comply will be applicable to all road users, except for those on mopeds. Single-use breathalyser…

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