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Last year’s event was a lot of fun With classic sprints, parades, club stands, displays, autojumbles and trade stands there really are attractions for the whole family and this is before we mention the bouncy castles and beer tents. The classic sprint requires pre entry and is only for bikes up to 1987, however, the…

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Hesketh bike and club now both 30 A ‘baton run’ has been organized to celebrate both milestones and the club wants to involve as many of its members and their bikes as possible. It started in April on the south coast and the baton is steadily being passed from member to member in turn. It…

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Free studio time – and sandwiches… We’re looking for some of the UK’s best classics to photograph and feature in our sister title The Classic MotorCycle, a magazine which specialises in British and European machinery up to about 1970. It’s all free to you – basically, you help us and we’ll help you… please email,…

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Final year fashion studdents at RGU launch their motoring fashion display The exhibition showed the evolving relationship between the motor and fashion industries, with a display of vintage vehicles and fashion trends through the years. In recognition of these close ties, final year fashion management students from RGU’s Aberdeen Business School joined forces with Grampian…

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This fabulous place, which opened in May 2011, in an old wood mill in a stunning setting on a lakeside, hosted an event with Finnish motorcycle stars and a special theme. For 2012 the theme was the 40th anniversary of Jarno Saarinen’s world championship. Destined for much more, the talented rider was involved in a…

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As usual, it’s also open to all veteran, vintage and post-vintage machines as well as three-wheelers of any make. But now there will be a class dedicated to machines dating from 1932 to 1940. Post-vintage motorcycles had previously been invited as a ‘demonstration’ but interest was such that it has now been made a full…

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Dave Jeremiah in action on a CZ Speaking to OBM, organiser Adrian Moss said: “We’ve got Dave Jeremiah as special guest this year and Mick Andrews is going to do the trial and the scramble too. Oh, you’d better mention that the road trial will be the second round of the Rickman Motorcycles British Bike…

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Show is a celebration of everything that goes on two wheels Last year’s show attracted 10,000 visitors plus the 5000 people who live on site and organisers expect this year to be even bigger. Show-goers can expect to see everything from British classics to Japanese thoroughbreds and American icons. There will also be displays from…

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British made five speeder now available for Royal Enfields Designed to look like the old four-speed box, it has an entirely revised set of gears and selector assembly proven and developed in competition and on the road. While the Indian made five-speed gearbox is a big step forward over the older four-speed models, the new…

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Milano Sport helmet Called the Milano Sport it is manufactured to ECE 22.05 – the current Europe-wide standard for motorcyclists’ protective headgear – using ABS, a type of thermoplastic noted for its impact resistance and toughness. There are two models in the range and it is the retro styled 380D helmet with a removable peak…

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