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JULY 30-31st 2016 Please see the advert below for the correct date –  For more information please click here.

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On his way to winning the Laurie Fenton Trophy for the greatest age difference between rider and machine, Sam Bewley enjoys the run on a 1914 Wall Autowheel. It would become the largest gathering of pioneer motorcycles in the world, and every machine taking part in this year’s 77th event on Sunday, March 20 was…

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Notable vintage restorer and Golden Era Run co-founder Ian Jennings yowls past another British icon on his 1919 ex-works Scott. Two optional circular routes will provide enjoyable opportunities for riders of even the earliest machines to experience the quiet and picturesque roads in the Vale of York. Read more in May’s edition of OBM  

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Beautiful vistas like this are awaiting all who take up the challenge of the VMCC’s inaugural ‘Herefordshire on the Edge’ event. It will give riders of older motorcycles and three-wheelers the chance to explore some of the most remote and beautiful corners of one of England’s most scenic, historic and least-visited counties. Read more in…

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Monocoque engineering of the highest order is about to make its way onto road bikes. Peter and his like-minded colleague Greg Taylor started the new company three years ago, and since then three beautifully-engineered JPN Replica machines have been produced with two more nearing completion – but this is just the start! Read more in…

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For such a big, torquey bike, the T120 Triumph Bonneville Black scores highly enough in the handling stakes. The all-new T120 Triumph Bonneville is a vitally important motorcycle for Triumph’s future, with the bike targeted to be the biggest seller in the Bonnie range which, in turn, will account for 25 to 30% of all…

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This ex-Henry Laird demonstrator 1938 982cc Brough Superior SS100 made £219,900 at the Bonhams’ auction. The eight long-lost Broughs, of which the Austin Seven-engined machine was the star lot, sold collectively for £752,625. Believed by many to have been destroyed, they finally came to light last year in the Cornish village where they’d been rotting…

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Looking down on another top show at Stafford on Saturday, April 23, with the Douglas display prominent in the foreground. It’s one of the greatest bike shows on earth, with so much to see and experience that the whole weekend, let alone a single day, is never quite enough. Such was the standard of machines…

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At the forthcoming Stafford Show, ‘Geebee’ and fellow Cubbies are planning to improve on previous Cub and Terrier displays. “Whatever type, model, style or state your bike is in, and whether it be road, competition, pristine or part-finished, it would be great to have it on the stand,” she says. “Last year we had around…

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One of the few Vincent sprinters still active today, Maurice Brierley’s Methamon sidecar outfit will be showing its paces on April 17. Vincent-powered machines became a popular choice during the early days of National Sprint Association events, with George Brown’s 1000cc Nero and 1500cc Super Nero establishing many records. He was often seen at NSA…

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