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Best-in-show owner Jeff Elliot shows off his built-from-scratch Triumph Trident. Road racing heroes James Whitham and Steve Plater shared laughs with the eager audiences as they talked about Whit’s racing career and subsequent life as a TV commentator, and James also took two of his own restoration projects to the party. Read more in February’s…

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Learning the tricks of the trade at an NMM Friends’ workshop day. The first workshop training day of 2016, free of charge to the Friends as part of their membership, will take place in the museum’s Premier Suite on Saturday February 27. Various sessions will be presented by suppliers and partners of the NMM, including…

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That ‘old Enfield’ looks quite a tasty machine as Graham gives it an outing along a muddy trail. He’ll be taking the ferry to Santander, then riding along some trails in the Picos before crossing northern Spain, over the Pyrenees and up through France. The idea is to travel along unsurfaced roads wherever possible, or…

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A delighted Ian Hutchinson takes the Torrens Trophy at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, on January 12. He then had to endure more than 30 gruelling operations before fighting his way back to the pinnacle of his sport and taking three more TT victories and a dominant win at Macau last year. Read…

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This gorgeous 500cc Bianchi grand prix racer is just one of the treats in store at Telford. The Lino Tonti-designed double-overhead-camshaft engine has a six-speed gearbox and produces 72bhp at 10,000rpm. The other machines in Sam’s trio are a 1925 Brough Superior SS100 Pendine Racer and a 1974 Talon MickMar five-speed trials bike designed by…

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The “Free Pitch” offer to first-time traders was introduced about 10 years ago to encourage enthusiasts to clear from their sheds and garages parts and bits from projects long abandoned or no longer of interest, and this has now been extended to include clubs wishing to dispose of memorabilia or parts. However, anyone wishing to…

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It seems only yesterday that the London Motorcycle Museum was celebrating its new display of the Derek Minter trophy collection which includes no fewer than 14 TT replicas. Thanks to financial assistance from the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust (see feature on pages 38-39) display cabinets were installed to show off the trophies, while the rest…

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With the new Triumph’s low seat height, crisp handling and excellent brakes, the good times are set to roll again. If ever there was a reason to buy a modern classic, it’s Triumph’s new Street Twin – the first in a line of five new bikes in the Bonneville range. The Street Twin is a…

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