New & Features

A survey by a price comparison website found one driver was involved in an accident after claiming they saw an unnamed celebrity walking along the street. The ‘celebrity’ turned out to be a normal member of the public. Paul Gilbert, customer services director of InsureAnts.co.uk said some road users’ shocking ignorance of the Highway Code…

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New hub for Velocette models • New hub Pic above – this is a newly manufactured hub for Velocette Venom, Viper, Thruxton and Clubman models available at Velocette specialist Grove Classic Motorcycles. They are made by the Velocette Motorcycle Company in Meriden UK and are a superb looking bit of kit and come complete –…

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Fast forward 60 years and seven excited owners of what are now classic Terriers, including one from Belgium, are all counting down to the 60th Anniversary rerun of the Gaffers Gallop, which will start from Roche, near Bodmin at 11.40am on Sunday, October 6. In a bid to recreate Turner’s successful run as accurately as…

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Hot of the press… After much testing and design, Peter Nugent – the new man at BT-H – has produced this superb replica of the original competition magneto used on such bikes as Triumph Trophies. Peter is keen to stress the help Tony Harris – the former owner of BT-H – has been in this…

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Sammy Miller is fetching an unused 1972 Rickman Zundapp In this ISDT centenary year we’re naturally making a big thing of the ISDT and off-road legend Sammy Miller is bringing along an unusual bike – a 1975 ISDT Rickman Zundapp. This incredible 125cc machine has done 12 miles in total since it was bought new…

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Bob MacGregor, winner in 1932, used the SSDT to try his 1933 ISDT machine Older enthusiasts will remember Bob is the only Scottish winner of the Scottish Six Days Trial. The run will be for motorcycles – Pre 75 preferred – and it will start and finish in Bob’s home town at the McLaren Hall,…

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Says Ian McGill, Pioneer Run organiser: “Unfortunately I had to make the difficult decision to cancel the 75th Pioneer Run on the Saturday morning. “The situation on Epsom Downs was that heavy snow and low temperatures made the area unusable. “The predicted weather forecast of further snow and minus three overnight would have made the…

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Local lads Bill Crosby and Jim Redman at the London Museum Previously only open from 10am to 4.30pm at weekends, the museum is now open for the same six and a half hours on Mondays too. The museum, based at Greenford, West London, continues to attract some top motorcycle celebrities to view it ever changing…

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• Hagon dazzlers As suspension units are sealed they tend to be forgotten until they go wrong, but when this happens they remind you of their existence very quickly. These particular ones are intended for the OBM Triumph and are the scrambles variation with 100mm stroke rather than the 80mm roadster damper rod movement. They’re…

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