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For the second year on the trot, Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire played host to a track day that focussed entirely on products made by Suzuki before 1999, and Dave Manning went along for a look. Suzuki are the only Japanese company to organise a classic track day (although Ducati do track days, as do several…

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With this year’s event heralding the ninth year of the Prescott Motorcycle Festival, Dave Manning takes a trip into Gloucestershire to find out more. In 1937, thanks to the objections being made by the general public as to the noise and disturbance caused by motor racing at various venues, the Bugatti Owners’ Club bought Prescott…

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With photos from Eric Kitchen and Mike Wylie, John McCrink reports on the landmark 10th anniversary Gwen White Memorial Moidart Classic Motorcycle Run. In dry and sunny weather, a large group of true enthusiasts descended on the Highland village of Kinlochleven in early May, to take part in the 10th Moidart Peninsula Classic Motorcycle Road…

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Report: Brian Crichton – Pictures: Michael Innes Arch rivals in the leading UK classic motocross championship series clashed at Woodford, Northamptonshire on Sunday, July 7, with a needle match that couldn’t have been closer, with both riders scoring equal points. In the first AMCA championship Pre-1974 race, local ace Ashley Wilson’s 380 CZ reared up…

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Report and pictures: Brian Crichton It was the hottest day of the year so far and there were plenty of hot bikes to keep the temperature up at the second no-fees, invitation-only Classic Racing Motorcycle Show and Demonstration at Tattershall Karting Centre, Lincolnshire, on Saturday, June 29. This gentleman’s day out, in memory of Roger…

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With thoughts of a sidecar outfit capable of as many types of riding as possible, Mick Payne takes a look at a new offering from long-term sidecar manufacturers Watsonian. Back in the day, in the hands of Johnny Brittain and others, Royal Enfield was the trials bike to beat, as Brittain alone won more than…

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Report and pictures: Brian Crichton The AJS Silver Streak single of the 1930s is the natural star turn for an event that glories under the title Shiny Bike Night. Eighty years ago the Silver Streak came from the factory with chrome everything – fuel tank, tool boxes, chain guards, pump, mudguards, exhaust, wheels rims… you…

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Held at Lacon Childe School in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PE, on September 8, the Border Classic is a long-standing show of more than 30 years’ provenance that has a small, but definitive, change for 2019. Previously run by classic motorcycle stalwart and all-round good guy ‘Uncle’ Jim Reynolds, this year’s show will be organised…

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The fourth running of Herefordshire on the Edge attracted no less than 92 entries, all on classic machines ranging from the 1920s through to the 1990s. This unique, navigational event, organised by the Herefordshire section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, provided its usual challenge to riders and machines, with unscheduled heavy rain adding to…

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