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Brough Superiors have, of late, seemed to be fetching higher and higher figures at auction. And it’s highly unlikely that the bike you see here is going to buck the trend… This legendary SS100 was owned and ridden by FP ‘Gentleman’ Dickson, a famous rider in the 1920s with successes in most UK rallies and races.…

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A bit of early information here, just to make sure that you don’t double-book yourself, as this year’s Festival of 1000 Bikes, organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, is to be held at Leicestershire’s Mallory Park over the weekend of July 12-14. All of the usual attractions will be on site – with track…

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We all like to support the kind of causes that we’re really interested in, or in which we have a vested interest, and the warm-hearted feeling brought by supporting such ventures is made all the better when you get something back in return. The National Motorcycle Museum’s scheme – Friends of the NMM – involves…

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Keen to walk off the overindulgence of turkey sandwiches, turkey curry, bubble and squeak and mince pies, Dave Manning heads to Newark Showground for the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic. The first weekend in January may seem like a somewhat inconvenient time of year to be running a motorcycle show, of any kind, but it…

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Welcome, dirt bike fans, to the annual Classic Dirt Bike Show, sponsored by Hagon Shocks. We would like to thank all the folk who turned out to support the show last year; once again it was the scene of much activity and merriment (particularly at the bar…) with special thanks to all those who turned…

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Sending Ian Kerr OBE out to a golf club on a grey autumnal morn probably wasn’t fair, but he found a good reason for the trip A prestigious golf club in Oxfordshire on a wet, wintery morning is not somewhere where you would expect to see two classic scrambler machines being ridden by a pair…

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The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) has argued that changes to requirements for MOT testing of historic vehicles can leave drivers “at risk from ill-briefed policeman.” The FBHVC has argued that the DVLA process for enabling declaration of a vehicle as not being significantly changed at the time of re-licensing only, was one…

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Last issue we told you about the comprehensive number of bikes that have been shipped across the Atlantic, from Sweden to America, to be rolled into the auction halls of Mecum’s 28th annual Las Vegas Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction, taking place from January 22 through to January 27. The bikes in question – no…

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The first Ardingly show of 2019 is set to celebrate 70 years of the Norton Dominator, with the help of Surrey Norton OC. Sunday, March 31 is the day, the South of England Showground is the venue, and Norton’s first twin cylinder engine, as designed by Bert Hopwood, is the focus. The 500cc Dominator Model…

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Further constraints upon the OBM budget have forced the publication to resort to proofreading work being farmed out to the local dog pound. Any rumours concerning the new Old Bike Mutt range of kibbles and biscuits should be taken with the greatest of cynicism. Thanks to Deb Wildsmith for the picture. Read more News and…

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