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Great weather, a great crowd and great atmosphere marked the 20th Sammy Miller Run on Sunday, August 27, but the sweltering conditions made the chosen 59-mile route quite enough for most riders, who were waved off by clerk of the course Percy Gosling. Percy, who is now standing down after fulfilling the role for two…

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With a new Avon Storm 3D X-M rear tyre fitted to his Harley-Davidson Street Rod, Polish stunt rider Maciej Bielicki has set a new world record for the longest recorded rolling burn-out on a motorcycle. The specially closed road near the H-D dealership in Rzeszow in south-east Poland included a small roundabout that had to…

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EX-WORLD Superbike star Aaron Slight showed that he really is ‘The People’s Champion’ as thousands of visitors packed into the huge annual event to meet their hero and take advantage of the autumn sun. Compere Steve Plater spoke to Slight about his career, life as a WSB rider and teased out some entertaining stories during…

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Thirty-six flat-tank and girder-fork motorcycles took part in this year’s Bamburgh Run, organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Reivers section and the Marston Sunbeam Club & Register. Using a Northumberland flag, Andrew Joicey waved the riders away in pairs from the new venue of Ellingham Village Hall, where lunch was also served, and in…

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AUCTIONEERS Dee Atkinson & Harrison have been asked to auction a piece of local history in the shape of a 1960 348cc Manx Norton at their next Classic Car & Motorcycle Auction at Sledmere House, just outside Driffield, East Yorkshire on Saturday, November 4. The machine was raced by Sheffield’s Bill Beevers before being passed…

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A sensational prototype three-cylinder two-stroke racer will be taken by Sammy Miller to the Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show at Stafford on October 14-15, when it will be joined by the historic 500cc Gilera four in celebration of the late Bob McIntyre’s first 100mph lap of the Isle of Man TT course during the Senior…

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Please note that OBM’s report on page 6 of the October issue, about a celebration of 90 years of grass track racing at the National Motorcycle Museum on Saturday October 14, will take place not in the museum itself but rather in the museum’s conference centre as a private function starting at 6pm, with admission…

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After the very wet week that preceded the Annual Motorcycle Show at the RSPCA’s Hull & East Riding Animal Rescue Centre on Sunday, September 10 prompted talk of cancelling the event, it went ahead despite the dark and gloomy conditions. Even though numbers were a little down on last year, 168 motorcyclists entered the show…

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After taking part in this year’s Syston Park Speed Trials re-enactment in Lincolnshire, Nigel Stennett-Cox describes this historic and thoroughly enjoyable event. It seems like an obvious formula when someone else thinks of it first: organise an event that isn’t a static rally, road run, concours d’elegance or indeed a competition, with the latter’s need…

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One of the biggest gatherings of Honda RC45 racing machines ever seen will grace the Classic Racer Grand Prix Paddock at this year’s Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show at the Staffordshire County Showground over the weekend of October 14-15. Every one of them has a genuine racing history, including Jim Moody’s TT record-breaking factory bike,…

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