New & Features

Starting from the Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford, the inaugural Veteran Only Run, a new venture for the Somerset Section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, took place in glorious weather on Sunday, August 13. Although a modest eight entrants arrived for this specialist event over a flattish 46-mile route, broken by a coffee…

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Earlier this year, a letter to OBM from Brian Laitt was read by David Dearle, who hadn’t seen his old friend since the early 1960s. After we arranged for them to get in touch with each other, David made the trip from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, to Brian’s home in Somerset last month, and they were reunited…

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An estimated 5000 motorcycles and historic vehicles will be at the Wemoto Festival of Jurby, Isle of Man, on August 27. The design of this year’s £10 charity T-shirts will reflect Bob McIntyre’s setting of the first 100mph TT lap during his Senior victory on a works Gilera four 60 years ago. All proceeds will…

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CCM will be showing off its stunning new café racer for the first time since its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with an appearance at the Llangollen Motorcycle Festival over the weekend of August 5/6. Using the same DNA as the first two Spitfire and Scrambler variants, the café racer boasts a 600cc…

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With his 1934 500cc Norton M30 International, Andy Marks won the class for the best pre-1950 motorcycle at the South of England Summer Classic Bike Show & Bikejumble at the South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex on Sunday, July 16, the runner-up being Steve Marks’ (1920 1300cc Henderson K). The best 1950-59 machine was…

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The funeral has taken place at Poole Crematorium of H A (Harry) Pearce, the very first motorcycle road race winner at Brands Hatch, who passed away peacefully aged 94, after a short illness. Originally from Surbiton, Surrey, he was a regular trials and scrambles competitor before taking up road racing in the Manx Grand Prix…

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One way and another, there’s quite a lot about BSAs in this issue – but one name that will remain indelibly linked to the marque is that of noted Gold Star specialist Eddie Dow, who passed away in March at the age of 92. Not only did Eddie Dow achieve a successful International Six Days’…

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A record crowd turned out for the Boston Bike Night Classic & Custom Show organised by members of the Poachers section of the AJS & Matchless Owners’ Club on Thursday, July 6. Trophies for the winners of five classic bike classes were presented by Boston’s Mayor, Mr Brian Rush, and feedback on the event was…

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Ian Kerr joins three motorcycling colleagues in an eye-opening introduction to Latvia’s Kurland Rally Since the late 1970s, the name Juris Ramba has been synonymous with vintage and classic motorcycling. The Latvian collector has also become the man to go to when everyone else says something is unrepairable (ultimately proving them wrong in most cases!)…

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The fourth Roaring Twenties Day along the seafront at Bexhill-on-Sea was better than ever, even though it did start windy and chilly as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s East Sussex Section staked out the site on the promenade lawns at 6am, writes Keith Rhodes. Despite this, by 9am on Saturday, July 22, some interesting motorcycles…

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