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Author Mick Duckworth and the man behind the project Norman Hyde (a veteran of the department) addressed the audience, which included Doug’s son Brendan, ex-Triumph men including John Walford, Bob Trigg and David Green, as well as racers Paul Smart, Percy Tait, John Cooper and Tony Jefferies, among many others. Commented Mick: “I’ve known Norman…

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It is hard to imagine what it was like when he was travelling around Europe in a mate’s Commer van, the two of them sleeping in the back between the bikes, the tools and the riding gear. It’s not the lifestyle you associate with a top ranking motocross rider and his mechanic, but that’s how…

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Frank Phillips Scott mounted for the very first Scott Trial Unique in major observed trials the Scott has a time element making winning it a balancing act between setting a faster time or keeping your feet up. There are of course those who can hurtle round like racers and still keep their feet up but…

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New book and lacquer treatment in a can The book charts the last of the throws of the dice for BSA, Triumph and Norton while looking at the inescapable future as produced by Japan. Running from Kawasaki’s H1 head banger through to the jaw dropping Honda CBX1000 this rather excellent book also looks at the…

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Well, 'bike cover' is too simplictic. It’s a preservation system for use when laying up a bike for a while. What it does is provide an easily assembled cover on its own ‘floor’ which seals out the damp atmosphere. Once the bike is in there the atmosphere surrounding it is replaced with a corrosion inhibiting…

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It will be held at Whitchurch High School, Penlline Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF14 2XJ on Sunday, May 11. The event has run successfully on and off over several years, missing out 2013, but it’s back on again and will be put together by the local club section. The show has always been an open…

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Watsonian Meteor partnered with a Moto Guzzi V7 racer Only 601 of the initial Meteor were built by Watsonian, between 1946-49, using a batch of RAF Mosquito bomber reserve fuel tanks which the company had bought from the Air Ministry shortly after the end of the Second World War. Made from stretched and spun plywood,…

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Beautiful bobber brightens Belstaff Although the bike had only 4500 miles it was cosmetically a mess. Owner Ian Spinney teamed up with John McGeachin of www.classicbikerepairsglasgow.co.uk to lighten the machine with stainless guards, fit a low profile Optima seat and expose the engine, carb and exhaust by removing the air filter assembly. All frame and…

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Frank Lemstra at speed • Dutch rider takes North East Club’s 500cc Classic Championship Frank Lemstra, a motorcycle dealer from Amsterdam, became the North East Motorcycle Racing Club’s 2013 500cc Classic Champion at East Fortune Raceway in The Borders Region by beating close rival and 2011 champion Colin Stockdale from Whitby. He won the title…

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Continuing on from the successful Border Revvers weekend in May, the event attracted just under 30 classics across a decent range of manufacturers including Laverda, Moto Morini, Moto Guzzi and Ducati. The base for the weekend was Dingwall, set in the beautiful coastal scenery of Ross-shire and Sutherland, with great biking roads and several famous…

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