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Popular Dirt Bike Show opens doors in November Though a modern show, Classic Dirt Bike always does well there because the youngsters off looking at the modern stuff seem to deposit their older relatives near us – we’re generally near the tea and toilets you see! The popular Evojumble will be back and there’ll be…

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Triumph sprint bike at Ramsey With anxious eyes on the Manx weather, which had been a concern, organisers must have breathed a sigh of relief as the sky was blue and the sun shone brightly for competitors and spectators when the event was held. The ‘Run what yah brung’ nature of this event meant the…

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Bikes will gather at the Ace Cafe for the run to Brighton The event, starting on September 7, is a weekend of free entertainment for anyone interested in bikes and rock ‘n’ roll. Before proceedings get under way, there will be a Continental Run ride-in beginning in Germany on September 6 and crossing Holland, Belgium…

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Retro rear end conversion for Royal Enfield There’s a certain irony in a rigid rear end conversion for the Bullet as Royal Enfield bucked the trend for solid rears in the 1940s by fitting a swinging arm suspension to some of its machines. However, the modern retro world demands that a solid rear be an…

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Graham Walker with his 1911 499cc Rudge Owners of Sunbeam machines are invited to take part in a recreation of an event originally held in 1930. The 75th Sunbeam MCC Pioneer Run is due to take place on March 24 next year. Run organiser Ian McGill said: “The club already has seven known machines that…

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Listen to Steve Parrish at Motorcycle Live The event takes place at Birmingham’s NEC from November 24 to December 2. Motorsport presenter and commentator Steve Parrish said at last year’s show: “The beauty of Motorcycle Live is that you’ve got everything there. Whatever you want to find – it’s a one stop biking shop, plus…

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Entrance to show always have an excellent mix of superbly restored classics Regular attendees will know that the October extravaganza is all about later stuff but they will also know that we don’t ignore the earlier machines either. Other than that all the regular things that are expected at a show will be there. Including…

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Folding kickstart for classics Naturally if you’ve got standard footrests then standard set-up works exceedingly well but if you change anything then often several other points have to change too. For instance the footrests on the Old Bike Mart Triumph are now in a more MX position and that places the right-hand side one smack…

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Weather didn’t put too many people off Thanks to the weather, which at times resembled a monsoon, a slightly reduced number of participants left Hayes Garden World in Ambleside, Cumbria on Friday August 17 to tackle a route taking in many famous Cumbrian passes. Unlike in 1913, for the inaugural ISDT, these days most of…

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Treat your classic to alloy mudguards Given what they do on a motorcycle, mudguards are one of the first components to suffer damage and rusting as a bike gets used. In the winter they get road muck and salt and in the ‘summer’ they get soaked. Road dirt packs into all the nooks and crannies…

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