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Vintage motorbike racers from Cornwall have achieved their ambitious targets of breaking American Land Speed Records against the epic backdrop of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Western Utah, US. Team Wildcard consists of Phil Betty and Miki Sprosen, both vintage and classic clubman racers for more than 20 years. They are sponsored by Monty’s Classic…

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While the oldest of classic machinery doesn’t actually require a speedometer by law, much of our classic bikes do, although it has to be said that many classic bikes don’t have particularly accurate speedos as standard. While there are a great number of options for an aftermarket chronometer, not all have the classic style that…

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While Ivan Rhodes’ book on all things Velocette, Technical Excellence Exemplified, had been out of print for some time, it’s now been relaunched with new content and a new title. Now called Velocette, Passion of a Lifetime, it is even more comprehensive than the first version, and in order to both celebrate and promote the…

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The removal of unwanted paint, dirt, grease and general detritus is never a problem with sturdy, hefty components, but when it comes to the more delicate parts of a motorcycle’s build, you have to take a little precaution when preparing parts. Knowing how easy it could be to totally ruin hard-to-find components, classic racer and…

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Welcome, dirt bike fans, to the Classic Dirt Bike Show 2020 sponsored by Hagon Shocks. It’s that time of year again folks, to shake your off-road thing and mingle with your fellow mud warriors! Whether it’s to find the last piece to complete your latest project, or just to blow away winter cobwebs with a…

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One of the UK’s most prestigious motorcycling awards, as awarded by the Sunbeam MCC, is the Pinhard Trophy, presented by the club since 1950 to the best under-21-year-old sporting motorcyclist competing under ACU or SACU jurisdiction. This year, the huge three-gallon cup was presented to 19-year-old trials rider, Toby Martyn, a hugely successful young man who…

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April’s Stafford Show – known officially by its somewhat long-winded title, the 40th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show – is not only the 40th iteration of the Stafford Show, but will also be encompassing a 1940s theme thanks to the date (April 25 and 26) covering the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and multi-successful…

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While there have been so many people who started their two-wheeled careers by something as simple as messing around with their, and their mates’ bikes, few have gone on to such an impressive career as Colin Seeley. As a teenager, he was fixing bikes in a shed at his home, influenced by the fact that…

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Recognised as one of the UK’s leading tuning specialists, Dave Degens started his racing career back in the 1960s, building Tritons for the café racer tribe, before successfully trying his hand at endurance racing in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, winning the Barcelona 24 Hour Race in both 1965 and 1970 as a privateer…

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