Triumph has handed over a new Thruxton R motorcycle sporting a full racing fairing to one of the most dapper gents from this year’s running of the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in the UK. The DGR
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Sussex club hands £4000 to children’s charity
The Sussex British Motorcycle Club has been raising money for local causes for many years, and this year’s beneficiary, the Worthing-based registered children’s charity Kamelia Kids, was recently handed a cheque for £4000 raised by
Read moreTragic year for Top Gun Racing
It is with great sorrow that OBM reports the passing of popular and gifted road racer Dan Hegarty following an incident at the Macau Grand Prix. During his racing career Dan, who rode for Top
Read moreMuseum Legends online shop updated
The Museum Legends online shop at the National Motorcycle Museum has been updated just in time for Christmas. The museum’s website www.thenmm.co.uk lists hundreds more items than could ever be showcased in a traditional printed
Read moreWe’ll miss you, ‘Tinware Man’ Alan
Fondly known as The Tinware Man at such events as the Stafford shows, the Founder’s Day Rally, Kempton Park and the Netley Marsh autojumbles, Alan Fergus Swainson passed away at the beginning of October with
Read moreNorLake Special was a six-year labour of love
John Newson of Oxney Motorcycles has sent us these first images of his just-finished NorLake Special. More than 20 years ago he bought a 1000cc methanol-burning Weslake V-twin engine from Jim Penfold, who’d raced it
Read moreLucky Bart wins National Motorcycle Museum’s BSA Goldie raffle prize
Netherlands motorcyclist Bart Maatje became the lucky winner of the top prize in the National Motorcycle Museum’s Summer 2017 Raffle – a 1960 500cc DBD 34 BSA Gold Star – when his winning ticket No
Read moreHistoric Welsh road race reborn
Motorcycle road racing is to return to the anti-clockwise 5¼-mile Eppynt circuit near Sennybridge, in the Brecon Beacons, on August 4-5 next year, with classes including Ultra-Lightweight, Lightweight Supertwin, Supersport and Superstock machines, along with
Read moreTaverners present £1000 to Loughborough hospice
One of the best motorcycle shows in the country is the Founder’s Day Rally organised by the Taverners section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club at Stanford Hall, Lutterworth – and each exhibitor is asked
Read moreWinners all at 90 years of grass track racing reunion
More than 150 supporters and former riders celebrated 90 years of grass track racing at a reunion in a conference suite at the National Motorcycle Museum on Saturday, October 14, writes Rob Lidgate. They included
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