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In a supreme twist of irony, no sooner had Old Bike Mart published its feature about the Royal Corps of Signals’ White Helmets motorcycle display team, including an article first written by the editor way back in 1971, than we heard from former team member John Dunstan that 2017 will be the last year for…

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Three-times World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss will visit the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show at the Staffordshire County Showground as its star guest over the weekend of April 22/23, when he’ll be interviewed live on stage by Steve Plater as well as meeting showgoers and taking part in autograph-signing sessions in the Classic Racer…

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The first Greetham Gathering of 2017 will take place on Thursday, May 18, with further dates planned for June 15, July 20, August 17 and September 21. Held in the grounds of Greetham Community Centre, Great Lane, Greetham, Rutland LE15 7NG, the May event runs from 5pm until dusk. The gatherings are informal meetings of…

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Just before this issue of Old Bike Mart went to press, H&H Classics started to auction a collection of no fewer than 30 unrestored Ariel Leader, Arrow and Arrow Sports motorcycles, plus a range of parts, at Donington Park. The two-stroke twins, which have been collected by Clive Pearson, 68, of Leicester over the past…

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The Dig for Victory Show at the North Somerset Showground, on June 10/11 will bring together all kinds of people, ideas and artefacts defining the 1939-45 period and the immediate postwar years, writes Tony Lawrence. Military vehicles, including of course motorcycles and combinations, played an important role, with dispatch riders (or Don R’s as they…

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This year’s premier classic off-road event, the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks, drew a record number of visitors to Telford International Centre on February 18/19. With numbers 13% up year on year, a highlight of the event was the first-ever full line-up of Greeves motorcycles – one for every year the company…

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By courtesy of the Sammy Miller Museum, two of the most technically complex 500cc motorcycles ever built in Britain, the 1939 AJS V4 and 1947 ‘Porcupine’ road racers, will be on show at the Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show at the Staffordshire County Showground on April 22/23. In 1935 the Wolverhampton manufacturer, always innovative…

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