Due to the inclement weather conditions the March 2018 issue of Old Bike Mart is running late. Subject to an improving picture with the weather we hope to see it posted early next week.
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A thumping great day out at the Talmag
Ian Kerr reports from this year’s Talmag Trial at Hungry Hill, Aldershot, where riders pit their classic four-stroke solo and sidecar machines against the old-fashioned kind of sections we once knew and loved. The word
Read moreHagon Products extends sponsorship deal after another superb Classic Dirt Bike Show
As well as moving up another gear in terms of its magnificent displays and attendance, the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks at Telford’s International Centre on February 17-18 has renewed its partnership
Read moreBristol Classic MotorCycle Show beats winter’s blues once again
Large crowds, a superb entry of classic bikes, some highly creative club stands and a fascinating Charterhouse auction confirmed the ‘Best in the West’ reputation of the 38th Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show at the Royal
Read moreBent and battered, but still going strong: every picture tells a story!
Now living in Canada, Old Bike Mart reader Ralph Ridley recalls his baptism by fire in the Motor Cycle Club’s 1964 Land’s End Trial – an experience that set him firmly on to a lifetime
Read moreThe lessons learned from Honda’s knee-jerk SL350
Steve Cooper recalls Honda’s SL350 trail bike of 1969 – an ill-thought-out adaptation of an existing road machine that was totally unsuitable for off-road riding – and the valuable lessons the Japanese giant quickly learned
Read moreAn accident waiting to happen!
Colin Evans, who now lives in Buckingham, recalls buying a 650cc Triumph Thunderbird for £4 shortly after passing his motorcycle test at the age of 16 – and a memorable journey on it with his
Read moreAn Earls Court journey to remember – in a ‘Wendy house’ Panther outfit!
When Ady Warnes and his impoverished friends decided that the best way to get from Norwich to the 1967 Earls Court Motorcycle Show in London and back would be to cobble together a Panther sidecar
Read moreStar by name, star by nature
Road-tested by Motor Cycle in the October 6, 1966 issue, BSA’s 249cc C15 Star proved the perfect all-round mount. So finely tuned was the balance that it could be ridden to a standstill feet-up in
Read morePiling on the miles, but never the agony, with a BSA C15 Sportsman
When Motor Cycle’s Midland Editor Bob Currie found himself with an 85mph 250cc BSA C15 Sportsman to test in the late spring of 1966, the miles he doggedly piled on included a reporting trip to
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