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
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Tragic 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 morePete’s Prattle
Christmas is a time to reflect upon the year gone by and look forward to the season ahead, and in this issue we mourn the passing of motorcycling characters young and old, along with all
Read moreDecember 2017 issue out now!
Well, another year has almost gone by, and Old Bike Mart is continuing to supply subscribers with news, views, forthcoming events, and a nostalgic look back at bikes from across the decades. Available from the
Read moreGreeves: Are these bikes still out there?
I have enclosed some photos of bikes I would like to find and possibly buy back, restore and put in my Greeves collection – if they are still out there. Finding the bikes would bring
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