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
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Pete’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
Read moreMemories in the Hawkstone sand
I smiled as I watched my two-year-old granddaughter Elsie playing in the sand. With the help of her mum, she was trying to make sandcastles, patiently filling her little red plastic bucket before tipping it
Read moreAt your service: Polished fasteners – and a ‘Tigger’ for the road!
After investing in a CNC capstan lathe, Meriden Off Road of Brierley Hill, West Midlands, is now making a wide range of its own high-quality stainless steel fastenings for Triumph Tiger Cubs – and proprietor
Read moreReaders’ tales: More nightmare bike journeys
Dim and dimmer – a freezing night ride to remember Bruce Preston recalls the night when the lights went out on a prewar 125cc Villiers-engined Triumph that cost him and a mate £10. I was
Read moreNightmare journeys with a BIG bit on the side
Towards the end of the 1950s I decided that I was fed up of riding my bike to meetings, stripping it down for racing and then (hopefully) riding it back home, so I acquired a
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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