Here are three photos which might be of interest to Old Bike Mart readers – the first two of which are my father in 1921 with his Rudge Multi, and a photo of it on
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Was Chic Parr a tuner?
I am asking the knowledgeable readers of OBM if anybody has any info on a motorcycle shop in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire owned by Chic Parr? My Google searches have resulted in zero! As a youth
Read moreStafford Classic Motorcycle Show postponed until October
Following the UK Government advice on the coronavirus pandemic we have unfortunately had to postpone our April/August Stafford Classic Motorcycle Show once again. The safety and well-being of our visitors, exhibitors, partners, contractors and staff
Read moreBullet – back from the dead and off to Ascot!
It’s not exactly my first bike, nor my last, but one of my early mounts – a 1951 Royal Oilfield 350 Bullet before and after a big “coming off”. I received £100 and the scrap
Read moreLong term New Imp
I like the ‘My first bike’ articles, it is very interesting to read about readers’ bikes and how they ran them on a shoestring. Here is a photo of my New Imperial Model 30 which
Read moreRacing classic motorcycles, first you have to finish
While most biographical tomes are written by successful sports people who’re known to the general public, this book is written by Andy Reynolds, who’ll probably not be known by anyone except those folk who closely
Read moreFrom the archive: Getting into line – with the experts
When you’re setting up a sidecar, the smallest of adjustments can make all the difference to handling. Mick Payne trawls around to get the opinions of today’s specialists in the field. Last month I tried
Read moreBarn found, and barn maintained!
Like many of my generation in the early days after the war I, Colyn (yes, that is the Cornish spelling) grew up with various motorcycles – an ex-War Department 125cc James and the D1 BSA
Read moreTriumph 2/1 just keeps going
BKX 197 came to my family in 1959, when my grandmother paid £10 for it so that my brother could come home on weekend passes from RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire to Littlehampton, Sussex. On fine
Read moreSlow Burn – The growth of superbikes and Superbike racing 1970 to 1988
Slow Burn tells how the big names of the motorcycle industry used Superbike racing to test their street bike designs, with the beginnings in the 1970s with the F750 class, and its development into what
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