The recent correspondence about Wildmans – Lincolnshire’s oldest motorcycle shop – prompts me to add my own recollections for the record. While in Daytona in 2004 I had a call to say that Wildmans was
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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show
Readers of this august journal will, no doubt, be fully aware of the two shows that grace the Staffordshire County Showground each year. Dave Manning attempts to avoid the queues, and fails. The October Classic
Read moreHoneymooning Shooting Star
In 1960 I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star registration number YTC 843. Later that year, my fiancée and I were married in Chester at Holy Trinity Church on July 23, followed by our wedding
Read moreJohn Cooper: The rising star
Motorcycle racer John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper found fame and success during the golden age of road racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Read moreBlack Friday sale: 10% off ALL show tickets!
This weekend only, take advantage of our Black Friday sale and get 10% off all 2020 show tickets!
Read moreBlack Friday sale: Get six issues for only £7.50
Bag a Black Friday bargain and get six issues of the Old Bike Mart for only £7.50! That’s a MASSIVE saving of 43%!
Read moreKop Hill 2019
For 363 days of the year, Kop Hill, on the edge of Princess Risborough, Buckinghamshire, is just one of many similar roads carving their way up the steep Chiltern hillsides. But, as Ian Kerr discovers,
Read moreAllen Millyard to take star role at London Classic Bike Show at Kempton
It’s the turn of rare bikes, a bustling autojumble and a very special guest at the London Classic Bike Show in Kempton on December 7.
Read moreOn The Side
Each month I look forward to your A Bit On The Side articles and my normal regime is to scour the classifieds first, casually scan the other pages then focus on my real interest of
Read moreDriving made simple
This comprehensive new screwdriver set from Kamasa Tools (part number 56131) offers a fine selection of good quality screwdrivers and also includes a bit-driver and two sets of hex keys (both metric and imperial). Made
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