Old Bike Mart

West Sussex’s South of England Showground in Ardingly will welcome Dresda’s Dave Degens for the Summer Classic Show and bikejumble on July 14, with the café racer specialist and bike racer being interviewed by Brian Crichton in a question and answer session at high noon! Aside from building café racers for the boy racers of…

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The morning of Sunday, June 2 dawned bright, and saw picturesque Wells Market Place full with motorcycles of all ages, plus many spectators viewing and admiring the fine array of machines that were entered for the ninth Annual Tortoise and Hare Run, as organised by Wells Classic Motorcycle Club, to raise much needed funds for…

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A chat between father and son leads to Richard Wyatt taking his Bantam into the hills of Central Italy for a tour that replicates the glory days of the Italian motorcycle industry It was August of 2018 when my son called me and asked where we might be going on the bikes in 2019. I…

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Although confusing climatic conditions prevailed countrywide, Martin Gegg headed to Oxfordshire for the 2019 Banbury Run. As I drove up to the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 71st Banbury Run, 600 people in Lincolnshire were being evacuated from their houses due to flooding; the sky was dark grey and there was a nip in the air.…

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We’ll be hoping for good weather on the evening of Wednesday, July 17, for that is when the Yorkshire Classic Motorcycle Club is holding its 18th Annual Classic Bike Show at the Bronte Hotel in Haworth. With eight classes to cover bikes through the ages (including Girder Fork Rigid machines, Military and British Competition to…

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Maybe thanks to the increased interest in all things of age, or because motorcycles and classic cars have increased in value beyond many people’s pocket, or whether it’s thanks to TV programmes such as American Pickers and Shed & Buried, the increase in ‘automobilia’ just keeps on building. The Charterhouse auction on July 18 and…

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Most riders will be familiar with Jawa’s 350 two-stroke twin that is very often seen with one of the Velorex range of sidecars attached. Mick Payne knows the breed, and takes a closer look at the latest offspring. Jawa two strokes and sidecars have been around since I were a lad, and I’ve been riding…

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