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  • Rubber side down

    Rubber side down

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    While he’s not particularly weary, Mick Payne is getting tyred this month, as he takes a look at rubber options for sidecar combinations. It’s been a long time since tyres had names like ‘All Non Skid’ and ‘Grasshopper’ but in the 1950s these were the names given to Firestone and Goodyear products. Neither of those…

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  • Island Racer 2019 – The go-to guide for this year’s TT action

    Island Racer 2019 – The go-to guide for this year’s TT action

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    Discover 148 pages of incredible TT action in the upcoming Island Racer 2019 edition, on sale from May 16, 2019.

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  • Just Kop a load of this!

    Just Kop a load of this!

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    Organisers of the iconic Kop Hill Climb Festival are putting a call out to owners of interesting motorcycles to attend its 10th anniversary event over the weekend of September 21 and 22. The non-competitive hill climb, which is based in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, was resurrected in 2009, having lain dormant since the event was closed…

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  • Call to Arms for third classic show

    Call to Arms for third classic show

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    Once again, the Clifford Arms public house in Great Haywood, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, will be holding a classic show – its third to date – on Sunday, May 19. As with previous years, the entrance price either to display a car or bike, or for public entry, is by donation to one of the charities…

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  • Hard-working ’ped

    Hard-working ’ped

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    Hello again, France calling! I saw this contraption in Marciac in south-west France yesterday.

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  • Stopping a Comet

    Stopping a Comet

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    This could be useful to readers who, like me, own a James Comet or one of its many guises from the early Fifties.

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  • VIDEO: Take a tour of Verralls

    VIDEO: Take a tour of Verralls

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    We took a tour Verralls, the longest established dealer in veteran, vintage and classic motorcycles in England.

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  • Gloucester bikes reach auction

    Gloucester bikes reach auction

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    Those of you who follow classic motorcycle auctions will know that, of late, many of the high-profile auctions have involved motorcycle collections incorporating many machines that are being split into sales of single vehicles. Of course, this isn’t the case with each and every auction, as most still revolve around sale of single bikes owned…

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  • Bryan Reynolds

    Bryan Reynolds

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    The Rudge Enthusiasts Club announces with great sadness that Bryan Reynolds, a founder member of the REC, died at home on Thursday, January 31.  Bryan is probably best known to many folks through his books Don’t Trudge It, Rudge It! and Rudge-Whitworth: The Complete Story but he was also very active over the years within…

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  • Further Cadwell action

    Further Cadwell action

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    Rather than have these Colin Clark pictures just stored away, I am sending another set for inclusion in OBM.

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