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  • Moto Guzzi V7 III Carbon

    Moto Guzzi V7 III Carbon

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    With Moto Guzzi fast approaching their centennial year, Dave Manning slings a leg over a variant of the V7 III that celebrates the firm’s year of inauguration. Moto Guzzi launched the third generation of the V7 in 2017, rather neatly coinciding with the 50th anniversary of when the model was first launched in 1967. In…

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  • Single owner collection to star at the Palace

    Single owner collection to star at the Palace

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    Sometimes pure gold appears on the auction scene Fancy something spectacular in your garage or possibly front room given the condition and desirability of the motorcycles in this collection? If so then you really do need to be along to the Alexandra Palace in London this coming weekend for the Bonhams Auction during the ‘Ally…

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  • Powerlite

    Powerlite

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    There are some motorcycles that have never been especially easy to kick-start and, while many owners are in the older age bracket, there are also a fair few youngsters coming on to the scene who have never had to use a leg to start a high compression 500cc single before, and just don’t have the…

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  • Kent circuit revives historic Lord of Lydden and Sidecar Burn-Up event

    Kent circuit revives historic Lord of Lydden and Sidecar Burn-Up event

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    One of Lydden Hill’s most historic events will return to the Kent race circuit after a break of nine years over the weekend of October 20-21. The first race for the ‘Lord of Lydden’ Trophy, in 1966, was won by Charlie Sanby on a Manx Norton, and in later years six-times British Superbike champion Shane…

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  • Old Bike Mart: how it all began

    Old Bike Mart: how it all began

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    After editing Old Bike Mart for the past four-and-a-half years, Pete Kelly looks into the heart and soul of the title that was evident from the beginning when its late-lamented founder editor Ken Hallworth put together that very first issue during the summer of 1985. Some of the best things in life come completely out…

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  • BMW Airheads

    BMW Airheads

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    Referring to the nature of the cooling system on BMW cylinder heads, Old Bike Mart’s very own airhead, Dave Manning, pays a visit to Lincoln to see if the Bavarian Motor Works’ air-cooled engines are still popular. Held at Riseholme College just north of Lincoln, the BMW Airhead Fellowship event was a weekend of vintage…

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  • LlanBikeFest honeymoon for blood bike volunteers

    LlanBikeFest honeymoon for blood bike volunteers

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    After tying the knot at Castle Rushen, Castletown, Isle of Man on July 23, Ian Davies and Debbie Roberts spent part of their honeymoon at the Llangollen Motorcycle Festival, LlanBikeFest, at the Royal International Pavilion on August 4-5. The couple, from Penycae, near Wrexham, dashed back to Wales for a party before returning to the…

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  • Furness club’s free classic show

    Furness club’s free classic show

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    The Furness British Motorcycle Club’s free-admission annual Classic Motorcycle, Scooter and Car Show will take place from 10am until 4pm at Hawcoat Park Sports & Social Club, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, on Sunday, September 9. Food and drink will be available, and the bar will be open. Read more News and Features in the September…

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  • Absolutely fabulous! Ladies’ Day at the Sammy Miller Museum

    Absolutely fabulous! Ladies’ Day at the Sammy Miller Museum

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    In conjunction with Ali Scott of Together We Ride, the Sammy Miller Museum put on a Ladies’ Day on Saturday, July 14, when 35 lady riders turned up on some wonderful motorcycles for a great day out in the sunshine. A raffle raised £107 for breast cancer research, and money is still being donated to…

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  • Sterling surprise at a Norfolk cafe

    Sterling surprise at a Norfolk cafe

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    While on holiday on the North Norfolk coast, my wife and I visited a small cafe/tea shop in East Runton and were sitting enjoying the break when a rider turned up on a Sterling motorcycle. My first thought was: “I don’t recognise that make of bike”, but then again I don’t claim to know all…

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