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The Bronte Hotel in Haworth will again play host to around 100 classic bikes and many more fans from 6.30pm onwards at the Yorkshire Classic motorcycle event on July 18. With classes for girder fork, British and foreign classics, mopeds and scooters to 1980, ex-military and competition to 1970, along with reproduction and customised there…

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icturesque Wells Market Place was packed with 160 motorcycles of all ages awaiting the start of the 8th annual Tortoise and Hare Run organised by the Wells Classic Motorcycle Club to raise funds for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance on the morning of Sunday, June 3. Entries came from as far afield as Yorkshire,…

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After more than 40,000 enthusiasts from around the world voted for their favourites in a number of motor sport categories, motorcycling legend Mike Hailwood topped a shortlist including TT hero Joey Dunlop and American world champion Kenny Roberts, and was duly inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame at the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote…

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Open to all motorcycles, Taunton Classic Motorcycle Club’s annual charity Exmoor Run will start from Sheppy’s Cider, just outside Taunton, on Sunday, August 12. Entrants will cover just over 100 fully marshalled miles, enjoying coffee breaks and a lunch stop in picturesque Dulverton, before returning to Sheppy’s for the presentations and raffle, and the chance…

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The 198cc Francis-Barnett police patrol bike that became a star of the early series of the 1960s-based TV police drama Heartbeat will be coming up for auction at H&H Classics’ National Motorcycle Museum sale on Thursday, July 26 – and it will be offered with the full police uniform worn by Nick Berry. The machine…

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The fortified manor house of Hoghton Tower near Preston, Lancashire, has been chosen as the venue for a brand new Mark Woodward classic event on Sunday, September 2 from 10am until 4pm. Classics at Hoghton Tower will feature a full motorcycle display as well as cars, light commercials, ex-Army and other vehicles, as well as…

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Burning rubber and exotic exhaust fumes will be among the olfactory delights when Brighton’s National Speed Trials will return to the famous seafront on Saturday, September 1. As around 200 cars and motorcycles are launched for their timed runs, spectators will be able to get really close to the noise and action as they watch…

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Triumph’s Moto2 test bike will make its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from July 12-15 in the hands of four-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty and double Isle of Man TT winner Gary Johnson. It will be the perfect opportunity for fans to see the future of Moto2, with Triumph set to…

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