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Classic Dirt Bike Show set to be one of the best yet

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Sam Hewitt

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8th January 2018

The countdown has begun for the biggest classic off-road event of the year, the two-day Classic Dirt Bike Show at the Telford International Centre sponsored by Hagon Shocks over the weekend of February 17-18. This year’s guest speakers at the traditional Saturday evening three-course dinner will be Gerrit Wolsink, Colin Dommett and Peter Duke. Wolsink…
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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8th January 2018

One of the great joys of editing Old Bike Mart is receiving the many motorcycle club journals that are kindly sent to me each month. Those who edit and write for them are the unsung heroes of motorcycle journalism, providing countless brilliant historical and technical articles, riding memories and event reports – and the layout…
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January 2018 issue out now!

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Pauline Hawkins

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6th January 2018

Happy new year! Don’t forget to look out for the January issue of Old Bike Mart, which should now be winging its way to subscribers. If you’re not already a subscriber but would like to join our happy band of bike enthusiasts and enjoy a trip or two down memory lane, go to www.classicmagazines.co.uk for…
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MODS AND ROCKERS – A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR NEWARK JANUARY SHOW

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Sam Hewitt

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5th January 2018

ELEMENTS of the scooter/motorcycle rivalry of the mid-60s will be showcased at The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show. The motorcycling event, now in its seventh year, takes place at Newark Showground on January 6-7 and has been expanded by two halls for 2018. Among the many attractions on offer will be a…
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A thumping good restoration

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Sam Hewitt

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4th January 2018

Pete Kelly visits Velocette enthusiast Derek Manders to see his latest pride and joy – a green 1955 MSS that he bought as a 70% complete project at Bonhams’ Spring 2016 Stafford auction and which he has just finished restoring in the MAC form in which it originally left the Hall Green factory. Derek Manders…
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Mortons Media Group and Carole Nash announce further three-year partnership

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Sam Hewitt

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4th January 2018

Mortons Media Group, which publishes Old Bike Mart, has renewed its contract with top motorcycle insurance broker Carole Nash. The commitment includes the continued sponsorship of Mortons’ classic motorcycle shows including those at Stafford each April and October. Carole Nash will also have a strong branding presence among Mortons’ extensive publishing portfolio for the next…
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Greeves enthusiast pines for his old bikes

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Sam Hewitt

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4th January 2018

OBM reader Richard Deal is anxious to track down some of the motorcycles he once owned and, if any of them is for sale, to restore and place in his Greeves collection. Along with his brother Eric, Richard used to travel to trials all over the UK, including the Scottish Six Days’ Trial in which…
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Some things are simply meant to be!

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Sam Hewitt

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4th January 2018

Mark Wood tells how, when his dad John finally parted with his beloved Triumph Tiger Cub, by sheer chance it found its way back to its former owner of almost 50 years ago – who’d been pining away and looking for it for years. My dad John Wood, who’s 79, recently made the difficult decision…
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What a dream job it could all have been

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Sam Hewitt

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30th December 2017

John Finch recalls the excitement he felt when he secured a job as a design draughtsman with the BSA Motorcycle Division’s Umberslade Hall – but sadly redundancy was already looming just over the horizon. After reading Dave Myers’ recent article about BSA’s Umberslade research centre, I was looking through some old books and paperwork when…
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Just like Ernie’s – the Triumph GP replica that Eric built

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Sam Hewitt

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30th December 2017

During the 1980s, Eric Turner spent four years building a stunning replica of Ernie Lyons’ 1946 Manx Grand Prix-winning prototype Triumph GP from boxes of accumulated bits, hours of scouring autojumbles, some skilfully made small items of his own and a little bit of luck. Here, Eric recounts his marathon task. In August 1981 I…
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