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Please note that OBM’s report on page 6 of the October issue, about a celebration of 90 years of grass track racing at the National Motorcycle Museum on Saturday October 14, will take place not in the museum itself but rather in the museum’s conference centre as a private function starting at 6pm, with admission…

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After the very wet week that preceded the Annual Motorcycle Show at the RSPCA’s Hull & East Riding Animal Rescue Centre on Sunday, September 10 prompted talk of cancelling the event, it went ahead despite the dark and gloomy conditions. Even though numbers were a little down on last year, 168 motorcyclists entered the show…

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After taking part in this year’s Syston Park Speed Trials re-enactment in Lincolnshire, Nigel Stennett-Cox describes this historic and thoroughly enjoyable event. It seems like an obvious formula when someone else thinks of it first: organise an event that isn’t a static rally, road run, concours d’elegance or indeed a competition, with the latter’s need…

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One of the biggest gatherings of Honda RC45 racing machines ever seen will grace the Classic Racer Grand Prix Paddock at this year’s Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show at the Staffordshire County Showground over the weekend of October 14-15. Every one of them has a genuine racing history, including Jim Moody’s TT record-breaking factory bike,…

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This year’s ‘Museum Live’ open day at Birmingham’s National Motorcycle Museum on Saturday, November 4, when visitors will be invited to view its vast collection of British-made motorcycles free of charge, promises to be the best yet. Also free will be ‘stars on stage and riders’ wives’ one-hour chat shows in the Britannia Suite presented…

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When three of us friends met up to conceive LlanBikeFest, we decided to call it a festival rather than a show because festivals are celebrations – and LlanBikeFest is a celebration of everything we love about bikes, writes co-organiser John Hutchinson. Now in its third year, it has no single theme, but has developed into…

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