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  • NMM gears up for best free ‘Museum Live’ event yet

    NMM gears up for best free ‘Museum Live’ event yet

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    Sam Hewitt

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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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  • Isle of Man TT, The Golden Years, 1963-1982

    Isle of Man TT, The Golden Years, 1963-1982

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Encompassing the years 1963 to 1982, Isle of Man TT, The Golden Years, brings those exciting years back to life with 108 unforgettable images.How this reviewer remembers the crisp, smooth sound of Max Deubel’s fabulous 500cc BMW outfit that recorded the first 90mph sidecar lap during the 1965 sidecar race – and a great colour…

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  • Record turn-out for Llangollen Bike Festival

    Record turn-out for Llangollen Bike Festival

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    Sam Hewitt

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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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  • FROM OUR ARCHIVES: It’s a cover-up!

    FROM OUR ARCHIVES: It’s a cover-up!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Pete Kelly looks back to the motorcycle styling practices that led to the ‘bathtub’ era of the late 1950s and early 60s. Putting on my steam railway hat for a brief moment, in Victorian times many express passenger locomotives would have the top portions of their driving wheels hidden behind intricate splashers; safety valves would…

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  • Made to measure…

    Made to measure…

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Mick Payne looks at the pros and cons of ‘chairing up’ a motorcycle you already own rather than buying a whole new outfit in one go. The theme of last month’s column was how to buy a ready-made motorcycle and sidecar – but this isn’t at all the most popular option. “We assemble a lot…

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  • The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show gears up for another huge turnout

    The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show gears up for another huge turnout

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It’s just over a month until the world’s biggest and best celebration of classic motorcycles comes to Staffordshire County Showground. The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show takes place over the weekend of October 14-15 and it’s no exaggeration to say this year’s event may be the best ever. No Stafford show is complete without a…

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  • Suzuki Village at Stafford Classic Bike Show to display a whole host of rare machines

    Suzuki Village at Stafford Classic Bike Show to display a whole host of rare machines

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    Sam Hewitt

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    VISITORS to the upcoming Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show – October 14-15 – will have the opportunity to get up close to a variety of rare Suzukis, including the two RG500s which Barry Sheene powered to world championship success in 1976 and 1977. The iconic red, white and yellow machines will be joined by…

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  • 170 riders enjoy sunny 25th Exmoor Run

    170 riders enjoy sunny 25th Exmoor Run

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Taunton Classic Motorcycle Club’s 25th annual Exmoor Run took place in fine weather on Sunday, August 13 after 170 motorcycles gathered at Sheppy’s Cider ready for the 9.30am start. After the first stop in Exford for coffee, the riders continued across Exmoor, with the heather and gorse in full bloom, for lunch at Dulverton. The…

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  • Little-end trouble – and a weekend to remember!

    Little-end trouble – and a weekend to remember!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Chris Dickinson recalls a hectic scramble to get his Suzuki GT185 back on to the road after a little-end bearing disintegrated as he rode home for the weekend from a summer job at RAF Marham. Although he was just 17, dogged determination ensured that he was back at work on the Monday morning. Pete Stevens’…

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  • Meet ‘Velo Knud’ Rasmussen – a Hall Green fan in Denmark

    Meet ‘Velo Knud’ Rasmussen – a Hall Green fan in Denmark

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Danish Old Bike Mart reader Knud Rasmussen, otherwise known as ‘Velo Knud’, tells of his passion for Velocette motorcycles which began with the sight and sound of a postman’s 1946 MAC. It was our country postman who first aroused my interest in Velocette motorcycles when I was 12 years old in 1950. He came to…

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