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Morris Lubricants launch video series on how oil is made
Morris Lubricants have released a new video series starring Guy Martin – designed to provide end users and distributors in the motorcycle trade with an insight into how oil is made and the factors that should be considered when choosing a lubricant supplier.
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Costa Brava Trial
They do things differently over on the Continent, you know… two-day trials are much more of a social occasion as well as a competition and there are many popular events.
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The New Naughty 90s Hall at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show
‘Classic’ is in the eye of the beholder and well, it’s time for the new guard to make their mark at Stafford.
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Searching for Scott
The year is 1954 and Mr J Whitehouse is astride a 1930 Scott Squirrel. The happy throng is the end of the ACU National Rally at Rhyl, North Wales, a navigation exercise taking in a large proportion of the country. The idea was simple – to cover as close to 600 miles within 24 hours,…
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Book of the Week: Classic Superbikes II
Our first book of the week for August is the recently published Classic Superbikes II.
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Noisy Neighbours
Members of The Motor Cycle’s editorial team take to the residential streets, for a noise testing experiment.
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Moveo and shaker
Preparing for the 1910 TT, fascinating pioneer motorcyclist Bert Houlding, with his JAP-powered racer.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: The longest day
France’s Bol d’Or 24-hour race celebrates its centenary this year. Here, we have a brilliant action photograph from the 1924 edition, where solos and sidecars ran together.
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Muddied Waters
Slightly mysterious Ariel, ridden by the Cambridge cox, as he arrives for training at Putney Boathouse, prior to the 1946 boat race.
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TSS on trial
The eight-valve Bonneville twin which could’ve perhaps been original Triumph’s saviour.
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Endurance Test
Covering upwards of 2000 miles, on a 350cc sidecar outfit carrying two full-grown men, in February, sounds like purgatory, though it was in the name of publicity…
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The late Anthony F Wilding
Fabulous Zenith V-twin transporting a Wimbledon tennis champion and steered by an Olympic gold medal winner.
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Rocket Ron
It’s refreshing to have a colour photo from the archive for once and Ron Haslam’s smile sums up the love so many have of racing. The scene appears to show a typical club racing scene, with friends helping out. There may be no factory overalls or promo ladies but the Mal Carter Pharaoh team van…
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Frank Westworth looks back at his favourite bikes: Triumph TR5T Trophy Trail
Continuing with his hybrid theme, Frank Westworth, the founder of Classic Bike Guide, looks at the one that got away – Triumph’s TR5T Words by Frank with photos from Mortons Archive
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The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
We all like an excuse to dress up occasionally, especially for a good cause
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Forshaw Speedway Motorcycles kickstart Bonhams Autumn Stafford sale
The ‘Labour of Love’ collection reflects the sport’s glory years.
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Forshaw Speedway Motorcycles kickstart Bonhams Autumn Stafford sale
The ‘Labour of Love’ collection reflects the sport’s glory years.
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Customs dispute arises for classic owners when crossing EU border
A cross-border dispute over whether a motorcycle being transported from the UK to the EU and back again is a ‘means of transport’ rumbles on.
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Goldie Clubman is top of the bill
The National Motorcycle Museum has come up with one of the most sought-after British classics for its latest raffle – an immaculate BSA Gold Star DBD34.
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A century of Moto Guzzi
Last year saw the centenary of Italian manufacturer Moto Guzzi. Unfortunately, due to other stuff going on in the world, the huge planned party had to be delayed for a year.
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J. Wood and Company to host Jim Hoellerich collection auction
J. Wood and Company is hosting a No Reserve Motorcycle Estate Auction on July 30.
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J. Wood and Company to host Jim Hoellerich collection auction
J. Wood and Company is hosting a No Reserve Motorcycle Estate Auction on July 30.
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MV Agusto up for auction, in aid of Ukraine charity
Special Giacomo Agostini limited-edition MV Agusta offered at Festival of Speed sale.
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Tested: ABBA Superbike Stand
After 10 years of faithful service, my ABBA Superbike Stand has been retired. Well, sort of… it’s gone to another home.
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Tested: Alcosense Lite 2
Being only 18, I’m new to both bikes and alcohol, so my dad got me one of these for Christmas: the AlcoSense Lite 2. He felt it was important for me to be careful about the ‘morning after’ when it came for me to head out on my Yamaha TW125 or TDR125 when I needed…
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Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village
This year’s ‘Classic Motorcycle Day’ at Crich Tramway Village will be the fifth event for the partnership with the Vincent HRD Owners Club and with sponsorship from Derwent Waste Management.
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101 Squadron flight mechanic’s Sunbeam flies in for Bonhams Autumn Stafford Motorcycle Sale
A Sunbeam Model 9 ridden right throughout the Second World War is to be offered at Bonhams’ two-day Autumn Stafford Sale auction at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show on the weekend of the 15th and 16th of October.
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Stock Tiger test
In the early part of 1937, ‘a demonstration of the high speed reliability of Triumph Tigers’ was undertaken.
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The pastime and industry in France
From 1912, a report on motorcycling over the Channel, featured in The Motor Cycle.
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Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival to host ‘non-stop track action’
If you are looking for a perfect excuse for jumping on the bike and heading out to the coast for a bag of chips, burger or ice cream, May 28/29 will see Classic Bike Trackdays take to the tarmac at the Anglesey Circuit for a weekend of classic non-stop track action at the Welsh Classic…
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Our Best Picks: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides
An absolute must-have for motorbike enthusiasts is the VMCC’s new book: Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Diary of 1000 Rides!
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Paul Smart (1943-2021)
After years of racing and riding, on October 27, 2021, Paul Smart was killed, riding his motorcycle, in a road traffic accident, which is the subject of investigation by the police and coroner.
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Brough Superiors stars of blockbuster Bonhams Spring Stafford motorcycle sale
Bonhams two-day Spring Stafford Sale held over the weekend of the 23-24 April was yet another record event.
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Brough Superiors stars of blockbuster Bonhams Spring Stafford motorcycle sale
Bonhams two-day Spring Stafford Sale held over the weekend of the 23-24 April was yet another record event.
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Stafford Bike Show Takes Podium Position with World Exclusives!
Thousands of showgoers, including a Hollywood star, were out in the post-lockdown sunshine at the Stafford County Showground over the weekend of April 23 – 24 to celebrate all things motorbikes… and there was plenty to celebrate.
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Motorcycle Industry Launches Elite Rider Training Initiative
For a number of reasons, the motoring industry and wider sector have come together to try to improve rider safety and encourage riders to be more socially aware.
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Classic Racer – May/June issue – what to look forward to!
Here’s a look inside the pages of the brand new May/June edition of Classic Racer magazine.
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Protech provides shock for BBC’s ‘The Speedshop’ Sidecar Project
Global distributors of competition and fast road shock absorbers, Protech, have supplied a bespoke engineered shock absorber for an episode of BBC’s ‘The Speedshop’.
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Award-winning filmmaker explores 12 countries on two wheels
Following a cancer diagnosis, award-winning filmmaker Peter Starr found the key to his long-term healthy survival was “living a purposeful life”.
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Bonhams Spring Sale rolls into the International Classic Motorcycle Show at Stafford
As we’ve all come to expect, Bonhams’ two-day Spring Stafford Sale on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April 2022 caters to every taste and budget. The auction catalogue contains 550 lots of impressive collectors’ motorcycles, related spares and memorabilia, a motorcycle bonanza like no other!
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Mortons Media Group Acquires Four New Titles
Our publishers, Mortons Media Group Ltd. have recently acquired four new modelling titles to add to our portfolio, including RCM&E, Model Boats, Model Engineer and Model Engineers’ Workshop. The magazines will continue to be led by their existing editors.
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The International Classic Motorcycle Show: Top 10 Reasons to Visit
Staffordshire county showground, ST18 0BD Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24
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A whole world of engineering history
You’ve been in the motorcycle equivalent of hibernation for what feels like an age…
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Order your copy of Island Racer 2022 now!
Island Racer is the world’s largest and best TT racing publication and it’s back for 2022!
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Win a three-night getaway with Transylvania Trails!
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Transylvania Trails to offer one lucky winner a three-night getaway with two days of riding worth £669!
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Eden Camp Modern History Museum: Ukraine Appeal
Eden Camp Modern History Museum is working with Vets & Vans, a volunteer group, to launch an urgent Ukraine Appeal and are seeking to raise money and gather emergency aid for the millions of people displaced by the Russian invasion of the country of Ukraine.
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Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?
In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines.
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The Speedshop roars into action for a series of adventures on BBC Two
The series will see former Special Forces operator Titch Cormack face a range of challenges.
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Yamaha TZR125
Phil O’Hara wanted to make his learner-legal Yamaha stroker go faster. He also wanted to stop it oinking like a
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Commuters, also-rans & alternatives: Honda VF400/500
Honda has, it cannot be denied, consistently been one of the most innovative and ingenious automotive companies that the world has ever seen but, argues Steve Cooper, with the VF400 and VF500, was it just too clever for its own good?
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BSB’s British BOOST! – Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham
British motorcycle racing in the mid-1990s was a disparate amalgam of various series, TV-only events and confusing formulae which only the committed race fan could understand… then came ‘BSB’ with an added BOOST!
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BSA Bantham D3 – The little grey fellow
This relatively rare interim 148cc Bantam, between the 125cc and the 175cc, was still a useful step up from the popular D1.
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ShowStoppers: the Evolution of the Motorcycle
You might not expect to find an amazing array of outstanding motorcycles displayed at a club event in New Zealand.
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World Exclusive – Stafford Classic Bike Show celebrates the life of Mike ‘The Bike’ Hailwood
The International Classic Motorcycle Show at Stafford County Showground on April 23-24 will celebrate the life of arguably the world’s greatest ever motorcycle racer.
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Bonhams Spring Stafford Auction Heats up – Get Involved
Motorcycle Auctions are continuing to perform incredibly well and since 2016, Bonhams have sold over £40 million in motorcycles, motorcycle memorabilia and spares, reinforcing their position as UK market leaders.
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Win a Sealey toolkit worth £185 at The Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show
Visit The Classic MotorCycle stand and you could win a superb, top quality 86-piece toolkit from Sealey worth £185.
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The Exclusive UK 2022/2023 Edition of The Comprehensive Vintage Motorcycle Price Guide is On-sale!
The 18th edition of the Comprehensive Vintage Motorcycle Price Guide is available on Mortons Books now and you can find out more here.
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SURVEY: Win pair of Held Gore-Tex Twin II gloves worth £190
Classic Bike Guide magazine needs your help – and you could win a pair of Held’s award-winning gloves!
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Review: Moto Morini 3½
Italian sports bikes of the 1970s seem to be defined by big brawny bruisers like the three-cylinder Laverda Jota and L-twin Ducati 900SS.
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Mecum Las Vegas motorcycle auction takes sales to $239m
Mecum Auction reached a combine total of $239 million in sales at its latest auctions.
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Bread & Water for Africa UK urgently appeal for £50k in five days to help save the charity
Bread & Water for Africa UK must raise £50k in five days to keep their work going. Without it, the charity will have no choice but to close its doors within the week.
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Stunning machines confirmed for the Classic Dirt Bike Show
The event which gets the off-road season off to a flying start is well-known for the astounding range of motorcycles on display from across the UK, and 2022 will be no different!
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Refreshing a Ducati 750SS
Reader, David, most kindly sent in his observations when working on a Ducati 750SS he bought. Much is said about Ducatis, but it’s often forgotten they are nice bikes to work on.
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Fun in the sun Winter!
Old bikes don’t need wrapping up for the winter. We spend the day with a brace of ES2s and have a chilly blast.Words: Matt NevillePhotography: Chippy ‘I’ve got a 5 Series’ Wood
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From the archive: BMWs are just tourers, eh?
The Thruxton 500 was an annual race, held at Thruxton, Wiltshire, from 1958 to 1973, and the first team to cover the 500 miles won… erm, hence the name. But it was more than just another race; it was for production bikes, so it became massively important to marketing for manufacturers and prestige in the…
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Harley-Davidson heritage collection to take centre stage at Mecum
This month will see 1,750 collectible motorcycles cross the auction block at the 2022 Mecum Las Vegas Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction at South Point Hotel & Casino.
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Royal Enfield recreates very first motorcycle from scratch
Royal Enfield has been working overtime as part of its 120th Anniversary celebrations to recreate the very first 1901 Royal Enfield from scratch.
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Review: BSA B31
My first impression while checking out the BSA B31 was that it looked solid. There’s not really any other way to describe it.
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Win a motorcycle goodie bag worth £100!
Here at Classic Bike Hub, we know that our readers love a competition! So, we thought let’s offer some motorcycling goodies for one lucky winner to enjoy.
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Winter Classic Motorcycle Show Cancelled
The popular Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic motorcycle show, due to be held at Newark Showground on January 8/9 2022, has been cancelled.
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Review: Triumph Speed Twin
Triumph reveals the new for 2021 Speed Twin. We have a look at what to expect
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From the Archive: Not just tiddlers
This photograph, which is marked having been taken in August 1921, shows James was not ‘just’ a small bike manufacturer. Seen at the Spa racetrack in Belgium some 28 years before the track held its first Grand Prix, this James looks like the 496cc V-twin model, built for racing at the TT and Grand Prix…
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Norton Motorcycles reveals V4 Cafe Racer prototype
Norton Motorcycles has revealed a prototype of the V4CR, a naked Café Racer derivative of the V4SV superbike.
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Mutt Motorcycles launch stripped back small retro singles
Birmingham-based Mutt Motorcycles has launched a new range of stripped back small retro singles.
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A piece of movie history on your wrist: REC Watches’ first motorcycle-inspired collection
The TTT Great Escape is a limited edition, recycled from the most famous Triumph motorcycle in the world – The 1962 Triumph TR6 Trophy used in The Great Escape in 1963.
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A glance at… Jackson’s Ajay
Trials they were a-changing… so AMC sanctioned something special for Gordon Jackson’s 1961 works machine.
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Yamaha reveals rebooted XSR900 with ‘Gauloises’ colour scheme
We are loving this Yamaha XSR900 with its very special colour scheme.
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Yamaha announces formation of Yamaha Racing Heritage Club
Yamaha Motor Europe has announced the formation of the Yamaha Racing Heritage Club.
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From the Archive: Hubert Auriol: rally-raid legend!
Hubert Auriol – who sadly passed away in January, aged just 68 – was not only a three-time winner of the Dakar Rally, but the first to win it on both two wheels and four.
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National Motorcycle Museum reveals Summer raffle winners
The National Motorcycle Museum has announced the results of their summer raffle to win a 2021 Norton Commando Classic 961cc motorcycle.
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From the Archive: MV Memories
As the two young girls watch Mike Hailwood round Signpost Corner, what are they thinking? It’s 1963, the Senior, but does any of this matter to them? Maybe they’re glad it’s the final race of the week and it won’t be so noisy!
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ROAD TEST: Sunbeam S8: The practical one
This handsome Sunbeam S8 was a pleasure to look at and to ride – and when it broke down on test, the owner could fix it at the roadside. That’s practical.
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Workshop Essentials: Parts Lists
Even if you only just service and fettle your classic motorcycle, you will, at some point, require a part number for something.
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Classic TT-winning bikes to feature at Motorcycle Live
Motorcycle Live will open its doors from December 4-12 this year, still being the UK’s biggest bike show, also welcoming back the much-loved Classic and Custom features to delight and wow show-goers across the nine days.
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Peter Fletcher’s Royal Enfield joins Sammy Miller Museum
The Sammy Miller Museum Trust has announced its latest addition to its ever-increasing collection and it’s one which has a personal connection for Sammy Miller himself.
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TT legend Phillip McCallen to kickstart 2022 Classic Bike Show season
TT legend Phillip McCallen will be guest of honour at the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show in a new year treat for motorcycle fans.
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TT legend Phillip McCallen to kickstart 2022 Classic Bike Show season
TT legend Phillip McCallen will be guest of honour at the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show in a new year treat for motorcycle fans.
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Custom Heroes is back at Motorcycle Live for 2022!
It’s nearly December, and that means one thing – no, not Christmas, the BSH Custom Heroes stand at Motorcycle Live! at the NEC (4-12th Dec)!
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