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  • ÁNGEL NIETO 1947-2017

    ÁNGEL NIETO 1947-2017

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    Spain’s 13-time world champion and so-called ‘king of the tiddlers’ Ángel Nieto passed away on August 3, from head injuries sustained in a road traffic accident a week earlier. This saw him thrown off a

  • Motorcycling in the 50s

    Motorcycling in the 50s

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    Raiding the bound volumes of the old ‘Green ’Un’ and ‘Blue ’Un’ weeklies in Mortons’ impressive Archive month after month for Old Bike Mart material, this reviewer loved the black and white, almost ‘scrapbook’ design

  • Kiwi Aaron Slight brings the sun to a packed Stafford Classic Bike Show

    Kiwi Aaron Slight brings the sun to a packed Stafford Classic Bike Show

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    EX-WORLD Superbike star Aaron Slight showed that he really is ‘The People’s Champion’ as thousands of visitors packed into the huge annual event to meet their hero and take advantage of the autumn sun. Compere

  • Don’t Miss The Stafford Classic Bike Show This Weekend

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    STOP what you’re doing, cancel your plans and clear your diary. This weekend is the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford, the weather’s set fair… and you simply HAVE to be there!

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

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

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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

  • Triumph factory insight

    Triumph factory insight

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    The author of Tales of Triumph Motorcycles and the Meriden factory, Hughie Hancox, was a Triumph factory man who started work in the repair shop as a teenager and worked his way up through the

  • No MOTs for 40-year-old bikes!

    No MOTs for 40-year-old bikes!

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    From May next year, MOTs for cars and bikes 40 years or older will be abolished. That means that any bike registered before or around 1978 will be exempt from the yearly safety check and

  • Classic Bikes, modern times

    Classic Bikes, modern times

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      Before the interweb, dreams couldn’t be realised quite so easily. When I started riding, my evening ‘blast’ (as much as you can on a Suzuki ZR50, albeit with a slightly tired 80cc big-bore) would

  • 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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    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

  • 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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    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

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