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  • Pretty special

    Pretty special

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    This attractive 500cc replica of a Production TT winner started life as a 350cc Viper.  

  • Trying times

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    Have you ever been to a museum and wanted to ‘have a go’ on the exhibits? Now, the National Motorcycle Museum has decided to allow that to happen.  

  • Motorcycles dominate at the Land’s End Trial

    Motorcycles dominate at the Land’s End Trial

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    Previously an event favoured equally by those of the two-, three- and four-wheeled persuasion, the 1953 Land’s End Trial was one in which the motorcycles took centre stage. 

  • Vitesse with finesse

    Vitesse with finesse

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    An exhaustive search led to the resurrection of an incredibly rare, but quite fabulous, model. 

  • The story of the Ormonde

    The story of the Ormonde

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    Modern literature often relates the decline of the British and continental motorcycle industry in the 1950s and 1960s. Arguably the rot set in before the First World War. 

  • Another record-breaking weekend at Stafford

    Another record-breaking weekend at Stafford

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    Visitors flocked to the 36th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford on April 23-24 to make it one of the best yet, with exhibits of the highest quality, another record-breaking Bonhams’ motorcycle sale, hundreds of club and trade stands inside and outside the halls, star guests, special displays and so much more. 

  • Ravaged by time, but Bodmin BS4 still makes world record £331,900!

    Ravaged by time, but Bodmin BS4 still makes world record £331,900!

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    A new world record price was set for a Brough Superior – and for any British motorcycle sold at auction for that matter – when a German bidder in the room paid a staggering £331,900 for a 1938 750cc BS4 that came up as part of the ‘Broughs of Bodmin Moor’ collection during the Bonhams’…

  • Cubes without vibes – Triumph’s 1200cc Bonneville Black

    Cubes without vibes – Triumph’s 1200cc Bonneville Black

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    One of the reasons we sometimes run road tests on British-built retro machines is to compare the old with the new, but is Triumph’s new and extensively-researched 1200cc T120 Bonneville Black muscle bike the best way to go? Frank Melling brings his impressions first-hand. 

  • Peter Williams Motorcycles plans replica Arter-Matchless, a road-going JPN, Commando parts and an exclusive club!

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    Lots of things are happening at Peter Williams Motorcycles, including the formation of a PWM club with the many benefits that go with it, a project to build an Arter-Matchless replica, a road bike evolution of the John Player Norton and even hand-painted Bell helmets with Peter’s distinctive ‘Big W’ blue and white motif! 

  • Herefordshire VMCC invites older machines to new long-distance ride

    Herefordshire VMCC invites older machines to new long-distance ride

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    Starting and finishing at Ross-on-Wye Cattle Market, the first running of a new long-distance ride entitled ‘Herefordshire on the Edge’ takes place on Sunday, June 26. 

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