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When 200 Lucky Strike would keep a bike secure!
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Geoffrey Le Marquand fondly recalls the time when, as a merchant seaman, he had to find ingenious ways of putting his BSA twin into safe storage while he was away at sea.
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Vincent twin’s lucky winner
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The National Motorcycle Museum’s summer 2015 raffle to win a 1947 Vincent Rapide was drawn by road racing superstars Carl Fogarty, Jamie Whitham and Phil Read at the Museum LIVE open day on October 31.
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Desne Dodkin (1927-2015)
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Desne Dodkin, the former Veloce employee and wife of well-known Velocette dealer Geoff, passed away on September 16.
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Redman stars at RealClassic
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ELK Promotions’ final event of the year was the RealClassic Show at the familiar Ardingly showground venue, on October 25, 2015.
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Offham Steam Rally success
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While few of the traction engines that originated at the Offham Steam Rally now attend, it remains an annual get-together (on October 18, 2015) of all sorts of older transport that dominates the Kent village.
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Foggy gets his first bike back at NMM’s second free ‘Museum Live’ open day
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Attracted by the free museum entry and many family-friendly activities, huge visitor numbers attended the National Motorcycle Museum’s second annual ‘Museum Live’ open day on Saturday, October 31 and made it another outstanding success.
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Classic treasures discovered in a single-bedroomed, first-floor flat!
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A first-floor flat in Totnes, Devon, together with a barn, have yielded an unlikely collection of classic motorcycles which have been entered into a Charterhouse special auction on Sunday, February 7.
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The amazing life of Olga Kevelos
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Colin Turbett, who lives on the Isle of Arran, is writing a book about the extraordinary life of Olga Kevelos, who was a champion British trials, scrambles and racing motorcyclist from the 1940s to the 1960s.
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1938 BSA Empire Star shines in Beamish Trophy Trial
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The long journey from Witney, Oxfordshire, to take part in the 43rd Beamish Trophy Trial, organised by the South Durham section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club on Sunday, September 20, was well worthwhile for Andy Glading, who took home the Richard Hore Memorial Trophy for the best overall performance on his 1938 BSA Empire…
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Chestnut woods make perfect setting for Sidcup’s Jack Thompson British Bike Trial
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The emphasis will be on British rather than Classic or Pre-65 trials irons when the 26th running of the Jack Thompson British Bike Trial is organised by the Sidcup & District Motorcycle Club in the delightful chestnut woods surrounding the Canada Heights international motocross course on Sunday, December 6, writes Brian Edwards.
