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  • Classic British Legends: Jeff Smith MBE

    Classic British Legends: Jeff Smith MBE

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    Twice FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion, twice British Trials Champion, multi British Experts trials wins, a Scottish Six Days Trials win and eight ISDT Gold medals… and there’s more…

  • Rough ride for Vinduro competitors

    Rough ride for Vinduro competitors

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    Almost 100 riders on a selection of twinshock and Evo enduro bikes gathered for the third annual Vinduro Hot Trod. The event, a vintage enduro for machines more than 25 years old, took place at Chatton in Northumberland on September 22-23…

  • Be like Kenny Roberts

    Be like Kenny Roberts

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    Jeff Elliot is selling his Yamaha TZ750 flat track replica. The bike, featured in Classic Bike Guide and our sister title Classic Motorcycle Mechanics (July 2010 if you want a back issue) has a TZ750 engine in a homebuilt chassis…

  • CBL image galleries

    CBL image galleries

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    Our favourite images from the recently released Classic British Legends bookazine have just gone live online, and they include rare images of Barry Sheene, Geoff Duke and others…

  • Classic British Legends: Geoff Duke

    Classic British Legends: Geoff Duke

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    Dominant in the 1950s attaining six world championships, six Isle of Man titles and an OBE to boot – and not forgetting the skintight one piece leathers…

  • Surtees draws crowds to Sussex

    Surtees draws crowds to Sussex

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    Hundreds of classic motorbikes and cars, including some from the collection of racing legend John Surtees, helped pull the crowds to Burpham Motor Racing Club’s third Classic Car and Motorbike Show…

  • Not a Norton

    Not a Norton

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    From 10 feet away it looks like a Norton RC588. Good enough to fool some knowledgeable Norton experts. And then you notice the slightly-too-long exhaust pipe, Kayaba upside-down forks and six-piston brake calipers off a Yamaha YZF750…

  • Custom builds

    Custom builds

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    Old Empire Motorcycles is a custom shop unlike any other. For one thing, the bloke behind it is about half the age of your typical grizzly old bike builder. But Alec Sharp, aged just 24 years old, knows what it takes to build a truly special bike. And he’s got a simple, but clever business…

  • ‘Honda’ motorcycle number plate going under the hammer

    ‘Honda’ motorcycle number plate going under the hammer

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    Owners of Honda CB750s and VFR750s will soon have a chance to bid on what may be the ideal number plate for their machine…

  • Italian classics unearthed

    Italian classics unearthed

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    A fascinating collection of Italian classics has gone on sale at North Leicester Motorcycles. The bikes, which belonged to an ageing Italian aristocrat were offered to NLM owner Stuart Mayhew earlier this year and include some weird, wonderful and very exotic machinery…

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