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  • From the Archive: Trading Post – YAMAHA SR500/SR400

    From the Archive: Trading Post – YAMAHA SR500/SR400

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    Still Running, Still Riding: The traditional half-litre single is still on sale! Yamaha’s SR road banger has been in production since 1978. That is a very long time indeed, so it must be something special…

  • From the Archive: International Dirt Bike Show

    From the Archive: International Dirt Bike Show

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    Though a modern event, there is still the odd thing for us classic enthusiasts at the Motul- sponsored International Dirt Bike Show… With all that’s best in the modern dirt bike scene on display at

  • From the Archive: Austin Hockley – Fearless Fighter

    From the Archive: Austin Hockley – Fearless Fighter

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    Ask any of the competitors who raced regularly against Austin Hockley and the most common description they give him is ‘fearless’. Chris Carter charts his varied career. Words: Chris Carter Photographs: Austin Hockley Collection and

  • Austin Hockley: The Fearless Fighter

    Austin Hockley: The Fearless Fighter

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    Ask any of the competitors who raced regularly against Austin Hockley and the most common description they give him is ‘fearless’.

  • COOPER’S PLACE OF HONOUR AT THE NMM

    COOPER’S PLACE OF HONOUR AT THE NMM

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    THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM is currently closed, but when visitors are welcome again, there will be a new attraction. This new feature is dedicated to racing legend John ‘Mooneyes’ Cooper and includes not only his

  • Remembering Bill Crosby

    Remembering Bill Crosby

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    Well known motorcycle dealer and museum proprietor Bill Crosby passed away in hospital after a brief illness on Sunday, March 29, 2020, a month before his 88th birthday.

  • Surfing for new book titles?

    Surfing for new book titles?

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    With Mortons Media – the publisher not only of Old Bike Mart, but several other classic motorcycle titles such as Classic Racer, The Classic MotorCycle, Classic Dirt Bike and Classic Bike Guide – adding book

  • James Bond’s BSA Rocket III to go to auction

    James Bond’s BSA Rocket III to go to auction

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    The fact that a BSA Rocket III will be under the hammer at the Charterhouse auction in May isn’t anything out of the ordinary.

  • Stafford set for August

    Stafford set for August

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    Owing to the ever-changing nature of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there’s another date change for the ‘April’ Stafford show, with the new date being August 15/16. “Following the recent announcements from the UK Government, Mortons

  • From the archive: Take five – whichever suits your style

    From the archive: Take five – whichever suits your style

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    Before Royal Enfield’s sensationally-styled Continental GT made its debut, the 250cc Crusader line had already evolved into two variations on a very agreeable five-speed theme – the leading link front fork Super 5 and the

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