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Don’t miss your chance to relive all the action from the 2013 International Dirt Bike Show when Motors TV screen a special programme on December 28 that was filmed at the Stoneleigh Park spectacular…

A pedigree budgie, a toilet, several laps of the TT course and a very patient photographer – Milestones TT calendar is back, with more wittily-illustrated TT anecdotes. Also new book from Classic Racer contributor…

A study by the Isle of Man Government’s Treasury Economic Affairs Division into the contribution the Festival of Motorcycling made to the Island’s economy has shown an increase in visitors of almost 50% over a four-year period…

Off roaders will know that the greatest one day trial in the world ‘The Scott’ will be 100 years old in 2014. Though no longer exclusively the preserve of Scott motorcycles the Yorkshire two-strokes are the reason for the event in the first place…

Happy go lucky Marco Lucchinelli; Frank Weeink tells the Italian’s colourful story. Plus classic racing’s young guns, Ewen Haldane, Bob McIntyre Royal Enfield, Triumph project and all the usual archive material, news and paddock gossip. On sale now!

Looking back at the significant motorcycling milestones which occurred during the month of January, starting with an announcement from Les Harris that his agreement with John Bloor to build Bonnies under licence had run its course…

Ducati 916 buying guide, Honda CBX 550, Kawa GPZ750, Honda VTR250 guides, plus Yam TZR250 tuning, part one, a crazy Yamaha TDR500, Kawa H2A buying guide, plus all the regular workshop articles and columns…

Following the recent news of the Pierce Museum collection of Harley-Davidsons and collection of Italian thoroughbreds from the Silverman Museum Racing at its Las Vegas auction in January, Bonhams, has announced two further, historically important auction additons…

The dry conditions for this year’s 24th Jack Thompson British Bike Trial for pre-1967 machines resulted in some low scores. Paul Edwards and Colin Mote, both riding 500 Ariels, carded zero marks lost, but Paul’s quicker laps in the Special Tests clinched the premier trophy…

If you want to know more about the history of the modern superbike then you could do a lot worse than consult Superbikes and the 70s by Dave Sheenan. Also, a new product for treating lacquered surfaces…