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  • Lotus to make 200bhp superbike

    Lotus to make 200bhp superbike

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    British car maker Lotus is getting ready to release its first ever motorcycle, named the C-01. Details are scarce at the moment, but Lotus is making the bike in collaboration with German car racing team Kodewa, the Holzer Group and designer Daniel Simon…

  • Full Yamaha SP is rare

    Full Yamaha SP is rare

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    You don’t see many of these around any more. ‘Crotch rocket’ haters may sneer but with the YZF750 being 20 years old this year, the sight of this SP is getting rarer…

  • New Yamaha FS1-E film to debut

    New Yamaha FS1-E film to debut

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    It’s not every day a film about the iconic FS1-E is made, but a new movie called Fizzy Days is due for release early next year…

  • Life with a Brough Superior

    Life with a Brough Superior

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    Witley and District MCC member Derek Prior brought his regularly used Brough Superior SS100 to the recent Ton-Up Day at Brooklands, Surrey…

  • The Spirit of LeMons

    The Spirit of LeMons

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    It’s not every day you see a converted aeroplane on the roads. Jeff Bloch had an old plane and a van and decided to weld them together – the result is what he calls “The Spirit of LeMons

  • August Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale now!

    August Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale now!

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    Honda CB350 review, Nial Mackenzie’s Yamaha RD350LC’s completed at last, Ducati’s 916 mould breaker, working on starter motors, project Stinger, Honda CBR400RR ‘Baby blade’ and all the usual columnists and regulars…

  • New venue for Lancs event

    New venue for Lancs event

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    The VJMC Central Lancs section will be running the VJMC North West Motorcycle Show on August 4, which is taking place in the exhibition hall in the Princess Royal stand and will be the first time the VJMC has held an event here…

  • The way we were: August 1963

    The way we were: August 1963

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    Craig Breedlove became the fastest man on wheels at the Bonneville Salt Flats with his jet propelled three-wheeler, but initially the authorities wouldn’t recognise the vehicle rather than the record…

  • Overseas trail riding

    Overseas trail riding

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    If you’ve got a dirt-bike, a brain and don’t fancy the ‘eat my dust’ world of guided trail rides then this two day, old-school, non-GPS map reading event is for you…

  • Sprint revival’s a national treasure

    Sprint revival’s a national treasure

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    Aintree Racecourse is set to host the Aintree Sprint and VJMC Northwest Motorcycle Show on August 4. The event is supported by Blackline Sprinting and the Central Lancs VJMC section, and Blackline has taken on the challenge of reviving the Aintree sprint after its demise in 2011…

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