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Classics take centre stage at Manx TT
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Organisers of the Manx Grand Prix have agreed a provisional schedule for the rebranded 2013 event. The fortnight long Manx Grand Prix Festival will retain the existing Manx GP races but from next year will also include a new Classic TT which will form part of a three day classic meeting…
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The way we were: September 1937
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Leicestershire runner Maurice Cann completed a double victory in the year’s Manx Grand Prix as he took his 490cc Norton over the line, beating like-mounted Rochester clubman Ken Bills by over a minute…
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BMCRC – Brands Hatch
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This year, the British Motor Cycle Racing Club (Bemsee) championship trail involves three visits to Brands Hatch. However, the July meeting was exceptional, as it took place over the venue’s full 2.61-mile Grand Prix circuit, which is permitted only limited use as a result of environmental restrictions…
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Dremel 3000
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Unarguably one of the best tools to have in your workshop, the Dremel has been around for a good few years – often copied, but never bettered…
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Side-to-side
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Deciding to do their own coast to coast, east to west ride, a group of eight intrepid riders on elderly machines – the oldest being a 1929 Norton ES2 – left the beach on the Suffolk coast at sunrise (about 4.40am), to be on the sand in Wales for sunset…
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The way we were: September 1962
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Finally Wilhelm Herz’s (499cc NSU) motorcycle world speed record of 211.40mph set in 1956 was broken on Wednesday, September 5, 1962, at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah….
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Take a ride to the codebreakers’ mansion
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Classic motorbikes will take over Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, the home of the codebreakers during the Second World War, on Sunday, August 5…
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CMM trackday spaces almost gone!
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Book now if you want to attend the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics trackday at Donington Park on August 4, as places are going fast…
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Hyde gears up
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Following the success of his replacement oil pumps for classic Triumph and BSA triples, Norman Hyde has produced the gears that drive the pump…
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Brooklands Reunion
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The Brooklands Society Reunion is an annual celebration of the organisation’s achievement in preserving as much of the Brooklands site as was practical after British Aerospace, the last owners of the site, pulled out in the sixties…
