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  • Essex Bikefest

    Essex Bikefest

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    The 10th annual Bikefest at North Weald airfield, near Harlow, Essex, brought to you by Maitland Racing, kick-starts into action on Sunday, July 15, 2012 and promises to be another cracker…

  • The way we were: August 1937

    The way we were: August 1937

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    Following derision from some quarters of the press and industry regarding his claim that makers could manufacture a four-cylinder motorcycle for £20, famous designer Granville Bradshaw detailed his concept. Using Bradshaw’s pencil sketches a Motor Cycle artist created the impression published in The Motor Cycle on August 19, 1937…

  • Hesketh celebration

    Hesketh celebration

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    Owners of Hesketh motorcycles have two anniversaries to celebrate this year since both the bike and the owners’ club have turned 30…

  • Wal Handley book

    Wal Handley book

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    In the 1920s and 30s Wal Handley was one of the stars of motorcycle racing, a winner of four TTs and setter of nine lap records, as well as a front runner in countless others…

  • The way we were: August 1912

    The way we were: August 1912

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    Press announcements confirmed Holley Brothers of Northumberland Road, Coventry was ready to launch an automatic carburettor. Although the carburettor was known as a Hedstrom after the Indian design engineer of that name, early examples were made for Indian by Aurora…

  • Brooklands Double Twelve

    Brooklands Double Twelve

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    Although bike interest has been limited in more recent Brooklands Double 12s, this year the Francis-Barnett Owners’ Club attracted plenty of interest with a static display as well as the attempts on the circuit’s famous Test Hill on Sunday…

  • Free bike photos!

    Free bike photos!

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    Do you fancy getting your bike photographed in our studio, here in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, and featured in a magazine, with a professional set of CD images to take away? We’ll chip in towards your fuel costs… and talking of chips, we may stretch to getting you a sandwich too…

  • The Classic Motorcycle app

    The Classic Motorcycle app

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    The brilliant TCM app means you can download each month’s magazine onto your iPad or Android tablet days before the magazine reaches the news stands, and you can take a stack of back issues of your favourite magazine with you wherever you are in the world…

  • McFashionistas inspired in style by Grampian Museum

    McFashionistas inspired in style by Grampian Museum

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    Fashion management students from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen celebrated the opening of Grampian Transport Museum’s 30th season with a special exhibition at Aberdeen Business School during March…

  • Route 66 tour success

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    Spectacular scenery and an unforgettable experience await bikers undertaking the Route 66 tour in the States, as you retrace the pre-interstate connecting road between Chicago and Los Angeles and soak up the nostalgia, plus visit the stores, museums and landmarks on the way…

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