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A new company has launched a kit to convert the ugly duckling Honda CX500 into a stunning old school cafe racer. Cafe Racer Kits launched its finished bikes and the individual parts kit at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show at Shepton Mallet and was very pleased with the interest shown

BSA A65 primary chain tensioners have been unavailable for a long time, so if you ever needed one in the past, your best hope was old stock from a dealer or enthusiast. But now things are looking up…

Donington Park over the weekend of August 11-12 is one event you don’t want to miss this year. The Classic Racing Motorcycle Club has pulled out all the stops and attracted Ferry Brouwer’s Yamaha Classic Racing Team, with a fantastic range of machinery and impressive line-up of riders

One of the main attractions at this year’s VMCC Festival of 1000 Bikes will be a pre-65 trial. The event, staged by the club’s Taverners Section, will take place in and around the Mallory Park motocross course on Saturday, July 7 – the second day of the classic weekend – from 11am to 3.30pm

Generally the first major problem to stop a magneto is when the condenser goes. Fitted deep inside the windings, they’re generally beyond the scope of home mechanics to repair. However, after applying some considerable thought to the problem, the lads at Brightspark Magnetos Ltd can help you out

A major motorcycle auction will be held by an Australian auction house, GDL Auctions, on June 1 this year as a specialist motorcycle collection goes under the hammer…

Long the obligatory protective gear for all year round riders and trials men, the waxed cotton Trialmaster jacket is still available via Holden Classic and Vintage

Do something a little different this weekend and head to Gloucestershire for the Prescott Bike Festival in aid of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes and The Severn Freewheelers

Essentially a linisher in wheel form which fits nicely on to your existing bench grinder or polisher, making it perfect for levelling surfaces on alloy and steel, taking the hard work out of polishing

A reunion of specials built by L P Williams will be held at the National Motorcycle Museum next month. The Trident and Rocket 3 Owners Club is looking for owners of Slippery Sam replicas, Legends, Renegades and Buccaneers to attend the event on Monday, May 7…