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Hot on the heels of the Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show at Stafford last weekend comes the second of our new motorcycle shows for 2012 and this time we’re heading north to Lanarkshire…

The Australian based Irving Vincent race team will be demonstrating its awesome and hugely powerful V-twin superbikes at the Festival of 1000 Bikes at Mallory, over July 7-8. These bikes have been seeing off state-of-the-art Ducatis on track, so well worth getting up close with…

In another Classic Bikers Club competition exclusive we’re offering site visitors a chance to win a worry-free, fully rebuilt Can-Am 250cc enduro bike, the subject of a series of CDB features. All the important bits – the engine and wheels – have been refinished by specialists so we know the bike is right!

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

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

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…

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