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Be like Kenny Roberts
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Jeff Elliot is selling his Yamaha TZ750 flat track replica. The bike, featured in Classic Bike Guide and our sister title Classic Motorcycle Mechanics (July 2010 if you want a back issue) has a TZ750 engine in a homebuilt chassis…
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Rough ride for Vinduro competitors
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Almost 100 riders on a selection of twinshock and Evo enduro bikes gathered for the third annual Vinduro Hot Trod. The event, a vintage enduro for machines more than 25 years old, took place at Chatton in Northumberland on September 22-23…
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Not a Norton
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From 10 feet away it looks like a Norton RC588. Good enough to fool some knowledgeable Norton experts. And then you notice the slightly-too-long exhaust pipe, Kayaba upside-down forks and six-piston brake calipers off a Yamaha YZF750…
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Surtees draws crowds to Sussex
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Hundreds of classic motorbikes and cars, including some from the collection of racing legend John Surtees, helped pull the crowds to Burpham Motor Racing Club’s third Classic Car and Motorbike Show…
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Custom builds
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Old Empire Motorcycles is a custom shop unlike any other. For one thing, the bloke behind it is about half the age of your typical grizzly old bike builder. But Alec Sharp, aged just 24 years old, knows what it takes to build a truly special bike. And he’s got a simple, but clever business…
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Italian classics unearthed
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A fascinating collection of Italian classics has gone on sale at North Leicester Motorcycles. The bikes, which belonged to an ageing Italian aristocrat were offered to NLM owner Stuart Mayhew earlier this year and include some weird, wonderful and very exotic machinery…
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‘Honda’ motorcycle number plate going under the hammer
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Owners of Honda CB750s and VFR750s will soon have a chance to bid on what may be the ideal number plate for their machine…
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Classic Bike Guide goes digital
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The world moves quickly and Classic Bike Guide has moved with it. Those of you with an ipad can now enjoy CBG as an app (ask your grandkids – they’ll know)…
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Sheene merchandise
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Suzuki has launched a clothing line in honour of the legendary and sadly missed Barry Sheene, with 10% of every sale going to the Clic Sargent foundation, which was Barry’s chosen charity…
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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale
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Pocket rocket 125s, Stan Stephens reveals tuning secrets, Yamaha YZF750 rotary Norton replica, buying Honda’s CB500 twin, Yamaha XT500, Suzuki GT550 and Triumph Speed Twin. This month’s issue supplied with FREE cover-mounted reprint of Motor Cycle Weekly…
