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And now for something completely different: The Eldee Velocette
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Words and photographs Chris Swallow Eagle-eyed observers visiting the Honda museum in Motegi, Japan, will notice soon after paying their yen there is a racing motorcycle devoid of the familiar winged Honda vector. The emblem
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1971 revisited: The first ever Anglo-American match races
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Words: Bruce Cox – Pictures: Mortons Archive and Bruce Cox Collection In more than a decade and a half of racing, the Transatlantic Trophy Series introduced no fewer than seven American World Champions to British fans.
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Honda 125 Series: A level playing field
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Photographs: Mortons Archive and Russ Lee At the beginning of the 1977 road racing season, an all new championship was added to the road racing calendar – the Honda 125cc series. Phil Wain reflects on a
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50th anniversary Founder’s Day does Taverners’ Section proud
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Although the Vintage Motor Cycle Club was founded by 38 enthusiasts who assembled at the Lounge Cafe, Hog’s Back, Guildford, Surrey, C E ‘Titch’ Allen has become known as the ‘founder’ in recent years, writes Ian Kerr.
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Sun shines for Graham Walker Memorial
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With an entry of 100 riders, this year’s Graham Walker Memorial Run around Beaulieu, Hants, on Sunday, August 7, was one of the best in the area to be organised by the Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club, writes Ian McGill.
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Oozing with nostalgia – Mallory Park’s 60th birthday bonanza
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Just too late to include in our last issue, but oozing with road racing nostalgia, the Mallory Bike Bonanza over the weekend of July 30/31 also celebrated 60 years of the famous Leicestershire circuit, and Old Bike Mart is indebted to Tony Page for these photos.
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Top award at 100 Bikes goes to main attraction
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Russel Taschner’s magnificent 1913 Clyno motorcycle, which was billed as the main attraction at the recent 1000 Bikes Show at Germiston High School, took the top award at the South African event too.
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Ramsgate Rev-Up!
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In spite of the spectacular success of the ‘Ramsgate Revival’ sprint last year, months of uncertainty led to the final abandonment of a repeat sprint demonstration this year.
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Bluebell Railway vintage rally welcomes scores of classics
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Long-established as a bastion of transport preservation, the Bluebell Railway in Sussex offers even more of the same on the occasion of its annual vintage weekend, which this year was on August 13-14.
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Unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton sold
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An unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton was sold by H&H Classics at its Donington Park Auction on July 28, for £20,000, twice the pre-sale estimate, and a new world record for an unrestored bike of this type.
