The Classic MotorCycle
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1924 Warwick Sports
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This rare machine examples a popular early 1920s trend when a collection of proprietary components were brought together to provide basic, reliable transport. Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN In the early 1920s, it seemed there was a motorcycle maker for every letter of the alphabet – in fact, many more than one for the…
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August 2024
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The August edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling.
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Sunbeam S7D, ‘The Gentleman’s Motorcycle’
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Was the Sunbeam S7D just “a nice bit of engine stuck between two ring-doughnuts”? Well, a lot depends on the quality of the doughnuts!
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Velocette Venom test ride
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This well turned out Velocette Venom was possessed of the lightest clutch imaginable.
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July 2024
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The July edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling. Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding,…
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The ‘bathtub’ motorcycle trend: Triumph 5TA Speed Twin & Norton Dominator De Luxe
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In the late 1950s, it became ‘on trend’ to offer motorcycles with enclosure, particularly of the real wheel.
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June 2024
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The June edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling.
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May 2024
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The May edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling.
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Meet Mary Motorcycle
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The Transport Torques evening event on Saturday, April 6, at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, hosts the public premiere of the film, ‘Mary Motorcycle.’ In October 1967, 26-year old Mary Sievier set off to ride to India on a 175cc BSA Bantam. She reached India… and then kept going for nine years, becoming the first…
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The Clive Wood MBE Collection
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In addition to a Vincent Black Lightning and several other fabulous machines, the Clive Wood MBE Collection will be sold by Bonhams at the Spring Stafford Sale at The International Classic MotorCycle Show on April 20/21. The late Clive Wood, a prominent figure in Teesside industry committed to philanthropy, had diverse interests including racehorses, playing…
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