Day of 100 Fizzies
The 4th Annual www.fs1e.co.uk Bolney to Brighton Run will take place on Sunday 18 May 2008. All classic peds and bikes are welcome.
The pack will leave the Motorcycle Workshop in Bolney at 10.30am sharp and head south. Once some piston holing steep hills have been conquered the pack will reform for a pit stop at the car park at the top of Devil’s Dyke. At 12 noon the final push into Brighton will take place to Brighton’s main Pier where the London and South East Mini Club will be ending their London to Brighton Run at the same time!
The pack will head off back to Bolney at 3pm.
For further information contact Andy Naughton-Doe (fs1eweb) on 07962 027307 or email him on andy@fs1e.co.uk
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World champion to receive lifetime achievement award
Italian legend Giacomo Agostini will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Legend of the Motorcycle Concours on May 3.
Agostini, known to millions of fans worldwide as 'Ago', is the world's greatest motorcycle Grand Prix racer with 15 Grand Prix world championship titles. While fellow Italian and world champion racer Valentino Rossi is close on his heels in terms of career titles, no one has yet to match Ago's incredible record on the track.
Fittingly, MV Agusta is a featured marque of this year's Legend of the Motorcycle and a history-making assembly is expected. Admirers of this revered motorcycle and fans of Italian performance iron in general will not be disappointed.
The third annual Legend of the Motorcycle Concours d'Elegance will take place on the first Saturday in May on the breathtaking ocean-side golf course of the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California, just south of San Francisco. For more information on this landmark charitable event, visit:
LegendoftheMotorcycle.com
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An Elsie for Papworth
For the past year, members of The LC Club have been building a classic Yamaha RD350LC from donated parts, with the intention of raising money for the Papworth Hospital. "Club member Graeme Fox received a heart transplant in August 2006 and we decided to try and give something back because Papworth saved his life," commented club events co-ordinator Tony Webb. "We now intend to raffle the bike to raise money for the hospital. The bike will be on show at some of the largest classic motorcycle shows in the country. The bike has had its
own heart transplant in the shape of a YPVS motor, and is painted in bright red; a limited edition colour only available in Japan. To our knowledge it's the only one in the country in these colours and very appropriate."
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VMCC Comet winner
Dave Lee receives the Vincent Comet, first prize in the July-Dec 2007 VMCC Raffle.
Dave Lee, from Warrington, won the first prize – a 1952 Vincent 500 Comet in the VMCC’s July-Dec 2007 raffle drawn on December 21. Second prize went to Gary Phillips from South Glamorgan, who bagged a Davida ‘Ninety 1’ crash helmet, courtesy of Davida UK. Third prize was one year’s subscription to Old Bike Mart & The Classic Motorcycle, courtesy of Mortons Motorcycle Media, which went to Mr F Burrell of Norfolk, while fourth prize, one year’s subscription to Classic Racer, went to F Edgeley of Lincolnshire.
Prizes for the Jan-June 2008 raffle will be a 1969 Norton Commando S750, a 1962 AJS Model 14 CSR250, a Davida ‘Ninety 1’ helmet, a year’s subscription to ‘Old Bike Mart’ & ‘The Classic Motorcycle’ and a year’s subscription to Classic Racer. Tickets may be obtained via VMCC HQ on 01283 540557 e-mail hq@vmcc.net, or on line at www.vmcc.net. The draw will take place on June 27.
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Moped giveaway
 Brent Fielder (left) retrieves the Garelli parts from Biffa’s wardrobe. Reader Brent Fielder from Goole, Yorkshire, is pictured with the remnants of the Garelli sports moped unearthed by Classic Bike Guide editor Tim Britton (reported in last month’s news pages). "I have actually appeared in Mechanics a couple of times before," said Brent. "In the April and May 2000 editions I was restoring a Garelli Rekord, obviously I haven't progressed far since then! This one certainly has lots of missing parts. Never mind, onwards and upwards, I'll give it a go!" Good luck with the restoration Brent – and we want to see it when it's rebuilt!
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PRESS TRIAL 2008
The Classic Motorcycle in association with the AJS & Matchless (Poachers) Press Trials has now been confirmed and will take place at Cadwell Park in 2008. We would be grateful for any editorial you can give us, to promote this event. I have just written some information which I feel you may need.
Date: Wednesday 5th March 2008.
Venue: Motorsport Vision Cadwell Park Louth Lincs
Start Time:11am prompt
Signing in: Club House from 10.00am
Machines: Pre 65 Machines – although may allow twin shocks
Safety: Crash Helmets: compulsory
Rules: Held under the AMCA codes of practices (IMBA rules and regulations for international championship events, scrambles regulations for classic Machines and / or trial rules for modern machines as appropriate) and any supplementary rules and regulations for the event.
Fee: To cover various rider, official and public insurances necessary for the running of a motorcycle trial, an entry fee will be charged and this will be a minimum of £20.00. Cheques payable to the Classic Motorcycle
Raffle – donation of prizes welcome.
Entries: Limited to 60 entries
Commemorative T shirt. For all competitors
Buffet: After the trial and guinea gallop there will be a buffet in the club house
All Proceeds: for the trial, guinea gallop, raffle and results are divided between the TTRA and BEN.
Entries to the Classic Motorcycle Press Trial PO Box 99 Horncastle Lincs LN9 6LZ
Copy of the rules £5.00 (profits to the charity)
Enquires or entry forms: Glynis Roberts Tel. 01507 529431 email: groberts@mortons.co.uk
Mortons Motorcycle Media, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs. LN9 6JR.
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CELEBRATING A LEGEND
 Barry Sheene was to motorcycling what the Beatles were to pop music, what George Best was to football and what Muhammad Ali was to boxing. Mortons Media Group Ltd, one of the UK’s largest publishers of motorcycle titles, is to launch a brand new publication dedicated to the legend and national hero Barry Sheene MBE.
This special, perfectly bound book, SHEENE 7, will be carefully compiled by its Editor, Brian Tarbox, who interviewed Sheene on many occasions, and the associate editor, John Brown, who was a life-long friend of the great man.
However, this will not be the same familiar story retold. The editorial duo have conducted many new interviews with the people who knew him best – friends, family, fellow racers, mechanics and rivals.
 This comprehensive 132-page book will have the benefit of an eye-catching spot UV title and will cost only £6.99. Furthermore, a £1 donation from every sale will be made to the Barry Sheene supported CLIC Sargent children’s cancer charity.
Publisher, Gerard Kane, said: “All of us involved with this project are extremely proud to be associated with the Barry Sheene publication and we feel sure Sheene fans will be delighted with the new angles that material editor Brian Tarbox has unearthed. As a fan of Sheene ‘back in the day’, I personally can’t wait for my copy to arrive.”
Sheene 7 will be available in all branches of WH Smith and direct from Mortons Media Group Ltd, and will be on sale at the Stafford Show on 28/29 April.
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• 'How to obtain best results from the Triumph Model H engine & gearbox' - published in 1921
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