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This was the most successful of the Brooklands New Year’s Day events so far, with more than 1,000 vehicles causing some minor traffic disruption as they tried to make their way into the venue via the old Campbell circuit… Motorcycles had a dedicated parking area just outside the old Clubhouse and formed a mixed line…

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New lighting regulations, a new 98cc Villiers model and BSA dominates the annual Victory Trial in 1965… 1915 New vehicle lighting orders for the London Metropolitan Police District. For some time, faster vehicles (including motorcycles) have been required to carry a working red rear light or rear lights as appropriate, but slow vehicles including cycles,…

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The newly branded Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show, formerly known as ‘Wrighty’s Show’, which takes place at the Telford International Centre over the weekend of February 21-22, is ramping up the celebrations for 2015. There will be displays and star guests recalling some of the most memorable moments in off-road and road racing competition. The…

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If you own a classic car or vintage vehicle, then why not bring it to the Footman James Great Western Autojumble on February 14-15 and show it off? This St Valentine’s weekend, we’re celebrating the Mods and Rockers years at The Royal Bath & West showground, filling the halls with live music, alongside hundreds of…

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This month’s magazine is simply stuffed full of old motorcycles, a veritable bevvy of Britbikes plus an odd Italian for added entertainment. Just £2.50 on subscription, or here’s how to buy a single issue… AJS Model 31 CSR When Lawrence Howes took on the renovation of an AJS 650 twin he was sure that the…

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As we’re sure you’ve spotted when browsing our sites, Classic Bikers Club and its sister publications have made a few cosmetic changes. On the whole, it’s all back-end and technical stuff that involves the moving of the sites from one server to another… the IT crowd have all been very excited. In terms of the…

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THOUSANDS of motorcycle enthusiasts enjoyed two days of bikes, bargains and a brand new classic auction at Shepton Mallet’s Royal Bath & West this past weekend. The Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show, which was hampered by flooding in Somerset last year, came back with a bang for 2015 and the sun shone as Charterhouse…

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SOME of the most iconic motorcycles in the UK are set to be displayed to visitors at the country’s leading classic off-road motorcycle show which takes place in less than two weeks at Telford’s International Centre. Held across the weekend of February 21-22, the Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show will exhibit the Bultaco on which…

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What’s the most famous photograph in the history of motorcycle sport? It’s a tricky question, but ultimately it leads to one answer. It’s the picture of Giacomo Agostini at Bray Hill, front wheel aloft, in the 1970 Senior TT. It even led to a section of the track being ‘renamed,’ hence ‘Ago’s leap’. And the…

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Graham Noyce, one of Britain’s most popular off-road sporting figures, has made his first appearance on stage at the Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show and, for the first time in more than 20 years, has been reunited with the factory Honda on which he claimed 1979 world Motocross glory. ‘Rolls’ Noyce spoke on stage about…

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