Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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  • Enthusiasts wow the judges at Newark’s New Year bike show

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    Bike clubs and owners in the East Midlands showcased their machines in style this past weekend as Newark Showground hosted its annual winter motorcycle show… The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic was marked by several exceptional examples with the regionโ€™s two-wheel enthusiasts demonstrating their restoration expertise. Andy Baldwin, a Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club…

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  • Davida announces ‘bubble’ visors

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    Davida has recently launched three brand new styles of full length D4Vi9A wrap-around visors, designed for open-face helmets… The visors are available in more than 10 different finishes, and all are made from 2mm polycarbonate, preformed in a variety of shapes, including the popular 1970s โ€˜Bubbleโ€™ style. With three adjustable sliding studs, all the new…

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  • New Year’s Day gathering, Brooklands

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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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  • The way we were: February

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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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  • Newly branded Telford show should be best yet

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    The newly branded Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show, formerly known as โ€˜Wrightyโ€™s Showโ€™, 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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  • Let the world see your classic at our show!

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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 Valentineโ€™s weekend, weโ€™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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  • Buy RC130, February 2015

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    This monthโ€™s magazine is simply stuffed full of old motorcycles, a veritable bevvy of Britbikes plus an odd Italian for added entertainment. Just ยฃ2.50 on subscription, or hereโ€™s how to buy a single issueโ€ฆ 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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  • Updated websites for classic bikers

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

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  • Bristol bike show cements place as one of the UK’s favourites

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    THOUSANDS of motorcycle enthusiasts enjoyed two days of bikes, bargains and a brand new classic auction at Shepton Malletโ€™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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  • Two day off-road spectacular set for Telford

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    SOME of the most iconic motorcycles in the UK are set to be displayed to visitors at the countryโ€™s leading classic off-road motorcycle show which takes place in less than two weeks at Telfordโ€™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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