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  • Classic Bike Guide on sale – March 2014

    Classic Bike Guide on sale – March 2014

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    Latest Classic Bike Guide out now! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene • Archive The ACU Spring One Day Trial LIVE2RIDE • Newark Show Marshall stars in January show • McQueen Vegas Jackpot Indian outfit wows Bonhams’ auction • Letters Readers write • Surtees for Stafford 500cc & F1 world champ is guest…

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  • ACU Spring One Day Trial: March, 1914

    ACU Spring One Day Trial: March, 1914

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    The start in Sheffield, at 8.30am, drew a huge crowd, which was kept in check by RAC guides and the Sheffield police who, said The Motor Cycle, “were on duty at the start and finish and did their duty nobly”. The motorcycles and sidecars were lined up in the exhibition hall overnight, with no one…

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  • Lightweight motorcycles

    Lightweight motorcycles

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    February 23, 1933, ‘Sartor’ was exploring the premise that for too long the line had been drawn under machines of 250cc and anything less, particularly machines of 150cc and 100cc “had been left to the tender mercies of the average rider for development”. Sartor however argued that the most startling feature of the smaller class…

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  • Classic Bike Guide on sale – February 2014

    Classic Bike Guide on sale – February 2014

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    Latest Classic Bike Guide out now • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene • Archive Holiday planning LIVE2RIDE • Kempton Show Brough takes centre stage at winter show • Previews Stoneleigh Race Retro and Telford Classic Off Road • Continental Circus Inspired photo book on 1970s road racing? • Subscribe and save You know…

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  • Holiday planning

    Holiday planning

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    So they ‘found’ (invented?) a pair of teenagers, Mike (just 18) and Mary (17) and showed them and the readers how to prepare for a biking holiday on the new Ariel Arrow Mike had bought from Slocombes (£192). The Craven carrier and panniers (£12 19s 6d) were apparently Mary’s brainwave, having struggled through previous biking…

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  • Mortons Archive photo comp

    Mortons Archive photo comp

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    Simply submit your motorcycle related images (details below) and our expert panel will select a top three – with the winning photographer receiving a custom helmet courtesy of Davida, a trophy presented at the 34th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford on April 26-27 (VIP tickets included), a print of their image from…

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  • Road Test: Vincent V-twin

    Road Test: Vincent V-twin

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    Vincent V-twin built from spare parts Vincent’s Black Shadow has been reborn. This is nothing to do with a vague outline by a company with no clear claim to use the Vincent name, promising to offer the world a Honda-powered 21st century version of a bike that needs no such travesty to keep its name…

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  • Road Test: Vincent V-twin

    Road Test: Vincent V-twin

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    Vincent V-twin built from spare parts Vincent’s Black Shadow has been reborn. This is nothing to do with a vague outline by a company with no clear claim to use the Vincent name, promising to offer the world a Honda-powered 21st century version of a bike that needs no such travesty to keep its name…

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  • Road Test: Vincent V-twin

    Road Test: Vincent V-twin

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    Vincent V-twin built from spare parts Vincent’s Black Shadow has been reborn. This is nothing to do with a vague outline by a company with no clear claim to use the Vincent name, promising to offer the world a Honda-powered 21st century version of a bike that needs no such travesty to keep its name…

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  • Prize winners at Newark – scooter style!

    Prize winners at Newark – scooter style!

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    Best Scooter Display – Worksop Mod Appeciation Society The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide WInter Classic show isn't just about the motorcycles. After the introduction in January 2013, the Scooter World Hall returned with another dazzling display of classic scooters for visitors to feast their eyes on. With more lights than you can shake a…

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