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  • Croz heads up Stafford

    Croz heads up Stafford

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    Make a diary date for Stafford show Former GP and Superbike star Graeme Crosby is guest of honour at the 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, over October 20-21, at the Stafford County Showground. ‘Croz’ raced from 1974 in his native New Zealand superbike class and headed for Europe a couple of years later.…

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  • Velocette Thruxton Metisse

    Velocette Thruxton Metisse

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    Anything with a Metisse frame is pretty much guaranteed to stop any classic enthusiast at least for a few moments inspection but when, or perhaps that should be if, you come across a Velocette-engined Metisse, then take time out to have an even closer look than usual because it will be one of just six…

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  • Velocette Thruxton Metisse

    Velocette Thruxton Metisse

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    Anything with a Metisse frame is pretty much guaranteed to stop any classic enthusiast at least for a few moments inspection but when, or perhaps that should be if, you come across a Velocette-engined Metisse, then take time out to have an even closer look than usual because it will be one of just six…

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  • More power to the pageant

    More power to the pageant

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    Sammy Mille with his new V8 Moto Guzzi A new lap record was set on the 1.2 mile Cheshire track by Scott Mansell, in a Caterham Superlight SP/300.R race car. His time was 61.89sec which beat the previous 62.68sec record set by Nikki Faulkner in a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera LP570-4 in 2010. The RAF won…

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  • 1958 BSA Gold Star & 1957 BSA B31

    1958 BSA Gold Star & 1957 BSA B31

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    I don’t know quite what it is about a British single that makes people stop, stare and grin when you ride past, but when two of us, on said British singles, both with negligible silencing, made our way out of town, up into the moors to the reservoir, shoppers, walkers and boaters alike all took…

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  • 1958 BSA Gold Star & 1957 BSA B31

    1958 BSA Gold Star & 1957 BSA B31

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    I don’t know quite what it is about a British single that makes people stop, stare and grin when you ride past, but when two of us, on said British singles, both with negligible silencing, made our way out of town, up into the moors to the reservoir, shoppers, walkers and boaters alike all took…

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  • Triumph Thruxton

    Triumph Thruxton

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    From Classic Bike Guide magazine – Issue 223

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  • Asian motorcycle tours

    Asian motorcycle tours

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    Spectacular scenery awaits the tourists H-C Travel ran its first pioneering Asian tour in 1996, to Khardung-La, the highest pass in the world, at over 18,000ft, followed by the first ever authorised tours to Tibet and Bhutan – naturally on Enfields – then pioneered tours in Rajasthan and Kerala, off-road adventures in the Philippines, Thailand…

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  • Road Test: Royal Enfield Bullet Classic

    Road Test: Royal Enfield Bullet Classic

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    Royal Enfield Bullet Classic It’s fair to say that over the past few years there has been a return to traditionally styled motorcycles, albeit many with a thoroughly modern appearance. However, retro style has become ‘chic’ in aspects of daily life, with everything from cars and clothes to refrigerators and radios all taking on a…

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