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SWM ARE THE latest manufacturer to turn a custom shop special into something you can buy in a showroom. The SWM Ace of Spades 440 is the latest motorcycle to emerge from the Italian company’s Milan custom shop. The bike is based on their Gran Milano café racer and features a satin black paint job…

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A LIMITED NUMBER of special edition Bonneville T120 and T100 bikes are to be released to mark Triumph’s Spirit of ’59 campaign. Only 59 examples of each model will be available. Inspired by the original T120 650 Bonneville of 1959, the modern-day equivalent will sport a classic blue and orange design that sees the colour…

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KAWASAKI TRIPLE LEGEND Rick Brett has decided to sell his unrivalled collection of famous two-strokes. Rick was based in Nottingham before relocating to Michigan in the US and establishing a Triple Museum in a renovated railway goods yard. After 40 years of collecting he says he has “achieved his goal of having every Kawasaki triple…

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SUZUKI HAVE MARKED the 40th birthday of their GS1000 super sports bike by reminding owners that new factory parts are still available. They have also revealed that the design for the Four was inspired by an engine they obtained from MV Agusta.  In the late 1970s Suzuki were world-renowned for producing two-stroke engines and busy…

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WORLD-REKNOWNED MOTORCYCLE designer Alan Clews passed away on May 2, shortly before his 80th birthday. Alan had continued to play an active role within Clews Competition Machines, or CCM, as he had done over the past 47 years.  Alan was a successful Trials and Scrambles rider in the late 1960s and wanted a lighter and…

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HONDA HAVE RETURNED the Monkey to the wild. The Honda Monkey bike is widely known as a groovy icon of the 1970s and it first saw the light of day in 1961. After being out of production for decades the recent popularity of the 125cc MSX Grom lightweight has encouraged Honda to dress the platform…

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SUNSHINE AND CLASSIC motorcycles – the perfect start to Spring. The 38th Carole Nash Spring Classic at Stafford County Showground saw thousands of visitors pour through the gates, with a packed bike park stretching across the fields as thousands took the opportunity to sample the best in classic biking. Thanks to the weather there was…

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The Isle of Man Post Office has commissioned a set of 12 ground-breaking stamps, featuring TT greats of yesteryear – man and machine alike. The new Great British Motorcycles set celebrates innovation, incorporating both artwork and classic archive images for the Isle of Man Post Office collection. Harold Daniell, who raced the Manx Norton Single…

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  THERE IS A FEAST for the ears and eyes coming this month as the Lansdowne Classic Series takes to the tracks. Named after James Lansdowne Norton, founder of Norton Motorcycles, the Lansdowne Classic Series sees riders compete on classic era machines from the 1950s and early 1960s. Series organisers aim to create and “maintain…

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