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James May in the Bonhams Auction While their future as presenters of BBC’s Top Gear may be uncertain, the duo’s motorcycles are sure to attract a lot of attention. Among the eight machines being offered by May are a 2010 Yamaha SR400 ‘Grievous Angel’ by Deus Ex Machina, valued at between £8000 and £12,000, and…

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Come and join the Cavalcade at Stafford The upcoming Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show, which takes place on the weekend of April 25-26, will see sessions on each day as bikes are paraded around the ring for showgoers to inspect. There will accompanying commentary from The Classic MotorCycle magazine editor James Robinson who will be talking about the…

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Henry Cole (left) and Restoration Theatre host Pete Thorne (right) filming for ITV’s The Motorbike Show. The Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show, taking place at Staffordshire County Showground on April 25-26, will see Pete guide showgoers through a range of topics offering practical and down-to-earth advice with accompanying demonstrations.  Nick Mowbray, exhibition manager at…

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Head of the family… Allan Jefferies from the archive. Classic motorcycling’s flagship show takes place on April 25-26 at Staffordshire County Showground with Nick, the only rider to have won the Manx Grand Prix, Formula 1 TT, the International Manx Two-Day Trial and a gold medal in the International Six Day Enduro, performing guest of…

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Graham Noyce at the Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show ‘Rolls’ Noyce spoke on stage about his career with Classic Dirt Bike editor Tim Britton and is set for further engagements across this weekend’s event including the unenviable task of choosing the best motocross machine on display.  He will return to the stage at 3pm this…

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Brian ‘Nick’ Nicholls (1930-2015) And the man who took that picture was Nick Nicholls, doyen of motorcycle sport photographers, who has passed away, aged 84. Brian R ‘Nick’ Nicholls was born on June 26, 1930. After being evacuated from London during the war, he left his grammar school as soon as he could, taking a…

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Classic Dirt Bike Show guest of honour Mick Grant in the 2008 Classic Experts Trial. Credit – Mortons Archive Held across the weekend of February 21-22, the Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show will exhibit the Bultaco on which Martin Lampkin claimed his 1975 World Trials Championship, along with a series of racing Nortons in association…

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Dave Joyce’s Best in Show 1914 Sparkbrook Roadster. Credit – Mortons Archive 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 Auctioneers and Valuers racked up sales totalling more than £250,000 in its debut Bristol…

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Updated websites for classic bikers In terms of the actual sites you use though, it doesn’t alter a great deal of what’s on offer. You can still enter competitions, still search our online classifieds, still read news and articles and still sign up to our fortnightly newsletter. One change you might notice is the forum…

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