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Dremel should be in everyone’s toolkit The latest kit is the 3000 and what a fantastic combination set it is. It’s the same old principle but with a number of new touches. For example, gone is the old chuck arrangement where a little spanner has to be used, the tools are now secured by a…

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Oil pump gears for BSA and Triumph triples from Norman Hyde The parts have been made from the original drawings but by modern CNC machines, using quality materials unavailable originally. This oil pump drive gear set comprises the driving gear (70-7248), intermediate gear (70-7246, including bush 70-6885) and driven gear (71-4237). The gears will fit…

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Kit will fit any 12 volt Triumph twin with points Suitable for any twin cylinder 12v Triumph with points in the timing cover, the classic Tri Spark electronic conversion is simplicity itself. Component-wise it consists of a rotor, the ignition module, three Allen screws, a short length of wire and the appropriate end connectors. Once…

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Star turn was the 1924 NUT, which exceeded its estimate of £15,000, going down to a bidder in the room for £17,900. From the same year was a Sunbeam Sprint, which had been unearthed from the back of a car workshop, in Bristol, during the 1970s. It had obviously been used for competition work sometime…

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Classic Bike Guide August issue on sale now • Mould Breaker Honda’s radical Gold Wing • Products What’s new on the market • Letters You make your points • Moving Swiftly Along Thoughts from our resident Scot • American Idle We’ve all heard about holiday romances that aren’t so romantic once you’re back home, well…

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Complete Norton Commando gearboxes are now available In its quest to offer assemblies to complement the vast range of individual parts available, Andover Norton now has complete Commando 750/850 gearboxes available, which have not been available off the shelf since Commando production ended in 1978. All parts are made using the original drawings, with improved…

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Indian spotted at Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club bash Members of the Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club suffered a serious jubilee drenching on the evening of June 6 when they gathered for their annual Big Bike Night – with added bunting and flags supplied by show winning Excelsior owner Harry Dowson. Held at…

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Mick Farrant was a successful racer Mick, proprietor of Fiskerton (Lincoln) based Alloy Polishing Service, was a regular at the Stafford Shows and autojumbles and also well known within the national sidecar racing fraternity during the 1960s, being a dab hand at hurling his Vincent outfits to countless victories. He worked his way up to…

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Kevin Schwantz showed he can still turn on the style when required As the week progressed, building up to the annual VMCC big one, the Festival of 1000 Bikes, the rain just got heavier and more prolonged. On the Friday before the event, the car park fields looked more like paddy fields and the site…

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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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