New & Features

DO YOU WANT to challenge your classic this summer? The National Road Rally on July 4/5 is a navigational scatter rally organised in conjunction with the ACU and the BMF. The event is not a race and each rider follows their own route, visiting different controls around the country, the only time stipulation is that…

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THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM wants your old clobber! The museum has installed a new ‘dressing up’ corner in the foyer, where young and not-so-young visitors can try out gear from yesteryear. Any clothing, especially period items, would be greatly appreciated. The museum is particularly keen on acquiring donations of suitable motorcycle jackets, helmets, boots and…

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BRITISH MOTORCYCLE RACING legend Colin Seeley has died at the age of 84. Starting out as an apprentice mechanic at 14, he started his own business at 18 and was an AJS dealer at 20. He then began racing, coming sixth in the TT in 1961 on a Matchless G50 powered outfit. As a sidecar…

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WILTSHIRE-BASED LAMB ENGINEERING has released details of a brand-new Triumph twin-based engine. The pre-unit engine will feature a top end machined from aluminium billet on aftermarket crankcases. The new engines have been fitted with a 270-degree crank with new camshafts all designed by Larry from Lamb Engineering. “It started when a customer came in with…

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It’s always great to see big crowds at the season-opening Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show at Newark. It’s got a down-to-earth feel and has become a bit of a ‘date’ to have bike and scooter projects finished. And we got away with the weather again, Saturday being dry but windy and Sunday…

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This is a new edition of the original book, which was published in 2015. Where it differs from many books on Triumph motorcycles, is the time it covers. Though the introduction gives you the early years, it concentrates on the company from the launch of the Speed Twin, through the good times, then the bad…

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If you admire engineering, these are a thing of beauty. BDK race engineering are fanatical two-stroke experts that practice what they preach, racing anything from TZs, to VFR400s to a Jawa 350 V4 two-stroke in classic events, including Chimay and on road circuits in the Czech republic. They tune, modify and rebuild some of the…

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Motorbikes are awesome. And so are the people who ride them. That’s why MoreBikes is getting a major upgrade with more pages and even more content.

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