New & Features

Sharing a new chassis, each machine has powerful new ABS brakes, including a rear disc for the first time. Lighting is taken care of with LED bulbs. The W800 Street is a wide-barred naked roadster, while the W800 CAFE has a cockpit fairing, cafe racer seat and other cafe racer heritage fittings. Extras include factory…

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2019’s Classic Dirt Bike Show will celebrate the off-road machines of 50 years ago and so the organisers are on the hunt for classic trials, scramblers and other off-roaders from 1969. Sponsored by Hagon Shocks, the event will be held on February 16/17, 2019, with the clock being turned back to 1969. Show consultant Alan Wright can…

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THE ROYAL ENFIELD 650 twins will arrive in UK dealerships in January for potential purchasers to inspect and order. Priced on the road at between £5,500 for the base level Interceptor INT 650 and £6,200 for the top of the range Continental GT 650, dealers are taking bookings and inquiries now. Europe is the first…

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THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE Museum online shop has been updated in time for Christmas. The Museum Legends shop boasts thousands of classic motorcycling related items, as well as museum branded clothing. Museum director James Hewing commented: “We have added a whole host of really unusual new products to our shop, including a Brough Superior replica table.…

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IF YOU ARE anything like us at CBG, then by New Year’s Eve you’ll be itching to get out to the shed and start doing motorcycling things again, possibly with a leftover Stilton sandwich. Well, we have the solution to those post-festive blues, The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show at Newark. With…

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TRIUMPH HAS UPDATED its Street Scrambler and Street Twin models for 2019. The company’s range of modern classics has been a big hit with buyers, including those new or returning to two wheels and those who never left. Launched in 2017, the Street Scrambler has a rugged off-road attitude that can be traced back to the…

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LEGENDARY RACER FREDDIE Spencer, universally known as Fast Freddie, will be the guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic on January 5-6, bringing a real international flavour to the season starter at Newark Showground. After a hugely successful career in his native US – the 1978 AMA 250cc Championship being…

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GERMAN COMPANY POWERDYNAMO GMBH, which designed and marketed bolt-on dynamo and ignition systems for classic motorcycles, has closed its doors after 27 years of service to the classic bike community. Powerdynamo say the closure of the Berlin sales operation has been triggered by the health of its CEO but it does not mean an end…

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COLOGNE’S INTERMOT SHOW showed that manufacturers are continuing to target the classic market with a range of retro models and machines that look to their manufacturer’s past glories. Suzuki made the biggest splash by reviving the Katana name for their latest semi-naked roadster based on the company’s 999cc GSX-S. Revitalised German manufacturer Horex revealed a…

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