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  • Veteran ride

    Veteran ride

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    FORMER SOLDIER Colin Stinson plans to ride 5000 miles around the coast of Britain in 25 days, aboard his 1967 Metisse scrambler. He’s raising funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. Says Colin: “I had a very full career in the Army and to me they are my second family. “This rideout will give me a…

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  • Bike Shed London

    Bike Shed London

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    It’s a loose organisation of like-minded riders committed to all types of modified machines. It’s a London-based club, with a permanent club/bar/restaurant/music venue in Shoreditch, celebrating all that’s good about two-wheel culture. And it’s rapidly becoming a ‘brand’. Bike Shed is also a London show, now in its third year at the iconic Tobacco Dock…

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  • Southern Classic Motorcycle Show

    Southern Classic Motorcycle Show

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    From the unique to the ubiquitous, the pristine to the patinated, there was something to delight, intrigue and inform anyone who had even a passing interest in two-wheeled transport. Many marques were represented in the private entry exhibits and on the various club stands, and the models shown ranged from totally standard to totally modified.…

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  • Veteran ride

    Veteran ride

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    Says Colin: “I had a very full career in the Army and to me they are my second family. "This rideout will give me a chance to give something back and help the Army family. "At the moment I am doing this on my own but am on the lookout for a ‘man with a…

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  • Smooth Operator

    Smooth Operator

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    IF YOUR HEAD was turned by the new Norton Dominator featured in this issue there’s a good chance that you’ll be a fan of the original Norton twins too. Gary Thwaites won all seven UK 1300cc classic races in 2012 on a 1007cc Seeley fitted with JSMotorsport components There’s certainly a lot to love –…

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  • Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show

    Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show

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    STAFFORD always comes up trumps as the top classic event of the season, and this year was no exception. Sunshine on Saturday made for a great turn-out, and a vibrant autojumble à l’exterieur. Oh, and some old bikes found in a Cornish barn smashed the Bonhams’ auction record, netting £331,900. Traders too enjoyed a bumper…

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  • Custom classics in Coventry

    Custom classics in Coventry

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    YOU CAN’T PUT a price on ingenuity or expertise. Among the 150 or so hand-crafted motorcycles on display at Stoneleigh in April, some were pretty obviously assembled in a shed, at weekends through the winter, using trial and error methods on a tight budget. Other machines were no-expense-spared specials, constructed from scratch in fully equipped…

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  • Custom classics in Coventry

    Custom classics in Coventry

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    Among the 150 or so hand-crafted motorcycles on display at Stoneleigh in April, some were pretty obviously assembled in a shed, at weekends through the winter, using trial and error methods on a tight budget. Other machines were no-expense-spared specials, constructed from scratch in fully equipped workshops by top-line professionals to showcase their services. Yet…

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  • Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle show

    Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle show

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    Sunshine on Saturday made for a great turn-out, and a vibrant autojumble à l’exterieur. Oh, and some old bikes found in a Cornish barn smashed the Bonhams’ auction record, netting £331,900. Traders too enjoyed a bumper show, with some retailers reporting takings for Saturday which exceeded their expectations for both days combined. All in all,…

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  • SMOOTH OPERATOR

    SMOOTH OPERATOR

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    Gary Thwaites won all seven UK 1300cc classic races in 2012 on a 1007cc Seeley fitted with JSMotorsport components There’s certainly a lot to love – but if you’re pushing the performance then vibes will be a problem. After years of riding and racing and cracked, broken components, Jim Schmidt in the USA found that…

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