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• Editor\’s intro Frank Westworth sets the scene • Archive retrieval A wet and wintry theme • Laverda rally The 2014 Australian National Laverda Rally • News Plugs, leads and short product stuff • Show preview Come to Bristol; great time assured • Subs page You know it makes sense • Triumpht 3TA A black…

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Their fully-equipped, British-built hearses travel the length and breadth of the mainland and, as you can see here, provide a rapid response to the UK’s distant highlands and islands. Says proprietor Paul: ‘The ferry operators are always good with us. As we have such a compact vehicle, they always find a way to fit it…

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In the event of both these assumptions being true, you need to nip over to Wemoto to spend £40 on a set of Vicma heated handlebar grips. These rubber grips are easy to install – no glue required – and are manufactured to resist cracking and deformation from repeated heating and cooling cycles. They steadily…

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Feb\’s TCM is on sale! •  Editor\’s intro •  Archive photograph •  News   •  Diary    •  Subscribe and save    •  Letters   •  Moto Légende •  Lansdowne round-up •  BSA Firebird Scrambler superprofile •  Matchless Model X •  Mondial Bialbero •  Colombres Rally •  New Hudson Model 81 •  Tribsa scrambler •  Straight from the plate…

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1915 Despite the arctic conditions, 24 starters set off from The Clifton Hotel, Bristol for Land’s End via Exeter, Bodmin and Penzance for the Bristol MCC’s 24 hour return run to Land’s End. Included among the 12 finishers who completed the 407 mile round trip were the works Douglas solos of Ted Kickham and FG…

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1961 Velocette Venom with an estimate of £5,000-8,000 Dorset-based auctioneers Charterhouse is set to hold an exciting auction full of intriguing machines at the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motor Cycle Show…   The show, which will take place on the weekend of February 7-8, 2015 at the Royal Bath and West showground in Shepton Mallet,…

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The first was Spain’s Toni Bou with his individual FIM X-Trial and Trial World Champion awards, closely followed by our own Emma Bristow, from Boston, Lincs, with her individual FIM Women’s Trial World Champion award. Delegates from 84 countries witnessed the presentation of all other individual and team awards before celebrating the FIM’s achievements at…

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The Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show, taking place on the weekend of February 7-8 at Somerset’s Royal Bath & West, will feature a sale from Charterhouse and organisers anticipate a high attendance given the current boom in the market. Nick Mowbray, exhibition manager, said: “Whether it’s increased exposure on TV through, among others, the…

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Built for David Beckham for his adventure deep into the Amazon jungle this Triumph Bonneville is the very bike featured in Beckham’s BBC documentary and was uniquely suited to the purpose. With a scrambler-esque profile, chunky off-road tyres, a high-level performance Arrow exhaust and no front or rear mudguards to speak of, the Bonneville T100…

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Classic Bike Guide illustrator Louise Limb\’s new calendar is now on sale Back again for a fifth glorious year, Louise\’s distinctive artwork will brighten even the darkest days. Retailing at £16.50 including the ever spiralling UK postage and packing (see Louise’s web site for overseas shipping costs and other postal options) each A4-sized calendar comes…

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