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New Classic Bike Guide on sale! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene LIVE2RIDE • Land Speed Pendine Record attempts on the Welsh sand • Newark Showground McGuinness headlines Mortons’ new show • Brooklands Ton-up day at the famous old racing circuit • Watsonian A great day at the home of British sidecars •…

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The place oozes 1960s rock and roll and on a hot, sunny day, the car park full of bikes with alloy tanks, single seats, clip-ons and rear-sets, you feel transported back in time to another era. The Ace is as it always was; a place to hang out, drink tea, eat bacon sarnies and wallow…

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Stunning new Norton revealed The exclusive images were taken as Norton put the finishing touches to the prototype of its new twin-cylinder Domiracer at its Donington Park headquarters. Using a version of the current 961cc Norton Commando engine, an all-new Featherbed-style tubular steel frame, café racer styling, and a traditional hand-beaten aluminium tank, the new…

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Latest Classic Bike Guide’s on sale! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene LIVE2RIDE • Kempton Cafe corner celebrates Ace 75th • Lanark BSA Spitfire wins best in show • News Sammy Miller’s long-lost Mondial turns up at the ASI MotoShow • Chinese customs Bandit 9 gives local-built boxer twins a classic makeover •…

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With the ‘Ace’ celebrating its 75th anniversary, Kempton promoters EGP Enterprises teamed up with the famous North Circular cafe to host a special ‘Cafe Racer Corner’, while the Ace took the opportunity to unveil the new Ace 1200CR Street Special cafe racer. Bearing the legend ‘Built in England, powered by America’, the 1200CR was built…

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June issue of Classic Bike Guide on sale now • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene • Letters Readers have their say LIVE2RIDE • Stafford Record breaking show. Cafe racer collection ? • BSA B33 A stroked single called Howlin’ Wolf ? ?• Triumph Bobber ‘Jimmy the Paint’ builds his own T-Bird ? •…

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There will be club stands and private exhibits from the early examples of the 60s through to the modern classics of 15 years ago, plus trade stands and autojumble. Included in the £10 admission is entry to the Haynes Museum, which houses the UK’s largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world, so…

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Steve Oliver, general manager of MotoGB, sees the move as a real coup for the company: “Royal Enfield is the epitome of British motorcycling both past and present. These machines hark back to a golden era of motorcycling, but today’s Royal Enfield range is also thoroughly modern and reliable. “They are beautiful bikes and not…

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The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company says demand has increased dramatically for sailings during the 2013 festival fortnight compared with last year’s Manx Grand Prix Festival, and to help cope with the demand, the ferry firm is operating an extra sailing. The Classic TT is one of the events, which makes up the new…

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May’s issue of Classic Bike Guide is on sale now! • Editor's intro Gary Pinchin sets the scene LIVE2RIDE • United Stare Art Conrad Leach’s American exhibition ? • Choppahead Triumph US chopper shop builds cafe racer ?• CRD BMW R100 Spanish-built boxer-twin tourer • Lanark show preview The Simpsons are coming ?• Wayne Gardner's…

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