Classic Bike Guide

Is this the best classic bike meet no one’s heard of? Words by Matt photography by Matt and Charlie Hull If you don’t belong to The Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC), or are new to old bikes, then Founders’ Day may just have passed you by. But more than 4000 came to this year’s one-day…

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Gather 500 bikes and riders of all different types and ages and let them all rip around a stately home’s garden. Am I in heaven? WORDS BY Matt PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIA KNIGHTS I can honestly say I haven’t enjoyed, laughed at, and smiled at a motorcycle event as much for years. The Malle Mile reminds…

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THOUSANDS OF BIKERS are expected to gather at Trinity Park, Ipswich on Sunday, October 6, for the 28th Copdock Motorcycle Show – the event now regarded by many as the largest one-day motorcycle show of its kind in the UK. Each year the organisers try to improve on the previous year’s show and with top…

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THE BIGGEST CLASSIC motorcycle show in the world will welcome the most successful sidecar racer of all time, Steve Webster, as guest of honour this autumn. Steve always attracted a large audience during his racing days, and now fans have the chance to meet the former world champion at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics…

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THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE Museum hosts the sixth annual ‘Live’ open day on October 26,when the museum throws open its doors to all, free of charge, for the special event. There will be a host of free attractions including, new for 2019, Henry Cole’s Shed and Buried Live, presented in association with TV channel Quest, the…

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AFTER ALMOST TWO years of waiting, action returned to Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough, in July, for the last remaining road race in England. The Barry Sheene Memorial Classic witnessed a historic moment as the famous track came alive to the sound of racing. A record crowd of 15,000 eager spectators flooded in, backing the new club…

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A DISABLED VETERAN who restores motorcycles for charity is back in business, after thieves stole his toolkit, thanks to local motorcycle dealer Fowlers. Former Royal Navy Submariner Mark Hancock, who lost both his legs through illness, restores motorcycles free of charge for the Let’s Do charity, as part of his rehabilitation. Let’s Do is a…

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MORE THAN 125,000 classic and vintage styled motorcyclists around the world will suit-up in their smartest attire and unite for the annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, with the aim of raising $7 million (£5.7m) for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health initiatives on behalf of official charity partner, the Movember Foundation. The Movember Foundation is…

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After the continual success of the Bike Shed show in London each year, the team have organised the new festival at Lydden Hill circuit, Kent, over the weekend of October 5/6. Last year Bike Shed tried the idea with the Café Racer Cup, held over one day at Lydden. It was a great success and…

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