Classic Bike Guide

Classic racer Clive ‘Rapid’ Ling has died after Belgium Open Trophy accident

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Sam Hewitt

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1st August 2018

Classic racer Clive Ling has died following an accident at the Circuit de Chimay in Belgium.
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Triumph 650 twin is a time turner!

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2018

Time has transformed Triumph’s 650 twin from a rip-roaring record breaker into a mellow old machine!
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Matchless G9 AJS Model 20

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd July 2018

AJS and Matchless joined the move to the parallel twin layout for road bikes in 1948.
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August 2018

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

From the archive We’ve searched for some of George Brough’s exploits including ‘Old Nick’ and ‘Moby Dick’ BSA Royal Star A great example that sometimes, just sometimes slightly less is more Subscribe! Save yourself time and effort fighting through the newsagents and get Classic Bike Guide early; while saving money at the same time. What…
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Quite how, exactly, do you do that?

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

Though school, academia and conventional studying weren’t my forte, I was lucky-enough to grow up in the countryside where the emphasis seems to be on fixing, well, all kinds of stuff. My parents saw I was interested in this, so when their old car failed the MoT badly, they gave it to me, aged…
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Racer William Dunlop dies in practice crash

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

ROAD RACER WILLIAM Dunlop was killed in a crash while practising for the Skerries 100 Road races near Dublin on Saturday, July 7. He was 32 years old. Part of a motorcycle racing dynasty, William was the elder brother of Michael Dunlop, the son of Robert Dunlop and the nephew of Joey Dunlop. William’s father Robert was…
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Moto Guzzi’s chrome and black special

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

MOTO GUZZI HAVE unveiled a new version of their popular 750cc V7 III, the chrome tanked Limited. Just 500 of the V7 III Limited will be sold worldwide, with 20 coming to the UK. The fully chromed tank is topped off with a black leather vintage-look strap. Chrome plate shines across the rest of the Limited,…
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Legendary London bike shop to close

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

THE STREETS OF London will soon lose part of their motorcycling heritage with the closure of Reg Allen Motorcycles. The Hanwell shop is to close because of the semi-retirement of the longest serving servant of classic biking in the capital. Those bikes weren’t classics when Bill Crosby bought the Reg Allen dealership in 1958 at the age…
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Antrim Rudge arrives at Sammy Miller’s

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

THE LATEST project for the Sammy Miller Restoration Workshop is a 1913 TT Rudge that was donated to the Museum Trust by staunch supporter Bill McComb of County Antrim. Bill had the machine for many years in a dismantled and poor state and decided that it needed restoring, to bring it back to its full glory…
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Faster and longer for Leighton Hall’s hill climb

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2018

SPECTATORS AND COMPETITORS are in for even more high-octane action at Leighton Hall’s annual hill climb this year. Now in its fourth year, the event in Carnforth, Lancashire on Sunday, September 23 has an extended course with the track lengthened by nearly a quarter to 268m from the previous 220. The increased challenge for riders also means…
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