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  • Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

    Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

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    Darren Hendley

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    About to enter into its sixth running, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by Classic Bike Guide magazine – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar. Stunning bikes, several traders and star racers will all come under one roof on the first full weekend of 2017, with the Carole…

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  • Stafford show

    Stafford show

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    Sam Hewitt

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    WORDS & PHOTOS BY Morgan Rue, Rowena Hoseason UNDOUBTEDLY THE MECCA for classic motorcycles, Stafford hosts two world-class shows in April and October. The autumn Carole Nash Mechanics Show leans more towards later classics, showcasing some of the best vintage Oriental machinery around, but there was plenty to please all tastes with machines dating back…

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  • CENTENARY CELEBRATION

    CENTENARY CELEBRATION

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ZÜNDAPP WAS FOUNDED in 1917 and the marque’s 100th birthday is being celebrated at the Bremen Classic Motorshow in February next year. The show incorporates a special ‘From Everyman To World Champion’ display of 20 or more Zündapp models. This will illustrate the variety of vehicles built by the company, from affordable commuter bikes like…

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  • Thunderbirds are go

    Thunderbirds are go

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A little tidying goes a long way towards restoring a classic Triumph to its rightful glory WORDS & PHOTOS BY ROB DAVIES The Thunderbird title has been used on several Triumph motorcycles since 1949. The first of its kind was a basic 4-stroke twin with a rigid rear end, turning out a claimed 34bhp. Certainly,…

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  • Village Square

    Village Square

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the age of the sporting single, Ariel gave us a gentleman’s four A village emerges as you roll back into England, crossing a border to leave a land where familiar roadsigns were suddenly bilingual. The village is mostly undeveloped, the road through it unimproved, unwidened. There’s a shop. A red telephone box. A bench.…

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  • The underdog

    The underdog

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Greyhounds are great, but most folk get on better with a border collie Photos by Chris Dickinson DESPITE THE DOMINATOR name, Norton’s first stab at a sporting twin didn’t exactly rule the postwar world. Designer Bert Hopwood built a bike that was rather more robust than the sparkling Triumph speedsters, but which had little in…

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  • Captain sensible

    Captain sensible

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    Sam Hewitt

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    If a radical retro café racer is too compact for comfort, Ducati built a more relaxed SportClassic for two-up touring… WORDS BY Frank Melling   PHOTOS BY Carol Melling UCATI’S FIRST STAB at a mainstream retro machine, the Hailwood replica MH900E was gorgeous but eye-wateringly expensive. It was followed up by the Paul Smart-inspired 1000LE, which…

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  • Halfway house: The big Bonnie neatly spans the gap between modern and classic

    Halfway house: The big Bonnie neatly spans the gap between modern and classic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    PHOTOS BY Chris Dickinson CONTINUING OUR THEME, Triumph’s 750 twins are an obvious choice for anyone contemplating the purchase of a first British classic bike. They don’t cost a fortune compared to the more prestigious earlier classics, so you can try an old Brit bike to see if you enjoy the experience without mortgaging the…

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  • REVIVALISM

    REVIVALISM

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A mysterious peculiarity of the magazine world is The Themed Issue. In these odd attempts, the editor (who should always be blamed for everything) decides to run several features with a common theme. Makes sense, huh? In my own case, I never like them. They always feel contrived to me. Other opinions are of course…

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  • Bike-mad TV detectives are on the hunt for hidden treasures in the sheds of Britain

    Bike-mad TV detectives are on the hunt for hidden treasures in the sheds of Britain

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A BIKE-MAD pair of TV engineering detectives are on the hunt for forgotten and hidden treasures tucked away in the sheds of Britain. Travel Channel presenters Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove are about to film their next series which sees them rifling through the lock-ups and sheds of the UK. In previous series they’ve unearthed…

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