Retro Classic
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CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE DAY at Crich Tramway Village
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This year’s ‘Classic Motorcycle Day’ on Sunday 6th July at Crich Tramway Village will be the eighth event for the partnership with the Vincent HRD Owners Club and with sponsorship from Derwent Waste Management. The event has already attracted bookings of over 300 entries for classic motorcycle displays, made up of vintage machines, all of…
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TESTED: Royal Enfield Bear 650
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Royal Enfield has been digging into its heritage again, this time celebrating a Californian desert race win with a modern scrambler take on its Interceptor 650 twin It’s important to know your history. The popularity of TV programmes centred around celebs finding their ancestors testifies to this. As does the success of firms who’ll analyse…
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KIT: ROADSKIN SUMMER GLOVES **NEW**
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Roadskin has announced the launch of the Roadskin Summer Motorcycle Gloves, the ultimate blend of style, performance, and safety for riders who demand the very best. Crafted with premium materials and cutting-edge design, these gloves redefine summer riding, offering unparalleled comfort and protection without compromising style. Engineered for Comfort and Durability The Roadskin Summer Motorcycle…
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£15,800 Raised
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£15,800 raised for charity as last bike ridden by Hairy Biker Dave Myers is auctioned The motorcycle ridden by Hairy Biker Dave Myers in his final TV series has raised £15,800 for charity when it was auctioned on Wednesday 26th March. The 2023 BSA Gold Star went under the hammer with H&H Classics at the National Motorcycle Museum in…
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ROYAL ENFIELD: Classic 350
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Royal Enfield’s small-bore 350 singles have been selling like hot chapatis since they launched a few years back. But with competition from Triumph’s 400 singles and the new Honda GB350 S, the Indian firm may have to up its game. It’s started here, with an updated Classic 350, that gets LED lights, disc rear brake,…
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RIDDEN: Triumph Speed Twin 1200
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The retro market is one of the strongest sectors out there, and to ensure Triumph stays up at the pointy end of things, it’s just reworked its much-loved Speed Twin 1200 family . Bruce Wilson brings us up to speed. Photos: Gareth Harford/Chippy Wood Roughly a third of Triumph’s sales can be attributed to its old-school…
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HAIRY BIKER bike to be auctioned
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The last motorcycle ridden by much-loved Dave Myers, one half of the incredibly popular TV chef duo The Hairy Bikers, is being auctioned for two worthy causes – CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria and the NSPCC Childline. The BSA Goldstar motorcycle, which famously featured in the BBC’s “The Hairy Bikers Go West”, the last ever series of The…
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TECH: Torquing points: Cars vs. Bikes
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Alan Dowds enlightens us… My Dad, Jim Dowds, started his working life as a car mechanic, though by the time I came along, he had moved on to work at the IBM computer factory in Greenock. Amazingly, back in the 1960s, computers had a lot of mechanical parts in them – solenoids, relays and the…
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ARCHIVE: Rainey Reigns
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… With the YZR finally in fine fettle, Yamaha looked to be in with a shot of reclaiming the title Rider coach, trackside fettler and GP guru Kel Carruthers had gone but Yamaha was still in dire need of reclaiming the prestigious Number One plate. As was always the case, ‘more power’…
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TESTED: Yamaha XSR 900 GP
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Rolling the dice down the retro route, Yamaha’s hit the jackpot with its latest old-school themed offering… The core of the XSR is Yamaha’s polished and proven CP3 triple motor that boasts a tidy 119bhp and claims 93Nm of torque to back things up. The engine is a direct crossover part with the new MT-09,…
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