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  • Don’t miss the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show!

    Don’t miss the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show!

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    This weekend, Newark Showground becomes the epicentre of the classic motorcycling world as the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show takes centre stage. Featuring hundreds of motorcycles and scooters, this show is a celebration of timeless design and engineering. Fans can look forward to Wayne Gardner, the legendary 500cc World Champion, and Roger Marshall, a…

  • RIDDEN: Yamaha NMAX 125

    RIDDEN: Yamaha NMAX 125

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    It’s not Bruce’s usual style of ride, but he’s whizzed around Barcelona on the NMAX. Here’s what you need to know… Yamaha’s sold nearly 400,000 NMAXs globally in 2024, and it’s likely to prove even more popular next year after a comprehensive overhaul. Here’s our take on the next-generation NMAX 125 It’s time to be…

  • Classic Bike Shows has an exciting 2025 planned!

    Classic Bike Shows has an exciting 2025 planned!

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    This year has been packed with spares, parts, tyres, bolts, screws, and everything in between! It’s been an outstanding year for our events, with special guests like Guy Martin, Carl Fogarty, Frankie Chili, Phil McCallen and Brian Crighton, to name just a few!

  • ADVENTURE! The Sidecar Guys

    ADVENTURE! The Sidecar Guys

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    Bob Pickett reports… From 2017 to 2019, Matt Bishop and Reece Gilkes (known as ‘The Sidecar Guys’) circumnavigated the globe on a Honda SH300i scooter with a specially-built sidecar – setting a Guinness World Record in the process – with two main aims: to show the world is filled with good people and to highlight…

  • COST EFFECTIVE CLASSIC: Suzuki GSX-R 750 SRAD

    COST EFFECTIVE CLASSIC: Suzuki GSX-R 750 SRAD

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    Big sports bike thrills for relatively small money, VJMC’s Steve Cooper reports… The sports bikes scene isn’t what it once was here in the UK but there’s still enough of a following for the various 600, 750 and 1000cc missiles that were once so dominant on Britain’s roads. Trends come and go, even on high-end…

  • TECH: Torquing points: Cars vs. Bikes

    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…

  • TESTED: VMOTO Stash

    TESTED: VMOTO Stash

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    Andy Bell plugged in and played… What is it? In the UK, Vmoto is one of the main companies within the electric motorcycle market. The Stash was first revealed in 2021 but wasn’t available on the market until earlier this year. It is at the upper end of the price range for Vmoto’s machines but…

  • BUILDING: A track-ready machine

    BUILDING: A track-ready machine

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    Dean Ellison shares his wisdom… While it could be argued that buying a readily built track bike is a great route to go down, it’s not without its pitfalls. It is a bit of a lottery because quite often you’re buying on faith, and the hope that the bike you’re purchasing is what the seller…

  • DAY RIDE: Antrim Coast Road

    DAY RIDE: Antrim Coast Road

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    Mikko Nieminen reports… Pics: Geoff Hill and Mikko Nieminen The Antrim Coast Road is one of the top rides in the UK, but I would be lying if I said that this was a great winter ride from start to finish. Not because the coast road itself isn’t great (it really is!), but because I had…

  • TESTED: Yamaha MT-09 Y-AMT

    TESTED: Yamaha MT-09 Y-AMT

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    Bikes with auto gearboxes seem to be the ‘in thing’ right now, with recent additions to the market coming from BMW, KTM, Honda and, now, Yamaha. John McAvoy gave the latter brand’s new, fancy Y-AMT system a spin to see whether it’s the gamechanger we’re looking for.  This isn’t the first time that Yamaha have…


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