Retro Classic
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ALL THINGS ITALIAN at the Sammy Miller Museum
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Another glorious sunny day in August brought a fantastic turnout to the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum, with over 510 motorcyclists arriving to celebrate Italian Day. From early morning, volunteers were kept on their toes parking the steady stream of bikes, while Sammy’s Pit Stop Café and the Courtyard Catering Cabin served a constant flow of…
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SAMMY MILLER MUSEUM Great Summer Auto Jumble
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Basking in glorious sunshine, this year’s Summer Auto Jumble proved to be one of the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum’s most successful events to date. With over 100 stalls, hundreds of visitors, and a relaxed, cheerful atmosphere, the day celebrated all things motorcycling – past and present. At one point, our volunteers counted an impressive 302…
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NORTON expands with New Indian Subsidiary
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Norton Motorcycles, the legendary British brand now owned by TVS Motor Company, has taken another major step in its global growth strategy. On 19 August 2025, Norton confirmed the creation of a fully owned Indian subsidiary, Norton Motorcycle Private Limited, officially registered with India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The move highlights TVS’s long-term commitment to…
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SUZUKI: New Retro Roadsters…
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Back in the early 1970s, they didn’t call naked bikes ‘naked bikes’ – because virtually every bike was ‘naked’ in that they had nothing at all in the way of a fairing. Pedantry aside though, Suzuki has just released a couple of new naked machines, with 1970s style, built on its current GSX-8S roadster platform.…
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NORTON: partners with Bikesure
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Norton Motorcycles is proud to announce the launch of its partnership with leading motorcycle insurer, Bikesure – part of Adrian Flux. The collaboration marks the beginning of a tailored approach to motorcycle insurance for Norton riders, delivering comprehensive cover and trusted service to give Norton riders peace of mind when insuring their motorcycles. Norton customers…
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NORTON: New dealer in London
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Norton Motorcycles has a new dealer in London. Krazy Horse in Kensington will be stocking the Solihull firm’s machinery, with a full servicing, spares and accessories service in the heart of the metropolis. The showroom is in the old Bristol Cars HQ on Kensington High Street: www.krazyhorse.co.uk
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BUYING A USED… BMW R nineT
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How much fun can a retro-styled, air-cooled BMW boxer be? As it turns out – lots! John Urry fills his boots… A few years ago the motorcycle world was going hipster crazy with all manner of fairly hideous ‘customised’ bikes appearing as manufacturers paid chaps with beards and tattoos to basically ruin a perfectly good…
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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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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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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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