Classic Bike Hub UK

Over 100 vintage motorcycles will be ridden some 400 miles in two days this month, taking part in South Africa’s annual regularity rally. The classic bikes involved are all over 75 years old, and some of them have already celebrated a centenary. Roger Houghton reports… An excellent entry of 136 riders has been received for…

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You’ll have seen the photos of the new unit-construction, fuel-injected Royal Enfields already. Here’s your chance to inspect one in the metal and take it for a spin… Royal Enfield are rather proud of their new Bullets, and the weekend of June 20th and 21st 2009 is your opportunity to inspect it in the metal…

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A new rotary racer will debut at the VMCC’s festival next month, alongside 1200 classic bikes on track, World Champ Wayne Gardner and a whole heap more… The VMCC’s Festival of 1000 Bikes is famous for bringing historic racing motorcycles back to life and reuniting them with winning riders. This year’s event on July 13th…

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Free! Festival tickets worth up to £36! For RC magazine subscribers! Easy to enter! Very exciting! Follow! This! Link! To! Enter! The! Competition!… Were you thinking of going to Mallory Park over the weekend of July 9th and 10th by any chance? Yes? Great. We’re delighted to offer you the chance to enjoy the VMCC’s…

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Festival of 1000 Bikes Competition: Win exclusive admission to meet the racing stars at an exclusive buffet reception. Wayne Gardner, Carl Fogarty, Christian Sarron, Jamie Whitham, Mick Grant, Trevor Nation… The VMCC’s Festival of 1000 Bikes is special for so many reasons. Top of the list comes the opportunity to watch your racing heroes roaring…

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Friends Fun at the National Motorcycle Museum This coming year will be a busy one for supporters of the British bike museum in Brum, with opportunities to take classic bike tours or learn workshop techniques from the experts… The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, UK, runs a supporters scheme which gives ‘Friends of the NMM’…

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It’s 30 years since the first Hesketh motorcycles took to the streets, and the Hesketh Owners’ Club are celebrating in style… Owners of Hesketh motorcycles celebrate two anniversaries this year. Both the bike and the owners’ club are 30 years old. The first production bikes were received by their owners in early 1982 but by…

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A veteran hill climb venue is being brought back to life in autumn 2009. Vintage and classic motorcycle riders might like to take on this new challenge… Kop Hill, Princes Risborough, is one of the oldest Hill Climb venues in England. In the period between 1910 and 1925 Kop Hill was one of several hill…

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Few folk know that the iconic Indian Scout and Indian Chief models were designed by an expat Irishman who was Ireland’s first big international star of motorcycle racing. A group of Dubliners unveiled a plaque dedicated to the life and achievements of Ireland’s unsung hero, Charles Franklin, as organiser Stuart Bobbett reports… Charles Bayly Franklin…

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It’s bike show season, so we sent Martin Gelder off to bounce on the seats and twist the throttles of the latest retro twins from Kawasaki and Honda. We do this so that you don’t have to… Kawasaki’s W650 air-cooled single overhead cam twin has become something of a cult bike in the UK and…

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