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Veteran and vintage motorcycles let rip on one of the country’s oldest hill climb courses. More pre-war entrants are invited to attend by the organisers… Speed fiends have been roaring up Kop Hill near Princes Risborough in the Chilterns since 1910, and the modern reinvention of the event as a non-competitive ‘just for fun’ vintage…

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The MCC’s Land’s End Trial takes place over Easter weekend but a shortage of marshalls threatens the event. Could you spare a couple of hours and enjoy one of the world’s premier off-road events to boot?… Over 380 people have entered the 2012 Land’s End Trial, confirming the popularity of this long-running event which mixes…

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Many classic motorcycle enthusiasts were deeply disappointed when the VMCC decided not to run their usual Festival of 1000 Bikes in 2014. But all’s not lost: the new management at Mallory Park are on the case… In recent years, the VMCC’s Festival of 1000 Bikes at Mallory Park race circuit has given classic riders the…

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2013 Mid America Las Vegas Auction The American classic motorcycle market looks to be holding strong, if the first sale of 2013 is anything to go by. Nolan Woodbury reports… The 2013 Las Vegas antique motorcycle auction featured some 600 lots which were sold over three days in January. I don’t have any memories of…

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Motorcycle Live 2015 It’s the big and shiny bike show season. Martin Gelder went to the NEC and came back with some useful information, a little bit of inspiration, and at least one revel-ation… The NEC show, time for the annual pilgrimage to Birmingham to stare in awe at bikes we’ll never buy while drinking…

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Retro Revivals from Triumph and Steve McQueen, Morgan, Lambretta, Kawasaki and Royal Enfield pale into insignificance next to a new road bike from Métisse. Martin Gelder trips over the bike they tried to hide… I rolled up to the ‘Motorcycle Live’ show at the NEC expecting to see new super-scooters from Honda and BMW, some…

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An alternative view of the NEC show from Richard Jones, who spent the week working on the VFR NZ stand and admiring the many classics on show… As another year inexorably swirls down the plug hole of life I find myself once again on a train heading for the NEC to spend a couple of…

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We know that RC readers love a challenge, and these photos are definitely challenging! Can you identify a vintage motorcycle or an engine which might once have powered a classic bike?… Keith Bennett is hard at work, unravelling his family tree, and in the course of his investigations he has been given this photo. ‘A…

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A new UK supplier of MZ spares goes online at the beginning of May, keeping MZ and Simson motorcycles firmly where they belong; on the road… Regular RealClassic readers will be familiar with contributor Phil Speakman’s exploits involving Eastern Bloc bikes. Over the years we’ve shared his adventures with various MZs and an assortment of…

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National Motorcycle Museum News There’s a special RealClassic Ride-In to the NMM at Birmingham this week. For all those who can’t come along in person, here’s a quick round-up of what’s been going on at the Museum in recent weeks… The NMM’s first raffle of 2015 was drawn at the Stafford Show, where SimonH in…

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