Classic Bike Hub UK

In this month’s round up of classic motorcycling news we have clever kickstarts, stolen bikes, the chance to win a Bonneville and the first warm clothing for winter… Win A Bonnie The VMCC’s latest raffle was drawn last month and one Mr Davies is now the new owner of the top prize, a very smart…

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If you fancy fettling your classic motorcycle then we’ve got exhaust pipes, gasket sets, traditional tyres, Whitworth spanners and some snug clothing … just in time to keep the autumn chills at bay!… Atlas Gaskets British Bike Connection, based in Rochester NY in the USA, offer a whopping range of spares for British bikes, and…

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The Vincent Spares Co has found a new home, we’ve got details of an auction in America, the AJS and Matchless Club are giving all their money away and Gordon May’s attempt to ride a 1952 BSA Bantam to Egyptis not going well… New US Auction At Vintage Festival The fifth annual Barber Vintage Festival…

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Two Norwegians on 70 year old bikes will complete an epic, 70,000km adventure any day now. Roger Houghton reports on the South African leg of their trip… The chairman of the Classic Motorcycle Club in Johannesburg, Pierre Cronje, and his wife Gwyneth, recently hosted two very interesting touring motorcyclists from Norway who are on their…

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Odgie goes into sepia mode with his new T-shirts, while Wemoto introduce a magnetic widget for your workshop… Spiffy T-Shirts from Odgie ‘Imself That inveterate bike builder and occasional T-shirt purveyor Odgie has sent us details (and even a free sample, thank you) of his favourite T-shirt design. As he puts it, ‘I call this…

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Are you interested in Royal Enfield Bullets? Then bag this bargain, and buy three magazines featuring 350, 450 and 500 Enfields for less than a fiver… If you don’t subscribe to RealClassic then you’ll have missed all the articles which appear each month in the printed magazine (they’re different to the ones you read online).…

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Every year, we invent a ridiculous reason to go for rides on our old bikes. This time, the lure of the chilli twister fries has proved irresistible… If you’ve never experienced chilli twister fries then you’ve probably never been to an OK Diner. So here’s your opportunity to indulge; there are eight branches of OK…

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Two wonderful old warriors have emerged from hibernation. Do you happen to know anything about either of these classic motorcycles?… A couple of interesting old bikes have recently come to light, saved from a scrapyard in Shropshire by Mike Powell. Among them was this 1920/1921 Radco. We know very little about this model and Mike’s…

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Royal Enfield has confirmed development of a technology centre based in Leicester-shire, designed to support their long term product strategy (it says here…) The new UK centre will focus on R&D in partnership with a larger tech centre based in Chennai; no manufacturing will take place at the Leicestershire base. Speaking about the announcement, Siddhartha…

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The rumours are confirmed: there’s a new Enfield importer. However, the previous incumbent hasn’t quite left the building… It’s been over six weeks since Watsonian Squire announced they were relinquishing the UK franchise for Royal Enfield motorcycles. Within days of that announcement, rumours were rumbling about identity of the new distributor, but MotoGB Group has…

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