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Allen Millyard to take star role at London Classic Bike Show at Kempton

27th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, News

For decades, horse racing has graced the famous grounds of Kempton Park, but this time, it’s the turn of rare bikes, a bustling autojumble and a very special guest at the London Classic Bike Show in Kempton on Saturday, December 7. There may not be horse-racing, but there will certainly be horse-power when genius engineer Allen Millyard comes along with…

Wal Handley: No man ever passed this way more bravely

14th November 2019 Sam Hewitt News

Wal Handley (pictured right) with Stanley Woods at 1926 Senior TT In his heyday, as far as the Press and public were concerned, Wal Handley was the greatest motorcycle racer of all time. Wal was born in 1903 to a working-class family in Birmingham. His father died suddenly in 1912, leaving Walter, his mother and two other children. At just…

NOVEMBER ISSUE ON SALE!

4th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Latest Issue, News

There’s a storm warning in this month’s issue of RealClassic magazine as we ride the Triumph X-75 Hurricane! As ever, this month’s issue of RealClassic magazine is packed with glorious machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. If you’d like to read the November issue of RealClassic, then you can cut to the chase and download the…

1960 Bianchi Bernina 125cc

28th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

If you’re looking for a lightweight classic, you don’t have to be restricted to a two-stroke. Bill Wood has brought a little Italian back to life… While British lightweights of the 1960s tended to be utilitarian plodders (with an occasional sprinkling of excitement); their Italian counterparts were almost entirely the opposite. The Latin obsession with racing meant that even the…

New 2019/2020 Mortons Books catalogue released

21st October 2019 Sam Hewitt News

Our publisher, Mortons Media Group, is launching a range of non-fiction books to accompany the selection of Mortons bookazines already available from retailers all over the world. The 2019/2020 catalogue showcases a wide range of topics from railway, military and aviation history to consumer issues, hobbies, crime and politics. The catalogue also showcases books from Mortons Books’ new acquisition –…

Benelli 900 Sei

14th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

Sold at the time as ‘the Italian Alternative’, this six-cylinder superbike from the 1970s still offers something radically different for the classic bike connoisseur… In 1972 Benelli stole a march on the rest of the motorcycling world when they launched the first production six-cylinder bike, the 750 Sei. A few years later they brought its big brother to the UK,…