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Plugs & Leads: news from the classic motorcycling scene

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RowenaH

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28th May 2023

CRAVEN KITS FOR ENFIELD CLASSICS Owners of the current Royal Enfield Classic can now fit vintage-style Craven luggage to their machines, making the popular 350s even more practical. Craven Equipment have already produced fitting kits for the Meteor, Interceptor and Continental models, and now the Classic 350 can be easily equipped with Craven’s stylish and…
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Hurricane Warning!

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RowenaH

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24th February 2023

We’ve just heard from the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’ Club that their annual track-based festival of fabulous motorcycles will have a distinctly orange tinge to it this time around. The club’s Beezumph Rally is celebrating its own 30th birthday and also the 50th anniversary of the commercial launch of the iconic Triumph X-75 Hurricane.…
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Bristol Classic Bike Show

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RowenaH

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9th February 2023

A hundred years of BMW bikes, the 75th birthday of the BSA Bantam and a stack of Norton rotary racers. All this and more at Shepton Mallet at the end of the month… The ‘and more’ of course includes the RealClassic Roadshow, which you should find in the Edmund Rack hall, by the main doors…
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Outward Bound: classic bike shows, rides and jumbles

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RowenaH

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27th December 2022

Diary dates: updated 5 Jan 2026. Old bike autojumbles, vintage motorcycles rides, club runs, local classic bike shows and utterly enormous events… FRI/SAT 9/10 JANUARY>The EXETER TRIAL starts at Sparkford and ends the following day after 185 gruelling miles at Kingsteignton in Devon. A true test of winter grit on two, three and four wheels…
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Classic Bikes on the Continent

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RowenaH

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10th October 2022

In the UK it’s fairly commonplace to see vintage and classic vehicles at events and on the roads. Hardly surprising, given the history of the British motor industry. But, as Stu Thomson explains, classic motorcycles also attract a lot of attention in Europe… When you drive through France you often see older cars on the…
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Subscriber Celebration at Stafford

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RowenaH

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5th October 2022

If you’re a current subscriber to RealClassic magazine then make sure to seek out the RC Crew at the Stafford Show on Saturday 15 October. There’s an exclusive, free-to-enter, subscriber-only giveaway, plus the chance to buy new T-shirts, magazine binders, beanie hats and back issues – and a little extra something for regular readers so…
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Live and kick(start)ing at the NMM

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RowenaH

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2nd September 2022

How do you bring a collection of static motorcycle displays to life? Well, for starters you drag some of the most unusual and iconic bikes outside and… start them up. Then you invite a squadron of motorcycling celebrities and sporting superstars together with innovative engineers and automotive experts to chat on stage and meet the…
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Summer Shows

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RowenaH

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21st August 2022

It’s been a summer of celebration, catching up with old friends at events which were postponed during the pandemic. There have been old bikes in action every weekend across the country – here are a few of the highlights… The annual Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village attracted over 400 classic bikes, from vintage…
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Triumph celebrations at the National Motorcycle Museum

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RowenaH

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31st July 2022

50 years ago in the September of 1972, one of the development engineers at Triumph’s Meriden factory accomplished something amazing. Norman Hyde wheeled his home-made Trident-engined outfit onto the runway at RAF Fairford – and went home with a world record. To celebrate the half-century anniversary of this event, the Triumph Owners’ MCC and Norman…
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Swaton Vintage Day

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RowenaH

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4th July 2022

The Swaton Vintage Day – and its accompanying World Egg Throwing Championships – has returned after a two year break. RC regular Roy Workman was on hand to admire a record turnout of classic two-wheelers… This show started in 1993 and they have only missed three years since then; two years for the pandemic and…
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