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  • Sammy Miller’s Norton Kneeler to star at Stafford

    Sammy Miller’s Norton Kneeler to star at Stafford

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    This year multiple world champ and museum owner Sammy Miller is bringing his 1953 350cc Norton ‘Kneeler’, also known as the ‘Silver Fish’. Pulled out of Sammy’s Norton collection at his museum in Hampshire, this bike is, well, unique! The ‘Kneeler’ was Norton’s experimental attempt to improve the outdated Manx Norton’s performance, and where better…

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  • National Motorcycle Museum becomes official BSA merchandise dealer

    National Motorcycle Museum becomes official BSA merchandise dealer

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    The National Motorcycle Museum announced yesterday that it has signed a merchandise dealer agreement with the resurgent BSA company. This will mean that the NMM shop (as well as its online store), will be stocking the full range of official BSA branded clothing and accessories plus displayed in its own BSA branded area within the…

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  • Fancy a day out in March?

    Fancy a day out in March?

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    What’s on in March? 3: APRIL ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE IS ON SALE NOW 4: OLD BIKE MART OUT TODAY 5: Bike Day: Ace Café London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD. Visit acecafe.com 5: Ledbury MCC Autojumble: Bromesberrow Village Hall, Albright Lane, Bromesberrow, near Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1 RU. Doors…

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  • Hurricane Warning!

    Hurricane Warning!

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    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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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    Welcome to our latest online selection of classic motorcycles seeking new homes. This time we showcase three very different Triumphs – one genuine collector’s item, no less – and at least one machine you’ve probably never heard of. Could you be tempted to make space in your shed for one of these old bikes?  Prices…

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  • Bristol Classic Bike Show

    Bristol Classic Bike Show

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    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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  • Fancy a day out in February?

    Fancy a day out in February?

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    What’s on in February? 3rd: MARCH ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE OUT TODAY 4th: Rufforth Park Autojumble: Rufforth Park, York. 4/5th: Northern Ireland Motorcycle Plus Show: at Elton Exhibition Centre, Balmoral Park, Sprucefield, Halftown Road, Lisburn, Northern Ireland BT27 5RF. Visit www.motorcycleplusshow.co.uk 5th: Amateur Speedway Winter Series: Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe DN15 8QZ. Visit scunthorpe-speedway.com…

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  • The National Motorcycle Museum is here to stay!

    The National Motorcycle Museum is here to stay!

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    You may have seen reports this week that the National Motorcycle Museum is closing – which is technically true, but fortunately not the one you’re thinking of! The National Motorcycle Museum of Anamosa, Iowa, USA is closing this September. The National Motorcycle Museum of Bickenhill, Solihull, UK isn’t going anywhere! Phew! If you want to visit…

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  • Honda Transalp makes a comeback

    Honda Transalp makes a comeback

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    It’s been missing for a decade. But one of Honda’s most endearing bikes, the Transalp, is back for 2023, with a new 755cc parallel twin engine and chassis based around the same platform as the new CB750 Hornet. The original XL600 Transalp was launched in 1986, when adventure tourers were called ‘dual sports’ bikes –…

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  • Dave Minton remembered, part two

    Dave Minton remembered, part two

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    In the second part of this celebration of his life, RealClassic regulars recall their encounters with DLM while readers reflect how he influenced their riding lives… I remember meeting Dave at one of the meets at the transport café at Prees Heath. He and I were wandering around looking at the bikes in the car…

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