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  • MoreBikes relaunches with brand new website!

    MoreBikes relaunches with brand new website!

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    Bringing together the best of Fast Bikes, Motorcycle Sport and Leisure, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics and Back Street Heroes – MoreBikes.co.uk is about to get bigger and better than ever before. Motorbikes are awesome. And so are the people who ride them. That’s why the website for the world’s biggest motorcycle monthly bike title is getting…

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  • National Motorcycle Museum LIVE 2020 postponed

    National Motorcycle Museum LIVE 2020 postponed

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    The National Motorcycle Museum has announced that their Museum LIVE event is postponed until October 2021. The event was due to take place on Saturday 31 October 2020, but issues revolving around social distancing requirements due to Covid-19 means Museum LIVE “simply isn’t possible”. James Hewing, Museum Director, thanked everybody who has supported the event since…

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  • National Motorcycle Museum launch emergency Covid-19 appeal

    National Motorcycle Museum launch emergency Covid-19 appeal

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    The National Motorcycle Museum has launched an urgent appeal because of concerns about how and when the museum will be able to reopen. The National Motorcycle Museum receives no external funding, meaning the museum relies on visitors to the museum and income from conference business and two sister hotels. Hospitality and leisure has been one of the…

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  • Clubmans’ Corner: Panthers on the prowl!

    Clubmans’ Corner: Panthers on the prowl!

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    Along with many other events, the national rally of the Panther Owners’ Club had to be postponed this summer. However, the irrepressible Panther people didn’t want to miss all the fun of their annual get-together, so they’re holding the event online instead. And that means every Panther enthusiast is welcome to participate – you don’t…

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  • Three Decades At Drags

    Three Decades At Drags

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    Engineer Mick Holmes is one of the behind-the-scenes guys at British bike specialist Draganfly Motorcycles. He’s an engineer in their in-house workshop, one of the team who develops and fabricates the company’s unique components – those rare spares which are essential for keeping old BSA, Ariel and Triumph motorcycles on the road. And he’s been…

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  • Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

    Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

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    In 1977, Triumph celebrated the Queen’s silver jubilee with a ‘Silver 750’ T140 limited edition, a Bonneville with a distinctly red, white and blue theme. 1000 were built for the British market – and this year you have the chance to win one of them in the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle… Although the April…

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  • International Dirt Bike Show postponed until 2021

    International Dirt Bike Show postponed until 2021

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    Due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic, Mortons Events have had to postpone the International Dirt Bike Show due to be held at Stafford Showground on the 31 October – 1 November 2020. The safety, wellbeing and enjoyment are essential parts of any show and under the current government guidelines, we don’t believe that this can…

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  • Ardingly Autojumble: two days in July

    Ardingly Autojumble: two days in July

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    Now that restrictions are being carefully relaxed, how can we get back into the classic motorcycling swing of things? Julie Diplock of Elk Promotions has been working hard during the lockdown to plan the safe re-opening of her popular events in Kent and Sussex – and the action starts at Ardingly on 11th and 12th…

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  • What’s inside the June issue of RealClassic?

    What’s inside the June issue of RealClassic?

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    Our brand new June edition of RealClassic magazine is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography.

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  • A Continental Conundrum

    A Continental Conundrum

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    RC reader Ray is getting to grips with his second Royal Enfield rebuild. He’s building up a 250 Continental GT from boxes of bits. All was going swimmingly, until he unwrapped the bodywork to reveal a colour scheme of an unusual hue… Ray’s previous project: sadly missed! We have all heard of ‘buyer’s remorse’, and…

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