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  • Bennetts launch new classic insurance

    Bennetts launch new classic insurance

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    Motorcycle specialist Bennetts has launched insurance for classic bikes!

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  • TR3OC Charity Rides

    TR3OC Charity Rides

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    Last year the TR3OC rode a classic NVT moped for 950 miles and raised ten grand for charity. This year their ambition has doubled: two titchy NVT machines, one of them starting from the top of the world… In 2011, intrepid members of the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’ Club rode a 50cc 1977 Norton-Villiers-Triumph…

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  • Saved from the Scrapyard

    Saved from the Scrapyard

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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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  • Classic Bike Calendars & Posters

    Classic Bike Calendars & Posters

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    The first flurry of seasonal stuff has arrived! Ideal if you like Greeves, Ariel or Triumph pre-unit motorcycles… You may think there’s ages to go before the end of this year, but 2009 will be upon us before you’ve had time to grease up your girders for winter. The first 2009 calendars have landed already…

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  • Huge Online Auction Gets Underway

    Huge Online Auction Gets Underway

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    Over 100 vintage vehicles are up for grabs in the first online auction of its kind. Here’s the highlights, and the classic bikes we’ll be watching over the next 10 days… If you’ve never taken part in an online auction then this is the ideal moment to jump on the bandwagon. There are always plenty…

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  • RC Reader Competition: Win FREE Tickets!

    RC Reader Competition: Win FREE Tickets!

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    Wanna see the White Helmets, Solent Eagles, heaps of trade stalls and all the attractions which form Beaulieu’s annual Motorcycle World? We’ve got ten tickets to give away to RealClassic readers – so you could be going along for FREE! As usual, the Beaulieu Motorcycle World weekend on June 23rd and 24th 2007 promises to…

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  • Free Netley Marsh Eurojumble Tickets for RealClassic Readers

    Free Netley Marsh Eurojumble Tickets for RealClassic Readers

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    The RealClassic Roadshow returns to the Netley Marsh Eurojumble this autumn for the first time in five years. So we’re celebrating by giving away ten pairs of tickets to RC magazine readers… We haven’t taken the RC Roadshow to the Netley Marsh Eurojumble for a few years now. The event used to take up a…

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  • Historic Hill Climb Revived

    Historic Hill Climb Revived

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    A veteran hill climb venue is being brought back to life in autumn 2009. Vintage and classic motorcycle riders might like to take on this new challenge… Kop Hill, Princes Risborough, is one of the oldest Hill Climb venues in England. In the period between 1910 and 1925 Kop Hill was one of several hill…

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  • Crimbo Quiz – Answers to British Bike Bonanza

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    37/ Who manufactured bikes at Selly Oak? Answer: Ariel 38/ Who manufactured bikes at Small Heath? Answer: BSA 39/ Who manufactured bikes at Monarch Works Tyseley Birmingham ? Answer: Excelsior 40/ Who manufactured bikes at Lower Ford Street Coventry? Answer: Excelsior & then Francis Barnett. 41/ Who manufactured bikes at Greet, Birmingham? Answer: James 42/…

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  • Motorcycle Art

    Motorcycle Art

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    Immortalise your P&J in a painting – and claim a 10% discount if you subscribe to RealClassic magazine… If you stopped by the RealClassic stand at one of the shows this autumn, then you’ll have noticed the rather handsome artwork we had on display – an original painting of our faithful Mk3 Commando in its…

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