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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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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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For our regular look at the vintage Japanese bike scene, Steve Cooper considers the effects of technology, and we take a sneak peek inside the VJMC’s latest publication… Just what did we do before the advent of computers and the like? I ask because, although I and many friends are locked in a mechanical time…

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What’s new in the world of old bikes? Classic Japs on display in Scotland, a rare book on rockers returns, and replica Girlings now available from Goffy… Toy Boys The weekend of the 13th and 14th of December brought with it plenty of cold weather ice and snow, says RC reader John Nicholls in Eire.…

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The big beasts of the late 1970s and early 1980s will have their own classic motorcycle racing championship in 2012. The VMCC’s British Historic Racing introduce a new version of this class for the summer season… British Historic Racing – part of the VMCC – have resurrected the BEARS format and incorporated it into the…

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The festive season can get a little frantic, what with toy runs, club dinners and chipping the ice off your delicate parts. Here are our time-saving suggestions for stocking fillers to suit classic bike fans… A Brough Book No, not any old book about Brough Superiors – THE book about Brough Superiors which Titch Allen…

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The classic motorcycling world bids farewell to one of its stalwarts with the sad news that Titch Allen has died, aged 95… In the aftermath of the Second World War, CE ‘Titch’ Allen gathered together a group of friends with the idea of riding old – vintage — motorcycles for sport. That was the genesis…

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Every year, we invent a ridiculous reason to go for rides on our old bikes. This time, the lure of the chilli twister fries has proved irresistible… If you’ve never experienced chilli twister fries then you’ve probably never been to an OK Diner. So here’s your opportunity to indulge; there are eight branches of OK…

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In the headlines this month: a Scott is saved, Triumph petrol tanks are available again, the Cylinder Head Shop returns to south-west London, Gordon goes to India and there’s just time to grab a TT bargain… Bag A TT Bargain! Don’t worry if you missed out on TT merchandise earlier this summer – it proved…

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