Category: News

Classic Motorcycle News In this newsround: driving licence fees are set to fall, save money on classic bike insurance, a new autojumble auction in Kent in September, classic racing, historic camping, and more… For the first time, the Romney Marsh Bikejumble on Sunday 21st September 2014 will include an auction of spare motorcycle components. You can bring your surplus spares…

Classic Bike News In the world of classic motorcycles at the moment, Lampy need your help to ride to Lerwick; Jim Redman will be at Darley Moor next year; Harris pipes are back for Big Zeds; the sun shines in the New Forest, and we have a solution for club magazine editors who may be tearing their hair out… Graham…

Fancy taking your own classic bike on track or watching past masters in action? Famous racers mix with clubman chasers at circuits across the UK this summer… There are a wide variety of racing weekends throughout the season where an array of old bikes compete in series organised by the CRMC, VMCC and other racing clubs (check the Events Diary…

One of the smallest old bikes inspires some of the most ferocious dedication among its owners and enthusiasts. Go to any classic motorcycle show and you’re bound to meet them… Next time you’re wandering around a classic bike show, keep your eyes peeled for a green gazebo beneath which lurks an interesting array of British two-stroke BSAs. You’ll probably have…

The AJS and Matchless Owners’ Club are celebrating the official centenary of the AJS marque this year. All are welcome to join the fun… The origins of the AJS marque date back to 1897 when four of the five Stevens brothers, sons of a blacksmith, produced their first motorcycle using a proprietary engine. After a few years they decided to…

Rowena Hoseason wondered which classic motorcycle best encapsulates the essence of the typical Brit: a BSA single? A Triumph twin? A Villiers two-stroke? Here’s your chance to vote… It began while riffling through the pages of ‘The Strange Death of the British Motorcycle Industry’. I came across a page about the Vincent Black Shadow which the author suggested ‘might well…