Three Decades At Drags

News
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 with the firm for 30…
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Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

News
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 Stafford Show couldn’t take place,…
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International Dirt Bike Show postponed until 2021

News
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 be successfully achieved. We will…
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Ardingly Autojumble: two days in July

Events, News
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 July… This couldn’t come at…
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Raleigh Runabout: moped mayhem!

Features
A recent article about the mighty Raleigh moped in the monthly magazine inspired author and RC reader Chris Rooke to take a trip down memory lane… to the first bike he ever rode. It was also the first bike he took to pieces – but not the first bike he rebuilt, apparently! I read with great interest and a certain…
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