Plugs & Leads: news from the classic motorcycling scene

CRAVEN KITS FOR ENFIELD CLASSICS Owners of the current Royal Enfield Classic can now fit vintage-style Craven luggage to their machines, making the popular 350s even more practical. Craven Equipment have already produced fitting kits for the Meteor, Interceptor and Continental models, and now the Classic 350 can be easily equipped with Craven’s stylish and durable topbox and panniers. The…

Bristol Classic Bike Show

A hundred years of BMW bikes, the 75th birthday of the BSA Bantam and a stack of Norton rotary racers. All this and more at Shepton Mallet at the end of the month… The ‘and more’ of course includes the RealClassic Roadshow, which you should find in the Edmund Rack hall, by the main doors (facing the refreshment stalls: how…

Outward Bound: classic bike shows, rides and jumbles

Diary dates: updated 4 Dec. You’ll find everything here from old bike autojumbles to vintage motorcycles rides, including club runs, local shows and enormous events… FIRST WEDNESDAYS>Join the Classic Bike Meet at the Duke William pub in Matlock. More info from the FB group SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER>The AUTOJUMBLE at Newark Showground NG24 2NY opens 10am. Admission £7. 01507 529529 /…

UPDATE: Ardingly AUTOJUMBLE CANCELLED

The South of England Winter Classic Bikejumble was scheduled to take place at Ardingly in West Sussex on Sunday 17 January. Unfortunately, new tier arrangements mean IT WILL NOT GO AHEAD as planned. The next classic bike event at Ardingly is instead scheduled for Sunday 28th March 2021. It’s not been easy for any event organisers to keep things ticking…

Ardingly Autojumble: two days in July

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…