classic bike show Archives

A Classic Day at Crich Tramway

6th August 2023 RowenaH Events, Features, New & Features, News

A 1922 BSA won the hearts and minds of the judges and public at last month’s Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village. The Model A is owned by John Shepherd and was awarded the trophy for the Best Pre-War Motorcycle – and then was paid the highest compliment possible by the visitors to the event who also voted for…

Bristol Classic Bike Show

9th February 2023 RowenaH Events, News

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…

Classic Bikes on the Continent

10th October 2022 RowenaH Events, Features, News

In the UK it’s fairly commonplace to see vintage and classic vehicles at events and on the roads. Hardly surprising, given the history of the British motor industry. But, as Stu Thomson explains, classic motorcycles also attract a lot of attention in Europe… A 1954 Peugeot twin-port two-stroke, featuring plunger suspension and complete with oil can mounting and a rather…

Live and kick(start)ing at the NMM

2nd September 2022 RowenaH Events, Features, News

How do you bring a collection of static motorcycle displays to life? Well, for starters you drag some of the most unusual and iconic bikes outside and… start them up. Then you invite a squadron of motorcycling celebrities and sporting superstars together with innovative engineers and automotive experts to chat on stage and meet the public. And then you let…

Swaton Vintage Day

4th July 2022 RowenaH Events, Features

The Swaton Vintage Day – and its accompanying World Egg Throwing Championships – has returned after a two year break. RC regular Roy Workman was on hand to admire a record turnout of classic two-wheelers… This show started in 1993 and they have only missed three years since then; two years for the pandemic and the other during the foot…

Ardingly Autojumble: two days in July

21st June 2020 RowenaH 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…