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  • Outward Bound: classic bike shows, rides and jumbles

    Outward Bound: classic bike shows, rides and jumbles

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    Diary dates: updated 5 Jan 2026. Old bike autojumbles, vintage motorcycles rides, club runs, local classic bike shows and utterly enormous events… FRI/SAT 9/10 JANUARY>The EXETER TRIAL starts at Sparkford and ends the following day after 185 gruelling miles at Kingsteignton in Devon. A true test of winter grit on two, three and four wheels…

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  • Hammer Time: Auction Preview

    Hammer Time: Auction Preview

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    The next interesting auction of classic motorcycles takes place on Saturday 24 July at Cheffins’ saleground at Sutton near Ely, CB6 2QT. The Cheffins catalogue is always worth browsing – the listings are detailed and well-informed, and provide a lot of background information specific to the machine which is going under the hammer. This is…

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  • Hammered! Auction report

    Hammered! Auction report

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    The most difficult part of writing this report is describing the sheer volume of machines present at this year’s Las Vegas vintage bike auctions. It’s almost overwhelming, with nearly 2000 classic motorcycles offered for sale across two separate events in January. The first of these annual events is staged by the British auction house Bonhams,…

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  • See Sheene’s machines at Stafford

    See Sheene’s machines at Stafford

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    The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show is so mightily immense that you could easily spend all day at the showground and still not see everything. So here’s our handy-dandy guide of what to see at Stafford this October… The Suzuki Village is a special feature, displaying a stack of rare racing machines of the marque.…

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  • Classic Bike Bargains

    Classic Bike Bargains

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      It’s easy to be blinded by the bling and overwhelmed by the extreme amounts which some classic motorcycles sell for at auction. However, even at the most prestigious sales – like the recent Bonhams auction at the Carole Nash International Classic Motor Cycle Show at Stafford – there are affordable old bikes selling for…

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