Stafford

  • Two generations of Aermacchi racing history heading to Stafford

    Two generations of Aermacchi racing history heading to Stafford

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    Two fascinating competition motorcycles spanning very different eras of Aermacchi and Harley-Davidson racing history will be heading to Stafford this autumn – you’ll be able to see them, and hear them running! Owned by Andy Webb, the 1969 Aermacchi-Harley Davidson 350cc Lawton Ala D’Oro and 1974 Harley Davidson-Aermacchi RR250 Grand Prix racer will be among…

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  • Super rare Vincent Black Lightning to lead Spring Stafford Sale

    Super rare Vincent Black Lightning to lead Spring Stafford Sale

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    The fourteenth production Vincent Black Lightning will be auctioned at the Spring Stafford Sale later in the year.

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  • Championship-winning motorcycles up for sale at Stafford this October

    Championship-winning motorcycles up for sale at Stafford this October

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    Bonhams will bring a fantastic selection of racing machines to the Autumn Stafford Sale in October.

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  • Stafford Show preview

    Stafford Show preview

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    One of the world’s biggest classic bike bonanzas takes place this weekend – and there’s so much going on at the 25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show that you’ll need a map to navigate your way to all the best bits. As it happens, we’ve a handy-dandy diagram right here, and some suggestions for…

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  • Rudge Ulster GP Special

    Rudge Ulster GP Special

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    The Scottish Classic Motorcycle Show takes place in Ayr at the end of June, and the indoor halls are usually packed full of eye-catching classic bikes. Last year, this 1932 Rudge was one among them, showing off its famous bronze-head and four-valve top end arrangement… In the late 1920s and early 30s Rudge were one…

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  • Stafford Show Preview

    Stafford Show Preview

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    Get ready to cram as many classic bikes as you can into a single weekend – the Carole Nash Classic Motor Cycle Show returns to Stafford on 21st and 22nd April. The UK’s biggest old bike show sprawls across half a dozen halls and outdoor arenas, with special guests, classics in action, an extended two-day…

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  • BMW Mystic

    BMW Mystic

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    A Bridgestone 350 won the official award for the best in show bike at this autumn’s Stafford Show. But RC’s editor chose an entirely different classic bike as his machine of the moment. Frank Westworth asks Motorworks to play Mystic for me… Everywhere we look these days, it appears that one of several current great…

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  • Stafford Show Report

    Stafford Show Report

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    Each year, the line separating classic British steeds from Japanese classics seems to blur a little more, with some vintage Oriental iron now being 50 years old. Add in the usual suspects from Italian and German manufacturers, and the result is a classic bike show with something for all tastes… as Morgan Rue found out…

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  • Classic Bike Auction

    Classic Bike Auction

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    As usual, the autumn Stafford Show will host a Bonhams auction of classic motorcycles. Some 200 classic bikes will go under the hammer and we’ll be keeping an eye on our favourites. Some folks focus on the exclusive array of upmarket machines in these sales, and there are Gold Stars, Broughs, Vincents and Manx Nortons…

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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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