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  • DEVITT INSURANCE Announced as the Sponsor of the 2026 Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show

    DEVITT INSURANCE Announced as the Sponsor of the 2026 Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show

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    The Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show is proud to confirm Devitt Insurance as the official main sponsor of the 2026 event, taking place at the Royal Bath & West Showground, on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2026. As one of the UK’s longest-standing motorcycle insurance specialists, Devitt brings nine decades of knowledge and passion to the classic biking community, making…

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  • Trusty Triumph

    Trusty Triumph

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    While we celebrate the resurgence of modern Triumph motorcycles, it’s easy to overlook the marque’s major contribution to motorcycling itself which took place over a hundred years ago. Had it not been for Triumph’s first ‘era of greatness’, argues Timothy Pickering, the powered two-wheeler could have vanished from Britain’s roads long before the classic bike…

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  • Dot Motorcycles

    Dot Motorcycles

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    Famous after WW2 for their lightweight trials and scrambles machines, Dot Motorcycles adopted their ‘Devoid of Trouble’ marketing slogan back in the early 1920s, around five years before the 1928 350 pictured here was built. Exactly where the company’s name came from appears to have been lost down the back of the sofa of time.…

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