New & Features

Just a reminder that Niall Mackenzie will be appearing at a number of events in 2023, so pop along! The first one is just after this magazine hits the shelves at the Burgham Park Golf Club and Leisure Centre on Friday March 17. The evening is entitled: ‘It was acceptable in the Eighties’ and takes…

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We are pleased to announce a real legend will be at April’s The Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford. Yes, the one and only Giacomo Agostini will be in attendance as guest of honour at the show which takes place over the weekend of April 22-23 once more at the Stafford County Showground. The Italian can…

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This year multiple world champ and museum owner Sammy Miller is bringing his 1953 350cc Norton ‘Kneeler’, also known as the ‘Silver Fish’. Pulled out of Sammy’s Norton collection at his museum in Hampshire, this bike is, well, unique! The ‘Kneeler’ was Norton’s experimental attempt to improve the outdated Manx Norton’s performance, and where better…

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The National Motorcycle Museum announced yesterday that it has signed a merchandise dealer agreement with the resurgent BSA company. This will mean that the NMM shop (as well as its online store), will be stocking the full range of official BSA branded clothing and accessories plus displayed in its own BSA branded area within the…

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What’s on in March? 3: APRIL ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE IS ON SALE NOW 4: OLD BIKE MART OUT TODAY 5: Bike Day: Ace Café London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD. Visit acecafe.com 5: Ledbury MCC Autojumble: Bromesberrow Village Hall, Albright Lane, Bromesberrow, near Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1 RU. Doors…

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Oxford Products is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023 and has a full calendar of celebrations to mark this special year. Imagine all the stuff we bikers have thanks to the motorcycle and push-bike firm, which is (unsurprisingly) based in Oxford… They’ve not only backed racing for almost the entirety of their existence but they’ve…

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A grandfather and keen biker was wrongly denied a licence to ride his motorcycles for over three years, according to the national Ombudsman. Paul Olsen, a graphic designer who airbrushed the one of the original Star Trek Motion Picture Enterprise models, has been riding motorbikes for over 60 years. Over the past half a century…

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One of the most iconic machines in the history of motorcycling has roared back to life as preparations for the opening of a new TT Gallery gather pace at the Manx Museum.  The Suzuki RG500 was ridden to victory by Mike Hailwood in the 1979 Senior TT.  In preparation for display in the Manx Museum’s…

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Some-time CMM contributor Rob Bean is going racing with his old Trumpet – and his race bike build and escapades will be featured in CMM and Classic Racer. The bike is a 1997 Triumph T509 Speed Triple and Rob says: “My T509 Speed Triple has ‘fat bars’, better brake pads, braided hoses, sticky tyres so…

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