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The Classic MotorCycle Links

Commercial Links

The below links are partners that feature within The Classic MotorCycle. Give them a visit today to see what they can do for you.

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Machine Mart – Tools & Machinery

The UKs leading supplier of tools and garage equipment.  From motorcycle lifts to tool chests, we’ve got thousands of tools available online, in any of our 53 stores nationwide or via telesales.  Order your FREE catalogue today.

Tel: 0844 880 1250
Email: sales@machinemart.co.uk
Web: www.machinemart.co.uk

JMC Classics & Restoratios

The UK's premier classic motorcycle restorer & the only official UK agent of the JMC Egli-Vincent.

Tel: 01763 249600
Mobile: 07831 243032
Email: john.mossey@btinternet.com
Web:www.jmcclassics.com

Blazing Trails

Call for a free brochure
Tel: 01293 533338
Web:www.jewelholidays.com
Web:www.blazingtrailstours.com

Lexham Insurance

Classic motorcycle & scooter insurance.

Tel: 0845 6010428
Web: www.lexhaminsurance.co.uk 

Stamford Classic Bikes

Restoration work for 1960 Hondas. Also sales of Honda motorcycles, sell your motorcycle through my website. Call for details.

Tel: 01780 752425
Email: wilpave@aol.com
Web: www.stamford-classic-bikes.com

Motalia Ltd

Servicing and rebuilds. Aqua Blasting services. Stainless fasteners. Online shop.

Tel: 0845 8331054
Web: www.motalia.com

Les Wylde

Quality wheel building for motorcycles. Collection and delivery service available.

Tel: 01423 359998
Email: lezwylde@aol.com
Web: www.bestspoke.co.uk

R K Leighton

Motorcycle seat renovation service. Suppliers of new seats for most British classic bikes. Loose covers and foams supplied.

Tel: 0121 3590514
Email: info@rk-leighton.co.uk
Web: www.rk-leighton.co.uk

Nutt Travel

Specialists in ferry crossings throughout Ireland, U.K., I.O.M., and Europe

Tel: 02870 351199
Email: billy@nutttravel.com
Web:www.nutttravel.com

The Vintage Bearing Company

Ball & Roller Bearings. Obsolete bearings supplied, reconditioned or manufactured.

Tel: 07939 005 739
Email: vintagebearing@aol.com
Web: www.vintagebearings.co.uk

A W Automotive

Supplier of lifetime warranteed quality tools. Imperial specialist.

Tel: 07973 336342
Email: sales@awautomotive.co.uk
Web:www.awautomotive.co.uk

Wiseco Piston UK

Triumph Tiger 110 and T120 Pre-Unit Pistons 71.5mm and 72mm

Tel: 01322 669469/662426
Web:www.wiseco.co.uk

Trafalgar Tools

King Dick Tools – British made Whitworth, Metric, A.F. and B.A. Sockets and Spanners.

Tel: 01925 298888
Web: www.trafalgar-tools.co.uk

Tri-Cor England Limited

Classic Triumph Motorcycle Specialists.
VISITORS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Tel: 01432 820752
Email: sales@tri-corengland.com
Web: www.tri-corengland.com

Motorcycle insurance is Carole Nash's speciality! over 300,000 bikes and 230,000 riders are insured through Carole Nash, they are the biggest motorcycle insurance, intermediary in the UK and Ireland.

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CLASSIC AND MODERN MOTORCYCLIST LINKS:

Mortons Archive / Photo ordering system
Order prints online - or download licensed managed images for commercial use.
Mortons Archive based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire is home of over 4 MILLION images, including photos of classic motorcycles, riders, events, bikes, logs, service manuals and much more. A section of this massive archive is now on-line for you to enjoy.
For our readers, prints are available up to 20" x 16" as well as a range of image-based gifts.
For our commercial clients, our new website now offers rights managed licensing, allowing instant digital download and use.
The on-line archive is being added to on a weekly basis, so be sure to check the site often for new images.

Classic Dirt Bike magazine
Published quarterly and printed on high gloss art paper with sumptuous glossy covers, this will the one magazine no off road enthusiast will want to be without.
Classic Dirt Bike magazine: is about the bikes and the personalities of the sport, covering pre-65 machines, classic and twin shocks, trials as well as scrambling/motocross and enduros.

Motor Cycle Monthly
Motor Cycle Monthly is Britain’s first, free national motorcycle newspaper; written by enthusiasts for enthusiasts and will be available on the first Friday of each month at the heart of the motorcycle scene – at all the most popular cafes, clubs, rallies, meets, shows, accessory shops...

The Old Bike Shop
Old Bike Mart's secure on-line shop - packed with items for sale, including the famous Route Holder. Best deals on Mechanics clothing, motorcycling books and much more.

Old Bike Mart
No.1 for classic classifieds, Old Bike Mart contains hundreds of used classic motorcycles and parts every month - a must see.

The Classic MotorCycle
Old Bike Mart's sister magazine, now over 100 pages packed with reviews, stories, tests, historic information and recommendations.

Classic Racer
A magazine where legends truly live on.
From racer tests of historic machinery, written by those who can actually find the limit, to tales of those who made the sport great Classic Racer takes you so close you can actually smell the Castrol R. With the worlds finest archive, and an editorial team who live and breath the sport the only way you'll get closer will be to put on your leathers.
Available from all good newsagents, but you know you'd rather be down at the track, so why not subscribe and save*.

Classic Bike Guide
Classic Bike Guide is a down to earth, practical - and sometimes irreverent - magazine that gets right to the heart of the classic bike world. With a mixture of features, tests, reviews and event reports it is the title that has become a must for the active rider and restorer. Classic Bike Guide magazine - with the biggest and best readers adverts - FREE

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure prides itself on featuring a huge range of motorcycling pursuits, reflecting all aspects of biking and the people that are involved. Combining thorough log-distance tests, terrific touring tales, the latest news and in-depth features about cutting edge developments in both both motorcycles and riding kit, MSL has become the only genuinely viable alternative to the knee-down magazine brigade.

Used Bike Guide
Used Bike Guide is the essential magazine for anyone looking to buy or sell a secondhand motorbike. Every month the UBG offers dozens of real-life stories about riders and their bikes as well as a highly detailed 'Buyer's Bible' all in a packed 196-page A5 perfect bound Magazine!

Classic Bike Shows
The Uk's biggest Classic Shows are found in here. Find out details on shows, look at pics from past events and book tickets or stand space on-line.

Twist & Go Magazine
Twist & Go is a two-wheeled magazine that keeps pace with modern times, covering all that is happening on the modern auto scooter and light motorcycle circuit. New model tests, launches, safety advice, and the lifestyle are all covered within its’ pages. All this is complemented by information on new scooter models and buying second-hand with advice in our used scooter section.
Forget traffic congestion. Twist & Go sets you on the road to freedom!

Scootering Magazine
The UK's biggest and best scootering magazine - over 130 pages of top scooter features, reviews, events and the massive 48 page scooter trader.

Classic Scooterist Scene Magazine
Scooterist Scene is a quarterly magazine dedicated purely to the classic & modern scooterist, with a very personal view on scootering events and features. Scooterist Scene is now owned by Mortons Media Group, but still managed and edited by Mau Spencer, with editorial supplied by clubs and writers from across Britian.

What Scooter
This site contains the listings featured in the original Twist & Go magazine 'What Scooter?' guide - updated and with accompanying test and review features from Twist & Go magazine.

Classic Issues (Back Issues)
THE place to browse and buy from over 2,500 magazine back issues from Classic Motorcycle, Classic Mechanics, Classic Racer, Classic Bike Guide, Used Bike Guide, Scootering, Twist & Go and many more.
Plus reproduced ROAD TESTS and SERVICE SHEETS. Over 2,000 Road Tests and hundreds of Services Sheets carefully copied from original articles in our magazines, dating back to 1914. Buy securely on-line.

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Ride High
Himalayan Roadrunners - offers classic motorcycle tours
throughout the Himalayan region ( Ladakh, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal and Sikkim )

North Siam Roadrunners - offers classic motorcycle tours through South East Asia ( North Thailand, Cambodia and Laos )

Ride South Africa
South African Roadrunners offers classic motorcycle tours along the Garden Route and over the mountain passes of South Africa's Westen Cape Province

Motorcycle Racer Magazine
At Motorcycle Racer we aim to bring the excitement of the sport to the fans, with exclusive interviews with the top riders from across the globe.

PRIVATE / CLUB / OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

AJS and Matchless (USA)
"AJS & Matchless Owners Club North American Section" Also running an email group for AJS & Matchless.

AJS Motorcycles Limited
"The backbone of our business today is the world wide supply of AJS Stormer and Villiers Starmaker spares. In addition to this, we have a growing mail order business supplying products for vintage Trials, Scrambles and Road Race.."

Ariel HT5 Trials Bike Page
A Canadian site, it describes the various replicas of Sammy Miller's famous GOV 132.

BSA, Leon's BSA homepage
This homepage has been written to share my interest in British motorcycles with other people, especially for BSA motorcycles. For more than 10 years I have been a member of the Dutch BSA Owners Club.

Bevel Heaven
Steve Allen's Ducati bevel drive site for enthusiasts of vintage DUCATI motorcycles.

Central Wheel
"We are manufacturers of Spokes & Nipples and offer a full Wheelbuilding service. We are the appointed Wheelbuilders for Triumph and The National Motorcycle Museum."

Cheney Racing
"Welcome to Inter-Moto the home of Cheney Racing Motorcycles, owned by Eric Cheney and in partnership with his son Simon.."

Classic Superbike race team
We regularly race at circuits all over UK & Europe with our Classic Superbike race team using F1 Kawasaki's.

Classictransfers
"Transfers and Decals for Classic Motorcycles Over 25 Years Old".

Darleymoor
THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE TO THE MOTOR CYCLE ROAD RACING CLUB and DARLEY MOOR SPORTS CENTRE.

DUCATI Owners Club GB
“To encourage enthusiasts to meet and talk about their experiences with Ducatis to produce a magazine to pass useful information to members to arrange regular social gatherings - both local and national.”

Francis Barnett O/c
Website for the Francis Barnett Owners Club.

Golden Valley Classic Motorcycle Club
The GVC MCC is a club run by Classic Motorcycle enthusiasts with the aim of promoting the off road use of Pre 1974 Classic Trials and Scrambles Bikes generally around the Stroud, Gloucestershire area.

Historic Motorcycle Club Malta, The
The Historic Motorcycle Club holds principal amongst its aims the preservation and use of veteran, vintage and classic motorcycles manufactured prior to the 1st of January 1976.

History of George Barber,
H.R.D. machinist and Brooklands racer
This web site is the culmination of research by Mr. John Barber into late fathers (Mr George Barber) involvement in racing and his work at H.R.D. Stevenage. Starting with the discovery of a clubman’s meeting card that stated that Mr G.F.Barber had completed the flying kilometre at Brooklands in the 1930's.

Ironmasters Section of the Vintage Motorcycle Club
The section is based in the Telford (Shropshire) area and our members have a common interest in a variety of older vintage motorcycles. We meet socially on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Sir John Bailey Club, Wellington, Telford, followed by a bike run on the following Sunday through the beautiful Shropshire countryside.

Jam Pot
ONLINE resource for everyone with an interest in AJS and Matchless motorcycles.

LPMCC
Leicester Phoenix Motorcycle Club.

Leominster classic mcc
Now back ONLINE.

Mick Boddice
Mick Boddice Track Training School at Darley Moor

Motomanuali
This is the right place where to find useful reproductions or original factory literature for classic and vintage motorcycles.

The Nightingale Cafe
The Nightingale Cafe was situated nr Biggin Hill, Kent and was frequented by  motorcyclists/rockers/hells angels during the 60's and had regular rock and roll gigs with bands such as The Wild Angels..

The Norman Cycles Club
Charles and Fred Norman started their frame making, enamelling and metal plating business (Kent Plating & Enamelling Co) in Ashford Kent on their return from France at the end of the First World War.

N Z Bike
New Zealand Motorcycle Rentals/Tours.

The North Devon British Motorcycle Owners Club
Welcome to the West Country's most active Motorcycle Club. The Club is based at Fremington (between Barnstaple & Bideford), at The Fox & Hounds.

Norton Commando
Private website dedicated to the Norton Commando.

Oregon Vintage Motorcyclists
Welcome to The Oregon Vintage Motorcyclist's Home Page. We are a non-profit Oregon Corporation, dedicated to the preservation, maintenance and enjoyment of antique, veteran, and special interest 2 and 3 wheeled motor vehicles. In other words; an antique motorcycle club. We are one of the oldest vintage bike clubs in the Northwest.

Riding Armor
We provide the most effective available internal organ protection for Street, Dirt and ATV riders.

Robin James engineering
The Concours awards-winning, British restorer of classic motorcycles, Robin James - founded in 1979.

Triumph Speed Twin
1947 Triumph Speed Twin restoration project.

T20 Suzuki
A non-commercial site dedicated to the classic Suzuki T20 'Super Six'.

Todo Trial
ALL CLASSIC TRIAL, the virtual magazine for the fans to the Trial of other times, the motos that made history and great myths of this sport.

VMax Club UK
This site contains details of all the club meetings as well as the shows and events the club will be attending so check out the dates section and come along and say hello.

VOC
This is the Vincent HRD Owners Club web site.

Yesterdays
Yesterday's is a link with the past, particularly with motorcycles from the past.

Z Technik
Z Technik is a new brand created by National Cycle, Inc., which specializes in high quality motorcycle accessories designed exclusively for BMW Motorcycles.