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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2017

While putting together this issue, I’ve been considering, somewhat wistfully owing to the cold, dark weather, the possibilities of getting […]
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Stars shine bright

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN The Stafford show welcomed glittering guests and star motorcycles (including Barry Sheene’s 1976 and […]
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South of England success

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

There was a record attendance at the final Elk Promotions event for 2016, at the South of England Classic Show […]
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Delighted Rotary winner

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

The National Motorcycle Museum’s summer 2016 raffle to win a 1990 Norton F1 Rotary 588cc motorcycle was drawn by road […]
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Shed and Buried

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

A motorcycle-mad pair of TV engineering detectives are on the hunt for forgotten and hidden treasures tucked away in the […]
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Series A just short of world record

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

At its November 15 sale at Donington, H&H sold a Series A HRD Rapide, recently discovered among a job-lot collection […]
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The wrong Ernie?

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

I believe that reader Howard McKay (TCM, November 2016) has got his Ernies mixed up when he mentioned the nice […]
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Simple pleasures

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

Words: Roy Poynting Photographs: Terry Joslin This two-stroke, two-speed Levis is a fine example of an early vintage ride-to-work machine. […]
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Silver streak

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

Words: Steve Wilson Photographs: Gary Chapman This 1956 Thunderbird is a rolling demonstration of why these soft-tuned, iron-engined 650s were […]
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Beauty from the beast

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN MV’s 4C, introduced for 1966, was not what prospective purchasers and schoolboys the world […]
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