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The National Motorcycle Museum is running a Friends of the Museum Workshop Training Day on Saturday, 24th February. It will be held in the museum’s Compton Suite, and there will be two sessions presented by experts brought in specially for the day, and the museum’s own restoration team will also be on hand to discuss ‘tricks…

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Once in a while a motorcycle comes to market that’s guaranteed to create huge excitement – John Lennon’s Honda Monkey-Trail, for sale with H&H Classics, is just such a machine. He used the bike as a fun way of getting around his Tittenhurst Park estate in Surrey, where he lived from 1969 to 1971, and…

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Planning a big biking adventure this year? Take Geoff Hill with you for a fascinating look at the world through his observant eyes. Not strictly a biking travel book, although it does have bikes in it, the third of Geoff Hill’s excellent travel books is a kind of a roundup of his many years as…

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It was with a certain amount of regret that we left Encamp in Andorra and headed for the French border, but all sadness at having to leave this beautiful place was soon supplanted by the joy of riding through the stunning scenery 
of the Pyrenees. At one point we passed through a rare set of…

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Harley-Davidson’s dealer-led Dark Custom customisation competition returns for a fourth year. Online voting is now open. Harley-Davidson’s ‘Battle of the Kings’ 2018 customisation contest now moves up a gear with the opening of the Battle of the Kings (BOTK) online hub for motorcycle fans to vote for their favourite entry from official Harley-Davidson® dealers across…

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The stunning new Z900RS retro is an up-to-date modern classic that pays homage to the legendary Z1. Providing supreme kerb appeal and the true spirit of riding satisfaction, the Z900RS is available in three different colour schemes, with three corresponding prices. The standard mean and moody Metallic Spark Black is starting at just £9,899, the…

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West London Harley Riders are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, and they’ve decided to do something a bit different. The photo shows club members at Reading H-D, picking up the 2016 883 Sportster Iron which they’ve bought to use as a raffle prize. It has 1,800 miles on the clock and comes with one…

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Royal Enfield have just released pics and info on their latest range of models powered by a new 650cc twin-cylinder. It’s a double overhead cam, four-valve engine that stays with air-cooling (no hidden oil coolers or radiators here!), but it still passes the Euro 4 emissions regs. It has a 270-degree crank, and a balance…

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The guest of honour at this year’s Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic at the Newark Showground on 6-7th January will be Michael Rutter, winner of 14 North West 200s, an unequalled eight Macau victories, five Isle of Man TT wins, and multiple BSB Superstock rounds. The show is the perfect opportunity to explore…

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Well known for her motorcycle illustration work, our own Louise Limb has been collecting some of her favourite works to put in her very popular calendars for the last eight years. Her Motorcycle Art calendar for 2018 will feature a selection of classic images from her illustration archive and maybe even the odd surprise new…

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