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Bike Of The Week: 1965 ‘works’ MV Agusta 500 tops Bonhams Stafford auction

If you’re a fan of motorcycling history, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A 1965 MV Agusta 500cc Grand Prix racing bike – formerly ridden by the legends Mike…

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Bike Of The Week: 1937 BSA Empire Star, a pivotal classic but I missed it!

Kick, kick, kick… no, not a reluctant starter but me for not paying attention to this beautiful 1937 BSA Empire Star which came up for auction during H&H’s sale at…

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Over the ton and still going: early Rudge and BSA

There’s something very appealing about motorcycles more than 100 years old. The century or ‘ton’ is a milestone in cricket speed, cricket and probably several other activities but especially age.…

VMCC member Peter Hull riding his 1928 Scott Squirrel in the Carrowdore 100 parade last year.

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Vintage Motor Cycle Club celebrates 80th anniversary in 2026

The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of Great Britain (VMCC) will mark its 80th anniversary in 2026, celebrating eight decades of preserving, riding and understanding historic motorcycles. Founded in 1946, the…

Three generations of the Bell family take part in the Banbury Run

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Entries open for The Banbury Run 2026

The UK Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s premier road event returns to Gaydon Entries are now open for the 76th Banbury Run, which takes place at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon,…

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World’s biggest classic motorcycles auction: Mecum Las Vegas 2026

The world’s biggest auction of classic motorcycles is the Mecum Annual Vintage & Antique Motorcycle Auction. In 2026, more than 2,000 motorcycle of all types will cross the auction block…

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Classic motorcycle racing pioneer Rob Iannucci RIP

Robert ‘Rob’ Iannucci, one of the world’s most passionate and influential men when it came to racing classic motorcycles from the ‘golden age’ of racing – early-1950s to mid-1970s in…

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Stolen: Rare Riley motorcycle sold as ‘1970s Special’ at auction

One of only two surviving Riley motorcycles dating from 1904 has been stolen from the great-grandson of the man who designed it. The 1904 Riley 3.5 Hp Moto-Bi was stolen…

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Smoky Treasure: Charlie Sanby’s TT Ducati 750SS

Ducati’s 750SS is already one of the most mythical motorcycles of the 1970s —mgreen-framed, bevel-driven and built in the smallest of numbers. But when one turns up with proper Isle…

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Bike Of The Week: 1975 Ducati 900 Super Sport: Raw and Raucous

Somewhere around the mid-1970s, Ducati fever overtook me and half of the motorcycle world. Paul Smart’s win at the ’72 Imola 200 had lit the fuse, and the factory’s road-going…

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