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National Motorcycle Museum

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National Motorcycle Museum is throwing its door open
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Insider Guide to National Motorcycle Museum Live 2025

If you love bikes, banter and a good rummage through an autojumble, then clear your diary: NMM Live 2025 is rolling into the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, on Saturday 25…
BSA X-75 Hurricane
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  • British Classics

UK’s National Motorcycle Museum acquires surviving BSA Vetter triple

The sole surviving roadworthy BSA Vetter Rocket 3 – prototype of the Craig Vetter designed triple that became the Triumph X-75 Hurricane – will join the collection of classic motorcycles…
Matchless G80
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  • British Classics

Is this 1987 Matchless G80 the ‘Great Pretender’?

If the heart of a motorcycle is its engine, then it’s hard to say with conviction that this 1987 Harris G80 really lives up to its Matchless name. However, it…
1923 Triumph Ricardo
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  • British Classics

Historic Triumph Ricardo that changed engine design

A truly historic Triumph motorcycle is up for sale at the H&H classic motorcycle auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Wednesday, 12 July. It’s a 1923 Triumph Ricardo –…
1965 Lambretta GT200
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  • European Classics

Lambretta GT200 raced in Isle of Man trials may fetch £20k plus

UPDATED 22 May 2024: OK, I’ll admit straightaway that I cannot see how the auctioneer’s estimate of £22,000 to £24,000 for this 1965 Lambretta GT200 scooter can possibly be right.…
7 Moto Guzzi Falcone
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  • European Classics

Moto Guzzi’s military 500cc single Falcone

As well as its more famous vee-twins, Italian manufacturer Moto Guzzi also made a 500cc single cylinder motorcycle. One is coming up for sale at H&H’s classic scooter and motorcycle…
  • Classic Motorcycles

National Motorcycle Museum Live back for two days in October

The National Motorcycle Museum Live event will be back as a two-day event on 28-29 October 2023. Among the live on-stage appearances will be ‘Shed & Buried’ stars Henry Cole…
8 1936 Indian Four
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  • American Classics

Bike Of The Week: 1936 Indian Four, a rare survivor

A rare Indian Four motorcycle dating from 1936 will be coming up for sale at the next H&H Classics auction to be held at the National Motorcycle Museum on 29…
Retro Bikes
  • New Triumph Bonneville T40... can a Bonneville really be a single cylinder bike? 1
    Triumph’s new Bonneville T40: Half the cylinders, all the style?
  • Honda CB1000F 2
    Honda CB1000F: will the retro Fireblade match original CB900F?
  • BSA Bantam 350 3
    The BSA Bantam 350 flies again
  • BMW R12 S 4
    BMW R 12 S: Boxer with a Dash of Daytona
  • royal_enfield_super_meteor_purpose-built-bobber 5
    Purpose Built Moto’s Royal Enfield Bobber

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