News
Charterhouse gears up for Bristol Show
20 January 2015
Auctioneer Charterhouse is set to hold an exciting auction full of intriguing machines at the Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show in February.
The show takes place on the weekend of February 7-8, 2015, at the Royal Bath and West showground in Shepton Mallet.
Charterhouse has already confirmed some of the lots which will go to auction, including a 1961 Velocette Venom and a 1987 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Trike.
• Further auction details, including previews of lots, can be found at www.charterhouse-motorcycle.blogspot.co.uk
Let the world see your classic at our show!
19 January 2015
If you own a classic car or vintage vehicle, then why not bring it to the Footman James Great Western Autojumble on February 14-15 and show it off?
Bookmark our fantastic new website
10 January 2015
Written by experts and updated more regularly than any site in biking, morebikes.co.uk is the website motorcycling has been waiting for.
Newly branded Telford show should be best yet
10 January 2015
The newly branded Putoline Classic Dirt Bike Show, formerly known as ‘Wrighty’s Show’, which takes place at the Telford International Centre over the weekend of February 21-22, is ramping up the celebrations for 2015.
Other News
Feature Articles
1938 Norton 16H
12 January 2015
Ever since coming to Old Bike Mart last spring, I’ve been pondering over just what makes old bikes so appealing, and it was only after visiting Terry Potter in Buckinghamshire to take a close look at his gorgeous 1938 16H Norton a few weeks ago that the answer finally struck me – their purity of form, their simplicity, and the fact that they actually involved the rider in every aspect of their performance...
TT Talk 1952/1956
5 January 2015
As one of the most prestigious and time-honoured race events in the world, the Isle of Man TT has been the subject of much discussion and deliberation over the course of its history...
National Children's Day, September 1924
5 December 2014
The National Children's Day of 1924 was a truly special event for underprivileged children all over the country, and particularly those who were cultivating (or had already cultivated) an affinity for motorcycles and motorcars...
Other Feature Articles
Competitions
Win one of five pairs of tickets for kickback custom show
CLOSING DATE: Monday, 2nd March 2015
Kickback, The National Custom Bike Show and Festival takes place over the last weekend of March (28-29) at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry. This expanding event features just about every sort of special under the sun: chops, bobbers, cafe racers, street scramblers, flat-trackers, streetfighters, new-wave and old-school customs.
Videos
Suzuki MotoGP 2015 return
17 October 2014
Suzuki Motor Corporation has produced this short promotional video for its MotoGP return aboard the GSX-RR in 2015.
Buddy Holly and Ariel Cyclone
4 October 2014
Rare home movie footage of Buddy Holly, Joe Mauldin and Jerry Allison trying out Buddy's new 1958 Ariel Cyclone motorbike
