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Crowd pleasing trick riding from the resourceful Cytrix display team. Bikes are late forties Matchless G3Ls. The Matchless G3s were the despatch rider's favoured mount during the Second World War, so they would have been in plentiful supply post-war, plus have a forgiving, sweet-natured power delivery, suited for stuntwork.
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Probably the biggest and most important event in the motorcycling calendar in the 1950s was the Earls Court Show, held annually. Thing was, the 1956 showpiece nearly didn’t go ahead. Staff at the show downed tools in support of their freshly made redundant industry co-workers.
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Bert le Vack and the Brough take on fuel mid-race at Brooklands. Herbert 'Bert' le Vack was a motorcycle world speed record holder throughout the 1920s and earned the nickname the 'Wizard of Brooklands' for his race exploits at the Weybridge track.
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A tussle between the Tombs brothers in the 1965 sidecar TT as they try to manoeuvre their Triumph outfit past the BMW of Arneus Butscher and Wolfgang Kalauch. The German pair managed to extend their lead over the Tombs brothers, finishing 10th, 18 seconds ahead of the 11th-placed Triumph outfit.
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Part of the machine shop at Villiers Engineering, in Wolverhampton. Villiers was the principle supplier of two-stroke proprietary engines to the British motorcycle industry, as well as many continental manufacturers. Customers in Britain included the likes of Greeves, James, Francis-Barnett and Cotton, among many others.
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American Rollie Free in action on the Bonneville Salt Flats, minus leathers to minimise wind resistance. On the morning of September 13, 1948, Rollie Free raised the American speed record to a speed of 150.313mph. The Vincent used by Free changed hands for $1million in November 2010!
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The Mortons Archive houses one of the greatest collections of motorcycle images in the world. Whether it's a rider from 1937, a showroom photograph of a rare bike model, or just a highly unusual shot of a rider in action - we have it all.
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