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WWII DKW Motorcycle Found in Danube After 80 Years

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WWII DKW Motorcycle Found in Danube After 80 Years

For more than eight decades it lay hidden beneath the waters of the River Danube.

Above it, boats passed through Budapest. The city recovered from war, bridges were rebuilt, governments changed and generations came and went. Underneath it all sat a motorcycle.

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Trigger’s Broom: What Makes a Classic Motorcycle the Same Bike?

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Trigger’s Broom: What Makes a Classic Motorcycle the Same Bike?

Since then it's had another engine. The gearbox has been rebuilt. The forks have been replaced. It's wearing different wheels. The fuel tank rusted through years ago. The exhaust certainly isn't original and, following an unfortunate encounter with corrosion, eventually even the frame was replaced.

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Dougie Lampkin Steps Back – The Human Side of a Trials Legend

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Dougie Lampkin Steps Back – The Human Side of a Trials Legend

Motorbike Mad met Dougie at MCL26 last year. We had a chat, grabbed a selfie and came away thinking what so many people who have met him probably think – what a genuinely down-to-earth bloke.

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Tonfanau Race Circuit: One Last Race for a Grassroots Legend

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Tonfanau Race Circuit: One Last Race for a Grassroots Legend

On Sunday 30 August 2026, motorcycles will once again fire into life at a small circuit tucked away on the Welsh coast near Tywyn.

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StarFire 2200cc Radial Motorcycle – The Mysterious Home-Built Custom Shocking the Bike World

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StarFire 2200cc Radial Motorcycle – The Mysterious Home-Built Custom Shocking the Bike World

A strange machine appearing at shows and online videos. A polished radial engine hanging impossibly inside a handmade chassis. Crowds gathering around it trying to understand what they were looking at.

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