UK Motorcycle News & Stories — motorcycle nostagia
Trigger’s Broom: What Makes a Classic Motorcycle the Same Bike?
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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.
Dougie Lampkin Steps Back – The Human Side of a Trials Legend
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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.
Tonfanau Race Circuit: One Last Race for a Grassroots Legend
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On Sunday 30 August 2026, motorcycles will once again fire into life at a small circuit tucked away on the Welsh coast near Tywyn.
StarFire 2200cc Radial Motorcycle – The Mysterious Home-Built Custom Shocking the Bike World
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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.
Paul Sample: A Final Salute to the Creator of Ogri
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For generations of British riders, that motorcycle belonged to Ogri — the leather-clad, slightly unhinged, fiercely loyal, mechanically inventive biker who thundered across magazine pages with exhaust smoke, sarcasm and just enough truth to make you laugh out loud at your own riding habits.