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Nero - A trail blazer born from the ashes
Mike Bowden
Nero - A trail blazer born from the ashes It was great to see the Nero brought back to life at the open day on the 27th October. The National Motorbike Museum hosted a brilliant event, with hundreds of visitors being enticed through the chilling conditions to enjoy some iconic machines. The Nero was literally a phoenix from the ashes, the remains of a burned out Rapide being rescued by George for the princely sum of £5. During its lifetime, it took several exciting journey with or without its distinctive bullet shaped fairing. After the war, George Brown had worked...
The Flying Inventor - Allen Millyard's amazing machine
Mike Bowden Allen Millyard National Motorcycle Museum The Flying Millyard
I had the absolute pleasure of chatting to Allen Millyard at the National Motorcycle Museum about his amazing Flying Millyard Motorcycle. It could be described as beautifully bonkers or a modern-day homage to yesteryear, but this machine was a hand-built concept bike from a man with a massive imagination.
Suzuki to rebuild first ever RG500 at Motorcycle Live
Mike Bowden Barry Sheene Motorcycle Live NEC Rebuild RG500 Suzuki
Suzuki will restore arguably the most important racing motorcycle it ever produced at this year’s Motorcycle Live – which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC 17-25 November – with the rebuild of the G-54, the precursor to the iconic XR14 and RG500 machines that went on to take Suzuki and Barry Sheene to world championship glory.
Bradley Ray one step closer to motorcycle licence with Module One pass
Mike Bowden Bradley Ray Superbiker on L Plates
Suzuki’s British Superbike star Bradley Ray is one step closer to obtaining his full motorcycle licence, after completing his Module One test on an SV650.
The BSB race-winner – who has re-signed with the Buildbase Suzuki team for 2019 – spent a day with Shires Motorcycle Training in Peterborough on a restricted SV650, practicing the required manoeuvres for the first part of his test, including U-turns, figures of eight, and avoision tests.
Chieftain in the Netherlands for the first time
Mike Bowden FTR 1200 Inidian Motorcycles
Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, is proud to be displaying its full line-up during the Bigtwin Bikeshow held at Expo Houten. And for the very first time in the Netherlands, show goers will be able to see the all-new FTR 1200, FTR 1200 S and the redesigned Chieftain as they join the rest of the range on display.