The sole surviving roadworthy BSA Vetter Rocket 3 – prototype of the Craig Vetter designed triple that became the Triumph X-75 Hurricane – will join the collection of classic motorcycles at the UK’s National Motorcycle Museum. The BSA was sold at H&H Classics’ auction on 12 July 2023 and bought by the NMM for £27,000. […]
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If the heart of a motorcycle is its engine, then it’s hard to say with conviction that this 1987 Harris G80 really lives up to its Matchless name. However, it does have some pedigree and is actually probably a very nice motorcycle to ride. Someone paid £3,105 for it earlier this year when it came
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A truly historic Triumph motorcycle is up for sale at the H&H classic motorcycle auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Wednesday, 12 July. It’s a 1923 Triumph Ricardo – one of the first to have a four-valve, overhead valve engine that transformed the power output. The 500cc single cylinder Triumph Ricardo put out 20hp
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OK, I’ll admit straightaway that I cannot see how the auctioneer’s estimate of £22,000 to £24,000 for this 1965 Lambretta GT200 scooter can possibly be right. I mean, look at it. But its condition as raced in Isle of Man speed trials is the selling point, according to the blurb attached to this lot which
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As well as its more famous vee-twins, Italian manufacturer Moto Guzzi also made a 500cc single cylinder motorcycle. One is coming up for sale at H&H’s classic scooter and motorcycle auction at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull on 12 July 2023. The Moto Guzzi Nuova Falcone was designed specifically for the Italian army which
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The National Motorcycle Museum Live event will be back as a two-day event on 28-29 October 2023. Among the live on-stage appearances will be ‘Shed & Buried’ stars Henry Cole and Guy ‘Skid’ Willison, YouTube bike builder Allen Millyard, and Fuzz Townshend from TV programme Car SOS. Visitors to the show will be given a
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A rare Indian Four motorcycle dating from 1936 will be coming up for sale at the next H&H Classics auction to be held at the National Motorcycle Museum on 29 March 2023. It carries an estimate of £54,000 to £58,000. Mike Davis, who heads the H&H Bike Department, said, “It [the Indian Four] was purchased
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