February 2019

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The Classic MotorCycle

The world authority on motorcycling history and historic motorcycles. The bikes, the people, the passion.

CONTENTS         
ISSUE / FEBRUARY 2019 

Archive photograph………………...........................................6  

News.........................……………….........................................8 

Event round-up……………….................................................12 

Letters………………...............................................................14 

Matchless G9………………....................................................20 

Subscribe and save………………............................................28 

Douglas Model O………………...............................................30 

Lansdowne dinner………………..............................................36 

Triumph Speed Twin………………...........................................38 

MV 250B twin………………......................................................46 

Ariel Huntmaster……………….................................................52 

Stan Dibben profile- part one..............................................60 

Closer look – Victory Trials 1919, 1929 & 1939……………….66 

John Hobbs interview………………..........................................72 

Men who mattered – Bill Doran………………….......................74 

Triumph 3TA/5TA rebuild………………….................................76 

Roy Poynting column…………………........................................80 

Jerry Thurston column………………….......................................82 

Sketchbook travels…………………............................................84 

You were asking………………...................................................86 

Restoration guide – BSA Rocket Gold Star……………..............90 

Technical feature – Villiers ignition……………….....................92 

Diary………………...................................................................110 

Next month……………….........................................................113 

Classic camera………………...................................................114 

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