The National Motorcycle Museum

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CLASSIC BIKE MAG AT THE MUSEUM
Here’s a short snippet of our video of Classic Bike magazines very own Rick Parkington (“Rick Fixes”) highlighting some of his favourite machines from the Museum collection.
In the full length Video (link below), Rick also discusses some of the unique elements of our “friends of the museum” membership scheme, including how you can ride some of the museum bikes!
... http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk /…/member-benefit…/
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£150,000 BROUGH MOTORCYCLE RESTORED TO LOOK UNRESTORED – FOR SALE WITH H&H CLASSICS
1932 Brough Superior 680 Black Alpine Central To Debate About Restoration
Sometimes the old ones really are the best ones and you don’t want to mess with them. That is the case with this wonderful Brough motorbike restored to look unrestored by the leading marque restoration specialist, Simon Miles.
... It is estimated to sell for £100,000 - £150,000 by H&H Classics on July 30 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham where it can be viewed under NMM supervision.
See catalogue online: https://online.handh.co.uk/m/view-auction s/catalog/id/112/
The work to restore this bike cost more than a normal restoration. A lot of original parts were used in its restoration.
It is one of only two bikes restored by Simon Miles to retain the patina of age. The trend is increasing to keep the look of bikes original rather than making them appear to be shiny brand new looking restorations.
The Brough Motorcycle marque will be forever associated with T.E. Lawrence, known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ who bought one of the first Brough SS100s in 1925 having previously owned three Brough SS80s. The crash that would end his life came while riding another SS100, on a narrow road near his cottage in 1935.
Recent sales have seen unrestored bikes sell for the same or even more than restored models. The reason for this development may be that there are less and less unrestored bikes in existence says Mark Bryan of H&H Classics.
Adding to the interest in this Brough is the fact that it is a correct numbers bike and comes complete with (unusually) five old style log books detailing the ownership history - one old log book is more like the norm.
The first owner of this machine was a Mr Ireson who lived just down the road from the Brough factory in Nottingham. He sold the bike back to George Brough in 1934.
The bike looks stunning with its ‘unrestored’ look of age which speaks of miles travelled and years of loving care. It is currently on display at the National Motor Cycle Museum until the H&H sale on 30th July.
Mark Bryan adds: “This Brough is well known to the Brough Owners Club. It is a superb usable investment bike that still retains its original petrol tank and gearbox and has a magnificent feel that makes it look very original and unrestored.”
FOR MORE PRESS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE H&H CLASSICS PRESS OFFICE: Julian Roup ON +44 (0) 7970 563958 OR email info@bendigopr.co.uk
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We Are Ready For Goodwood!
The museum is all set and ready to go at this years Goodwood Festival Of Speed.
Come and see us in the race paddock before we take to the track or visit our stand in the retail area.

COLLECTION OF TEN RARE DOUGLAS MOTORBIKES HIDDEN AWAY IN BERKSHIRE FOR MANY YEARS ENTERS THE SPOTLIGHT AT H&H CLASSICS SALE AT THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM IN BIRMINGHAM ON JULY 30
John Anstice-Brown’s 1927 Douglas SB27 Combination last used on The Banbury Run with his wife Brenda in the sidecar in 1959.
The late Motor Magazine journalist John Anstice-Brown, born in 1934, was a huge enthusiast for the Douglas motorcycle and built a collection. Ten of them are now being sold... by H&H Classics on July 30 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
See catalogue online: https://online.handh.co.uk/m/view-auction s/catalog/id/112/
Besides collecting Douglas bikes John Anstice-Brown’s hobbies included motor racing and in 1972 he was British GT Champion.
He stored his motorbike collection in his shed in Hitchin, Herts, in various states of disrepair when he tired of biking. After his death the family took them out and discovered that they had a big collection of Douglas models, most not known to still exist according to the Douglas Owners Club machine register.
Mark Bryan of H&H Classics Motorcycle Department, comments: “It is people like John Anstice-Brown who embody the true passion of the Collector. It is thanks to his work on saving Douglas bikes that we are able today to rediscover some machines that had slipped off the radar. This sale provides a golden opportunity to acquire one of these Douglas rarities.”
Some of the notable bikes include some Douglas DT race bikes and a very rare TT replica. All are being sold at ‘No Reserve’.
Douglas was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1907–1957 based in Kingswood, Bristol, owned by the Douglas family. The marque was especially known for its horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined bikes and as manufacturers of speedway machine.
Pictured is a 1927 Douglas Model SB27 combination ‘barn find’ (£5,000 - £8,000), a totally unrestored and original bike with a Watsonian sidecar.
It has been in the same family ownership since mid-1950's as seen in the old black and white image at the top of the press release.
The engine turns freely with good compression despite the fact that it was last used on the Banbury Run circa 1960! But it will require recommissioning before being returned to road use. It comes complete with a spare engine.
And then there is another challenge, a circa.1929 Douglas DT5 for sale at No Reserve - an iconic Dirt Track machine that comes with reconditioned forks.
And finally, notable among the ten Douglas bikes in this collection is this very rare bike (below) c.1926 Douglas TT Replica with DT engine and Norton forks. If you are a fan of the Douglas marque, don’t miss this sale!
FOR MORE PRESS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE H&H CLASSICS PRESS OFFICE: Julian Roup ON +44 (0) 7970 563958 OR email info@bendigopr.co.uk
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Check out our super feature in the July issue of Classic Bike Magazine!!!
Rick Parkington visits the National Motorcycle Museum and gives his top tips on buying your dream bike.
To accompany the extra 32-pages in the magazine, we commissioned this fantastic & informative video.

New addition to the Museum Team
Introducing Sarah Bothamley who will start working at The National Motorcycle Museum on Monday 1st July in the archives and e-commerce department.
This will be Sarah’s first job since finishing her Masters in Culture and Heritage Management at Lincoln University.
... As part of her new role Sarah will also be looking after the Bruce Main-Smith technical archive and the orders for manuals etc that we dispatch around the world every day.
Welcome Sarah, from all your new colleagues here at the museum!
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GOODWOOD FOS PREPARATION
The museum will be making our annual pilgrimage to the Goodwood Festival Of Speed next week.
We will be running no less than four machines on track including the 2 Robert Dunlop Norton Rotaries seen being prepared here. Amongst those riding for us will be none other than TT superstar Michael Dunlop!
... We will also have a stand in the retail area (No 270) so come and see us in the race paddock or on our stand “over the bridge”.
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Try A Classic Bike Day
No less than 60 riders from our Friends of the National Motorcycle Museum membership scheme attended our June ride a classic day on Sunday 23/06/19.
Choosing from 11 different machines, 30 riders per session enjoyed sampling a wide selection of machines from the museum’s inventory.
... For more details of how you can take part just visit www.thenmm.co.uk
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Please be patient with our pals at the Silverstone Experience.
It will be worth the wait!!

Magnificent Alex Marquez takes hat trick with Catalan GP victory as another new lap record falls to Triumph 765cc triple
For the first time in his Grand Prix career, Alex Marquez took his third victory in a row with a dominant display on home soil at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and he now moves into the lead of the Moto2™ championship.
Further demonstrating just how well the Spanish rider has connected with the greater power and torque of the Triumph 765cc triple engi...ne in his EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex machine, Marquez also set a new Moto2™ race lap record at the iconic track. After seven rounds of Triumph powering the 2019 season, a new record has been set at every single race; a combination of fastest lap, top speed or race time, or a full sweep of records.
The racing in the Moto2™ class was as close as ever all weekend, starting with a remarkable free practice 1 in which the top eight riders were separated by under 0.3 seconds. By free practice 3 on Saturday morning the top 22 were all within one second, and at the end of qualifying, just 0.1 seconds separated the top six riders.
The closeness of competition this year makes it all the more impressive that Marquez has now won three in a row, and that he did so in such dominant fashion, leading home Thomas Luthi by 1.9 seconds with Jorge Navarro a further 0.6 seconds back. Previous championship leader Lorenzo Baldassarri, who has also taken three victories this season, crashed out with 16 of the 22 laps to run at the tricky turn ten, which also claimed many others during the weekend. In doing so he relinquished his championship lead for the first time this season and now lies fourth, behind Marquez, Luthi and Navarro.
Steve Sargent, Triumph’s Chief Product Officer, said: “Congratulations to Alex Marquez on his third consecutive win to become the new championship leader, and also to Augusto Fernandez for taking his first Moto2 pole position on Saturday. It’s great to see new riders at the top of the timesheets as Triumph continues to bring new life and excitement to the Moto2 series. Again this weekend the numbers speak for the performance of our engines; another new lap record and a new Moto2 top speed at the Barcelona circuit. With the exception of the US Grand Prix, the 765cc Triumph triple has now powered Moto2 to a new lap record at every race this season, and in Austin a new lap record was only evasive because of the weather conditions and even then a best Moto2 race time was still set.”
The Triumph Moto2™ 765cc race engine is a development of the class-leading Street Triple RS 765cc road motorcycle and produces more than 140ps and the same visceral soundtrack.
Next up for the Moto2™ series is a back-to-back pairing of races with the TT Assen, Netherlands on 30 June followed by the German Grand Prix on 7 July.
#PoweredByTriumph #TriumphOfficial
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Museum Friend Collects His Norton
Friend of the National Motorcycle Museum, Ian Loram, can be seen collecting his “new” 1958 Norton Dominator from the museum last Friday.
Pictured with the museum restoration team who did the restoration, this machine is one of a handful that our team restore for sale every year.
... The next bike for sale will be a 1966 AJS Model 16 that is currently in the workshop. Any machines that we have for sale can be seen listed @ www.thenmm.co.uk
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Museum @ The Banbury Run.
Colin & Wes Wall from our restoration team took part in Sunday’s VMCC Banbury Run for pre-1935 motorcycles.
Also pictured is Dave Cooke who is a member of our museum friends scheme.
... The Brough Superior SS100 and two Sunbeam’s from the museum collection performed very well & a good day was had by all!
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Don’t forget to book tickets to this brand new visitor attraction.....

See our friends at Norton teaming up with this World famous brand #Brietling

STRUGGLING FOR FATHERS DAY GIFT INSPIRATION?
IS YOUR DAD A BRITISH MOTORCYCLE FAN......If so, then why not treat your dad to a day at the National Motorcycle Museum this Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day?
The National Motorcycle Museum houses the largest collection of British motorcycle’s in the world with over 1000 machines from 170 different manufacturers spanning no less than three centuries! Of the 1000 plus machines in the collection there are around 850 on display at any... one time throughout the museum’s five huge display halls.
Why not treat him to a coffee or lunch whilst you visit, as the Museum also boasts a superb Restaurant & Café, serving a delicious range of Iley coffee, tea, hot chocolate & soft drinks, as well as a fabulous selection of hot meals, paninis, soups, cold sandwiches & cakes. Our cafe/restaurant is separate to the museum collection and so entry is free of charge.
Famed for our full English breakfasts the restaurant & cafe is open from 8.30am every day with a wide variety of hot and cold meals available at lunchtime. You can relax at the beginning, middle or end of your visit and don’t forget that you can always have a break from the museum by visiting the restaurant then re-enter the collection later.
Alternatively, there is our super exciting “Friends of The National Motorcycle Museum” which is the most exciting and innovative Membership scheme ever undertaken by a Museum or similar organisation.
The unique content of our Museum Friends Scheme will allow people to learn about, ride & enjoy old as well as new, along with the following Member benefits: - Joining pack & membership card - Unlimited free entry to the Museum for one year - 10% Discount in Museum shop & restaurant - One Free “Bruce Main-Smith” photocopy set per annum (value can be up to £31.00) - Full colour quarterly newsletter - The chance to ride amazing machines from the museum collection via our “try a classic” or “tours” days.
Membership pricing starts from as little as £19.95 per year.
There is also the Museum shop to browse around and purchase some amazing motorcycle products, gifts, memorabilia, clothing and much much more...
For more details on location, opening times, how to visit, become a friend of the National Motorcycle Museum, shop etc visit www.thenmm.co.uk
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AMAZING DISCOVERY!!
Kent family amazed to discover 21 motorbikes hidden under blankets in their late Fathers garden shed, garage and cellar.
NOW FOR SALE WITH H&H CLASSICS ON JULY 30 AT THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
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Try a Classic Bike day!
The driving force behind The National Motorcycle Museum friend’s scheme is to give its members the chance to take part in some unique activities that are both exciting & educational. A perfect example of this ethos is the museum’s “Try a Classic Bike” days.
These exciting events give friends of the museum the opportunity to ride a wide selection of machines from the museum’s inventory. These days are the perfect opportunity to ride bikes that most pe...ople haven’t experienced, from the oldest pioneer single speeders through to the first exotic superbikes from names like Vincent!
Our “try a classic bike” days take place in a safe “off road” environment and under the supervision and guidance of experienced museum personnel. A nominal cost to cover insurance* applies to those taking part with our next date being Sunday 23/06/19.
For more details of how to become a friend of the National Motorcycle Museum visit www.thenmm.co.uk
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