The Classic MotorCycle

Mud, mud, glorious mud ...

Sunbeam star George Dance was the top performer in the 1927 Victory Trial, beating a high-class field of riders on a mixed bag of machinery - ranging from H Harper's budget hybrid, comprising of a 250cc BSA with a 350cc Blackburne engine levered in, through to T Morton on his SSlOO Brough Superior.

Bert le Vack, George Rowley, Graham Walker, Bert Perrey, Tommy Meeten, Jimmy Simpson,

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