The Classic MotorCycle

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Just once a year, Elk Promotions gets the opportunity to promote a show at Ashford Livestock Market. In spite of the rural associations, thoughts of draughty barns and walking on mud and straw are soon dispelled.

A large concrete hard-standing allows easy parking for visitors on two, three and four wheels, and a generous outside jumble space. The sale room complex offers a large area for indoor sales and jumble as well as rooms and passageways that provide cosy, but well-lit galleries for the numerous classic and vintage bikes that are entered. Among them could be found the guest of honour for this

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