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| The Club has organised the
Pioneer Run since 1930, this immediately established itself as the premier event
for pre1915 veteran machines. However the start was moved from the 1930 venue
at Croydon Aerodrome, firstly to the railway yard at Tattenham Corner, Epsom,
then to Weybridge for 1936 and finally back to Tattenham Comer. Just for once in
1954 it was also started from |
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Starting
now from the race course on Epsom Downs, the route takes riders through Surrey
and into Sussex with the finish on Madeira Drive at Brighton. Now in it's
70th year, this continues to be the world’s largest gathering of veteran (pre
1915) machines with annually, well over 300 entries going from Epsom to |
| Machines
are entered in one of three classes, these being: Class A - machines built
before 1905, Class B - machines built between 1905 and 1909 and finally
Class C - for those between 1910 and 1914.
To ensure that all machines taking part are genuine veterans, a register of all such machines was started and only those machines on the register became eligible to enter the event. The Pioneer Register quickly became a major information source for pre-1915 motorcycles. |
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Over the years, there have
been a number of famous entrants including: Prince Michael of Kent, John
Surtees, Geoff Duke, Graham and Murray Walker and Jon Pertwee. See
Events Calendar
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