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Show Us Yours: Paul Wrigley’s Kawasaki Z900
Take a look at Paul Wrigley’s 1976 Kawasaki Z900 A4.
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Show Us Yours: Guy’s 1989 Honda VFR400R NC30
Take a look at CMM reader Guy Smith’s 1989 Honda VFR400R NC30!
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Oxford Visorstash XL and T2
If you’re the type of rider that likes to switch up between light and dark visors depending on the light conditions, then this clever Visorstash from Oxford Products could be perfect for you.
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Product: Spidi Armakore Jacket
Spidi has unveiled its latest adventure touring jacket – the Armakore.
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Oxford Rainex Top Box Cover
Motorcycle security is a hot topic in the industry at the minute as a result of the seemingly ever-increasing number of bike thefts and bike-related crimes sweeping across the UK.
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NEW: LS2 Xtra Off-Road Helmet
LS2 have been having a busy year – each month it seems like we’re treated a swanky new, high performance helmet from the ever-growing Chinese brand and the latest to come to our attention is
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NEW: KLIM Nac Pak
American off-road oriented brand KLIM has refined its successful Nac Pak for 2018.
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Paul Hands’ 1999 Kawasaki 800 Drifter
In this edition of Show Us Yours, here’s Paul’s 1999 Kawasaki 800 Drifter.
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Show Us Yours: Terry’s RD350LC
In this edition of Show Us Yours, here’s Terry Edward’s RD350LC.
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Show Us Yours: Jeffery’s 1974 Mobylette N40T
Have a look at Jeffery Shallcross’ 1974 Mobylette!
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Show Us Yours: Nigel’s Honda XL125RC & VF400F-D
Take a look at Nigel Manning’s Honda XL125RC and Honda VF400F-D.
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Ground breaker
Motorcycling history is filled with tales of old models getting a new lease of life thanks to a slight change or a new development which prolongs the life of the machine in some way. Look
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Hailwood honour
Mike Hailwood was honoured at the 2018 Motor Sport Hall of Fame Awards, which took place on June 4 at the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Park estate. Hailwood’s widow Pauline was at the star-studded event,
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Honda CB750 50th Anniversary Celebration Day!
Having established the term ‘Superbike’ the CB750, first launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1968, has firmly cemented its place in the history books and this year the iconic Honda duly deserves a
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Show Us Yours: Rob’s Suzuki RV90
In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Rob Neal’s Suzuki RV90.
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Show Us Yours: Ian’s Kawasaki ZXR750 H1 Racer
In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Ian Gardner’s Kawasaki racer.
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Show Us Yours: Kenneth’s 1983 Yamaha XS1100 XK5
In this edition of Show Us Yours, here’s Kenneth Turnock’s Yamaha XS1100 XK5.
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Show Us Yours: Javier Fernandez’s collection
In this edition of Show Us Yours, here’s Javier’s including RD350 and RG250.
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Mark’s General Tips
Mark Haycock is back with answers to all of your burning questions, but here are some of his general tips!
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Q&A: Wiring problem in my Honda CB550 K3
Our experts Mark Haycock and Steve Cooper are back with all the answers to your questions!
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Q&A: Carb kit problem with my Suzuki GS750
Our experts Mark Haycock and Steve Cooper are back with all the answers to your questions!
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SHOW US YOURS: NS400R and KZ1100
In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Kevin’s Honda NS400R and Stephen’s KZ1100. Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media
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SHOW US YOURS: Wayne’s 1977 Honda CB750A Hondamatic
In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Wayne Edel’s 1977 Honda CB750A Hondamatic. Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media
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Show Us Yours: Anton’s Honda C100 & Kawasaki KZ400
In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Anton Manning’s collection. Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages, fill in
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Hot and busy
Blimey, I need to clean the house. And do some washing. And those weeds are really getting out of hand. It only needs time, but with summer come the shows, the meets, the festivals and
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Ian Massey’s Model 20 tale
Back in 1969, as a penniless student, l lusted after a better form of transport than the Puch 175 split-single I had just passed my test on. My uncle had a Matchless G80 which I
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Q&A: I’ve left the fork slider misshapen on my Honda CBR600F
Our experts at CMM are back with all the answers to your questions!
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Gavin Trippe 1940 – 2018
The name of Gavin Trippe – who sadly died in a California car accident on July 2 – may not be that familiar to UK motorcycle racing fans at first hearing. However, link it with
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Superbike Wars
Honda went above and beyond to win production superbikes races in the early 1980s. This was the first ever true Honda proddie homologation racer.
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There by a whisker…
So, there I was, up in Scotland on the Alvie Estate near Aviemore, where an enlightened laird welcomed the Inverness MCC and their two day Highland Classic Trial – the 2018 theme for the
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Q&A: Your tips – CB72 Rockers are rolling!
We not only love to hear your questions, but we want to hear your own tips and hints too!
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A matter of development
Occasionally academia glances over at our world, though it’s generally to offer reasons why we shouldn’t be rushing around on motorcycles because they’re not safe, are noisy and anti-social. However, there was at
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End of the road for the Mount?
The sole remaining English road circuit, Oliver’s Mount, is in grave danger of being lost to the sport following months of speculation, with news on social media that suggests all this year’s planned events have
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Willium Dunlop
The sport of road racing has been devastated by the death of William Dunlop, killed during practice for this year’s Skerries 100. With 108 Irish National road race victories, plus four North West 200 and
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FIVE REASONS TO MAKE A DATE IN YOUR DIARY FOR NETLEY!
Fancy a weekend of bikes, bargains and banter? This year’s Carole Nash Eurojumble is celebrating its 25th year and is ticking all the boxes for bike enthusiasts. Gates will open from 9am on both days
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FIVE REASONS TO MAKE A DATE IN YOUR DIARY FOR NETLEY!
Fancy a weekend of bikes, bargains and banter? This year’s Carole Nash Eurojumble is celebrating its 25th year and is ticking all the boxes for bike enthusiasts. Gates will open from 9am on both days
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FESTIVAL OF JURBY 2018!
It’s gonna be great! Our mates at Wemoto tell us what to expect this year… The Isle of Man’s biggest one-day event is coming up soon (Sunday 26th August). Here’s what you can expect. The
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Netley Marsh Eurojumble 2018
Whether you need one particular part or you just fancy a mooch through mountains of motorcycling memorabilia, you should make a date in your diary for one of Britain’s biggest bike jumbles. The Carole Nash
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The Bringsty Grand Prix – a Welcome Revival
Re-scheduled owing to treacherous conditions prior to the original April 7th race date, blessedly warm sunshine greeted the competitors for the much-anticipated re-run of an event that original took place in 1946 and 1947! So
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Huge off-road collection on offer
Bonhams have announced the sale of the Sant Hilari Collection on Saturday, April 27, as part of their two-day Spring Stafford Sale (April 27/28), at The International Classic MotorCycle Show. The entire collection will be
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Quite how, exactly, do you do that?
Though school, academia and conventional studying weren’t my forte, I was lucky-enough to grow up in the countryside where the emphasis seems to be on fixing, well, all kinds of stuff. My parents saw
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THE VIC STORY – THE VICTORIA BIKERS PUB
People that don’t really know us may consider a bikers pub to be the last place on earth they would want to visit, or do business with, but bikers and visitors to The Vic come
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10% off YSS shocks in July!
Now this is a shock offer! YSS is offering 10% off their brilliant shock absorbers until July 15th. YSS is the world’s largest producer of aftermarket shock absorbers for motorcycles. These are made in-house to
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2018 Wemoto Festival of Jurby Merchandise
Wemoto has expanded its range of Festival of Jurby Merchandise in a bid to raise more for the Manx Grand Prix Supporters’ Club’s injured riders and helicopter fund. Over the past three years, Wemoto has
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Life is like a box of chocolates…
This month has disappeared in a melee of riding. The shows and meets are in full swing and feature bikes are everywhere. In no particular order, I’ve ridden a BSA A10 (lovely, everyday bike with
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ASG identified
ASG identified 1 Dear CR, Please find enclosed a letter and a picture I received from Andreas Georgeades in 1972. It will give you the identification of the bike Mark Kulczyk saw in 1973. The exhaust
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500 ways to go
Speaking with Jan De Vos, the man behind the Redfox Grinta Ducati machine which you may have noticed on the cover of this issue of Classic Racer, something became very apparent. Jan, as with a
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Geoff Duke the lost interview
Geoff Duke won six 350cc and 500cc world championships between 1951 and 1955 and six TT races between 1949 and 1955. He was racing’s first true superstar and household name, winning the Sportsman of the
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Red Fox Grinta. A classic Ducati.
Controversy may have surrounded this magnificent-looking motorcycle at the end of last year’s Classic TT, but don’t let that cloud your judgement of this bike. Look at it. It’s immense. Redfox-Grinta is well known in classic
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Finding the formula, 750 style. Part 2
In the previous issue we told you the story of how the 750 class began and evolved into a class that drew big names, big races and big outcomes. Here’s the continuing story of the
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25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show goes up a gear with Terry Rymer
The October Stafford show has a big reputation when it comes to providing special guests and entertainment, but this autumn’s edition is set to beat all records. As is tradition, the 25th Carole Nash Classic
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Classic Bike Trackdays heads to Castle Combe
Since its opening in 1950, some of the most famous names in motor racing have left their tyre tracks around Castle Combe’s challenging tarmac… and now it’s your turn! Taking place across Friday 20th and
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Winning Australia: Old dogs of war lead Australia to victory in the International Challenge at Phillip Island
Words: HAMISH COOPER Photos: RUSSELL COLVIN As the young guns faltered due to mechanical issues, Australia’s grizzled old warhorses stepped up to hold off a determined Team USA and retain the International Challenge trophy. Steve
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Alternative thinking
It’s amazing how often chance plays a part in this magazine world, at least when it comes to inspiration for features. What I mean by that is a chance comment by someone at an event
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Our survey said?
Surveys are not a new thing, though with the advent of the internet they became easier to present to us and equally as easy for us to ignore. It seems no matter what we do,
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Making it Faster II
Regular Classic Racer contributor and self-confessed petrolhead Norm DeWitt, has completed his book Making it Faster II and it’s available to purchase now. Although it majors on four-wheel sport, the 541-page publication is a
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TT 2018: Great British Motorcycles stamp collection celebrates the Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man Post Office has commissioned a set of 12 ground-breaking stamps, featuring TT greats of yesteryear – man and machine alike. The new Great British Motorcycles set celebrates innovation, incorporating both artwork
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Mr Hele, a question
Dear CR Great to see those lovely pictures and words about the ‘Rob North’ BSA Rocket 3 in the last issue. It’s good to see an original bike with genuine 19in wheels, forks and period
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ASTE BOLAFFI’S FIRST CLASSIC CARS AND MOTOR VEHICLES AUCTION ON MAY 23RD AT LA PISTA DI ARESE (MILAN)
Among the highlights there are a 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24s Spider, the Alfa Romeo 8c Pandion 2010, and the Bertone Nuccio 2012 For its first Classic Cars and Motor Vehicles Auction, scheduled for May 23rd at
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War of attrition
Right from the start of the race it was the two fast MVs that got away with seconds in hand over the chasing pack. Indeed, by the end of that first lap it was
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Millyard’s Marvel!
At the recent Carole Nash The Classic Motorcycle Show over the April 21-22 weekend, our contributor Allen Millyard debuted his amazing six-cylinder RC replica – made from two FZR250 motors! This stunning machine’s build is
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Gary Routledge Classic Ride & Show is GO!
The late May Bank Holiday Monday will once again see local bikers gather for the Gary Routledge Ride and Show. This superb annual charity event has become a big feature of the North East motorcycling
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TT back at the Wheatsheaf
Plans are coming together for the return of the TT Riders’ Association fundraising event at the Wheatsheaf, Louth Lincolnshire, on Sunday, July 29. Admission is free, you get the chance to mix with racing
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Get up there grandfather!
This image was taken by The Motorcycle magazine, circa 1927 (ref.B2406) and shows my grandfather Geoffrey Bode, on the left aboard his beloved “Pegasus” giving it all he’d got up the Post Hill climb, Leeds. I
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Deeley: Motorcycle Millionaire
Over a century ago, a bicycle shop on Bromsgrove High Street sowed the seeds which would become Canada’s oldest Harley-Davidson
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New Chairman
Southern 100 Racing’s long-time club and race Secretary, George Peach, has been made Chairman of the organisation. George becomes only the sixth Chairman of the ‘friendly races’ since the event was first run in
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The Honda CR93 The privateer’s ultimate weapon (and my eventually successful search for one)
I swear that a butterfly landing on a leaf would have been heard by all. Then the starter’s flag dropped; there was the patter of feet and the spluttered cacophony of assorted two-stroke engines; but above
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‘Why do we need so many bikes?’
There is an amusing – well the first time you hear it – saying doing the rounds that goes something along these lines: ‘X=Y+1’. If X is the perfect number of bikes, then Y
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Daytona Monument bricks
A packed crowd gathered at the Daytona Monument, which stands adjacent to the old start line for the original Daytona 200 beach race, to witness the placing of the latest memorial bricks during Daytona Bike
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Dave Simmonds (and Kawasaki’s ‘red tank racers’)
Perhaps you have to go further back to the charismatic ‘naked’ US Championship superbikes of Eddie Lawson, David Aldana and Wayne Rainey in the late 1970s and early Eighties or the World Championship winning
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Bristol show – the best in the west
At the 38th Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show held on February 3/4, at the Bath and West Showground, Tony Pashley took home the coveted best in show prize with his award-winning 1934 Model
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Call to arms
Welcome to your latest edition of Classic Racer. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it. By now, you’ve probably noticed the Great Racing Motorcycles DVD on the cover of this magazine. This fine documentary from
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That’s me!
I was so pleased to read the story of the Royal Enfield Interceptor – mine! How happy and pleased can a classic bike owner be, to have an article written about the bike and himself,
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Harley’s 2-stroke star One Year Wonder
The chance to ride the one and only factory Harley-Davidson 500GP racer ever built came on a sunny summer’s day at Pirelli’s Vizzola test track, just half an hour from the lakeside Schiranna factory near
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Check out some of the bikes up for auction!
Here are a few of the bikes up for auction this weekend! See previous story! https://en.millon-belgique.com
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Beautiful bikes at Belgian auction!
A stunning array of vintage, classic and modern classic machinery is part of an exhibition and auction in Belgium this weekend. More than 50 exotic machines help make up the 62 lots in this once-in-a-lifetime
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Check out some of the bikes up for auction!
Here are a few of the bikes up for auction this weekend! See previous story! https://en.millon-belgique.com
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Beautiful bikes at Belgian auction!
A stunning array of vintage, classic and modern classic machinery is part of an exhibition and auction in Belgium this weekend. More than 50 exotic machines help make up the 62 lots in this once-in-a-lifetime
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April Stafford almost upon us
As usual, The Classic MotorCycle Show will bring you a fine selection of everything needed for a weekend of motorcycling indulgence, this year being held over April 21/22. Held at Staffordshire County Showground, you’ll find
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Such cool clothing
Loved the opening paragraph of your report of the Stanhope Classic, but I have to tell you that not everyone wore waxed cotton riding suits ‘back in the day’. As you can see from
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Make a date for Stavros on tour
Steve Parrish has a full season of his entertaining roadshow planned, which kicks off at The Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on April 21. Call 01427 676655 for tickets and more information. Other dates, venues,
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Money is no object
Snow will be what we remember about last month… but the sun was shining on me as I got to ride a brand-new Norvin. The bike was a revelation to me. I suffered from total
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Moto Guzzi: Every Model Since 1921
An extensive list of every single civilian Moto Guzzi model manufactured over the course of nearly a century is going
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George Costain
Home racer George Costain’s main claim to fame was winning the 1954 Senior Manx Grand Prix, making it the first ‘Manx’ double in the September races – his fellow islander Castletown’s Derek Ennett having taken
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Barry Sheene’s first 500cc Grand Prix win
In 1971 he scored three GP wins on the ex-Stuart Graham 125 Suzuki at Spa, Belgium; Anderstorp, Sweden and Imatra, Finland. He’d even won the 50cc GP in Brno, Czechoslovakia, as guest rider for the
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Nobby Clark
After a long and brave battle against illness legendary technician, Nobby Clark has died aged 81. No other mechanic in the history of the sport spanned so many generations and worked with so many legendary
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Gentleman John Hartle… no prima donna
Dear CR Having a lot of time spare around 1966/67, I lived quite close to Mallory Park and a regular at the Wednesday practice was John Hartle. He was making a return to racing after
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Bravo Benly! The Honda CB92 Benly
Scoop resamples Honda’s seminal micro-sports twin: the CB92 Benly.
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