Bertie Simmonds

  • Classic Racers: Giacomo Agostini

    Classic Racers: Giacomo Agostini

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    Giacomo Agostini – a legend and all-time most successful rider in Grand Prix history. Eight 500cc championships and seven 350cc championships: perhaps his astonishing record will never be surpassed?

  • The life and career of Geoff Duke

    The life and career of Geoff Duke

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    Geoff Duke is – for many – the definitive motorcycle racer. He was the first to really go beyond the boundary of being a ‘mere’ racer, becoming a household name.

  • V4 Victory! The history of the Honda RC30

    V4 Victory! The history of the Honda RC30

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    In July 1987, Honda finally announced what many had heard already – that they had a new homologation machine for the forthcoming World Superbike Championship that would begin the following year, 1988.

  • Suzuki RGV500: THE race replica

    Suzuki RGV500: THE race replica

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    If one bike can almost sum up the race-replica paint job craze, it has to be Suzuki’s RGV500…

  • Classic versus Modern Kawasaki Z650/Z650RS

    Classic versus Modern Kawasaki Z650/Z650RS

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    These two may look alike, but do they supply the same emotions? It’s a battle of the classic four-cylinder Kawasaki Z650 versus it’s twin-cylinder doppelgänger – the modern Z650RS ‘retro’. Game on!

  • Foggy Petronas FP1: history & what went wrong

    Foggy Petronas FP1: history & what went wrong

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    Racing is clearly a matter of timing: it’s how the pecking order is worked out. But it also has a direct effect on whether a machine will be a success or not. The stars often need to align… They didn’t for the gorgeous Foggy Petronas FP1.

  • The life and career of Renzo Pasolini

    The life and career of Renzo Pasolini

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    Bertie Simmonds looks back at the life and career of Renzo Pasolini (with photography from the Mortons Archive)

  • From the archive: Hodgson’s choice

    From the archive: Hodgson’s choice

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    Two decades ago, Neil Hodgson became the UK’s second World Superbike Champion.

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