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Remembering old racers
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When I read your excellent article about Rob Fitton in the June 2019 edition of The Classic MotorCycle, it took me back to Easter 1954. Then, I was a 14-year-old schoolboy living in Brigg, north
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EDITOR WELCOME: August 2019
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For the last four weekends, I’ve managed to get out on a vintage pre-1931 motorcycle, which is pretty pleasing. And I’ve only got soaked about 10 times… The weekend just gone, as I write, was
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Made in Japan: Yamaha DS6
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Fifty years ago, Yamaha took one final roll of the dice with an engine design that had been part and parcel of their line-up since their very first twin had appeared back in 1959. Steve
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Countdown to Castle Combe trackdays!
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It’s just under two weeks to go before Classic Bike Trackdays, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics and the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club head to Wiltshire’s stunning Castle Combe!
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More on the Roberts clan plus
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Dear CR The Roberts boys were involved in motorcycling from a young age, and Kenny senior took them to various northern California events, just to meet some of the motorcycling greats of that time. Dick
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Poetic licence
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I’m enclosing a little poem I wrote about a project I’ve recently completed. I’ve been restoring Triumphs for quite a number of years now and I have to admit, believe me, this was some project.
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RIIIING… Ding… Ding… Ding…
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YEAR: You tell us // LOCATION: Where do you reckon? We will start you off with Ago next to Read but after that, it’s over to you. Yes, it’s another in our long line of
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Colin Clark’s Cadwell continues
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Thanks again to Dennis Prosser in helping to identify riders from Colin Clark’s images from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s. I will include any details that Colin may have added to these pictures, but
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All Time Record For Bonhams at Star Studded Stafford
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Words: Leanne Mandall Photographs: Gary Chapman Star names, a bike ridden by one of the most famous riders in history and a record near-£4 million auction all contributed to a smash hit Stafford show this
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60 years ago
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An anniversary that seems to have been forgotten is Roy Peplow’s win in the 1959 SSDT, the first win of such a major event for a lightweight motorcycle. The accepted wisdom of the time said
