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  • Bespoke insurance from the classic specialists

    Bespoke insurance from the classic specialists

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    When you buy a classic motorcycle – whether it’s a minty fresh white 1980 Yamaha RD250LC or a seen-better-days Honda FireBlade in the timeless red, white and blue livery – choosing the right insurer is

  • Inspired by the Saints

    Inspired by the Saints

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    I do not usually get to see The Classic MotorCycle, but a member of my congregation has donated me a copy of your April edition. The reason being that although I am now a Methodist

  • Help needed!

    Help needed!

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    Dear CR I just bought this bike, but I do not know his story, can you help me? It has a Yamaha TD1C engine, Rickman front fork, gas tank, seat and fairing Rickman product. The

  • All-round fast

    All-round fast

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    Steve Wise was the greatest all-round rider in US motorcycle racing. Across 11 seasons (73-83), Steve won AMA Motocross and Supercross races, stood on the podium of the Daytona 200 with Roberts and Lawson, won

  • Rivalries

    Rivalries

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    In the second excerpt from his book: Moto GP a photographic celebration, Phil Wain concentrates on those brutal rivalries that pushed past the politeness of the sport and accelerated it to another level. KEVIN SCHWANTZ

  • Sheene and the Suzuki RG500

    Sheene and the Suzuki RG500

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    Certain bike-and-rider combinations seem made for each other, to the point where it’s hard to mention one without thinking of the other. Carl Fogarty and the Ducati 916; Mick Doohan and the Honda NSR500; Valentino

  • The magic mountain of Oz

    The magic mountain of Oz

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    What made Bathurst’s Easter races the most important motorcycle destination in Australia? In a two-part series, writer HAMISH COOPER and photographer PHIL AYNSLEY go back to the Seventies and Eighties to find out. An unlikely

  • Klaus Enders – May 1937- Jan 2019

    Klaus Enders – May 1937- Jan 2019

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    Photo: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive Born on May 2, 1937 in Wetzlar, Germany, Klaus started his racing career in 1960, in the 500cc solo as well as in the sidecar class. In 1963

  • Southern control tower takes shape

    Southern control tower takes shape

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    After a short hiatus, building work on the new Southern 100 race control has restarted with the fitting of the external cladding prior to the windows being fitted and the building being made watertight in

  • MORE THAN 400 MOTORCYCLES TO BE OFFERED AT BONHAMS’ TWO-DAY STAFFORD SALE

    MORE THAN 400 MOTORCYCLES TO BE OFFERED AT BONHAMS’ TWO-DAY STAFFORD SALE

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    Bonhams biggest motorcycle auction to date April 27-28.

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