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A Flying Finn in France
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FROM THE ARCHIVES After Chas Mortimer gave Yamaha its first 500cc class win at the last Grand Prix of 1972, riding a 350 twin, the 1973 season marked a new dawn for the Japanese factory
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John Surtees tribute: En route to world titles
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The world in his hand – world champion at just 22 – and then came the immovable Count. To temporarily leap forward to the end of the 1955 season is to glimpse at just how
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One… last… push…
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Words and pictures by: Mark McCloskey The recent Phillip Island International Classic saw an impressive and enthusiastic contingent of Irish riders make the long journey down and back. Among them was Sean Henry, no stranger
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The Mike Pero sponsored Southern Classic: Levels International Raceway – Timaru, New Zealand
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To set the scene, just a little background to the event and the geography of New Zealand… Timaru is in the South Island that covers an area twice that of England. Total population is just
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Southern 100 Life Member
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John Byrne, who joined the committee of the then Southern Motorcycle Club in 1970 and transferred to the newly formed Southern 100 Motorcycle Racing Club in 1981, has been made a life member of the
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Des Collins: A Personal Tribute
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Des Collins put more in to road racing in the Island than most people are aware of. In a wonderful, personal tribute, Ronnie Russell paints a picture of an exceptional man… I first met Des
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Vee time too
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ALL OF A SUDDEN – and it always somehow comes as a complete surprise – the clocks spring forward and winter’s gone. You can perform physics as well as I can, and we both know
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1976 Suzuki GT550
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Q: The headlamp bowl was rusty and my mate gave me a new chrome one. Foolisly, I accepted and removed the headlamp in order to replace it. As you may know, in the shell there
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Five minute fix – Throttle tubes
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Little spoils a bike like a graunching throttle. Cables are obvious and easy to lubricate but throttle tubes regularly get ignored. Whether it’s the conventional barrel type or early Japanese straight pull/scroll type the same
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Suzuki VL800 Volusia
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Q: My cruiser has recently developed an intermittent engine rattle, on tick-over the engine is okay, it seems to occur as I ride in top gear about 40-50mph, and as I lightly accelerate through the
