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  • A reply from Pete Crawford

    A reply from Pete Crawford

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    Dear Dick I’m so glad that you enjoyed the recent Ray Knight and Mick Boddice pieces. I’ve always had a soft spot for the chairs and production racers. They never quite commanded the same status

  • Stand aid

    Stand aid

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    I’ve read in OBM, and other mags, plaintive messages from older riders who are selling bikes because of difficulty with machine weight, especially when lifting on to centre stands. One method suggested by Tony Groves

  • SEPTEMBER ISSUE OUT NOW!

    SEPTEMBER ISSUE OUT NOW!

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    Suzuki GS750! Aprilia Moto 6.5 Ridden! Puch VZ50! This month’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine has got the lot!

  • Place correction

    Place correction

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    With regards to the Louie McLean article in the August 2019 issue and the statement that her husband George “went on to run a motorcycle dealership in Perthshire”. George McLean’s business was in Dundee and

  • Webster stars at Stafford

    Webster stars at Stafford

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    Steve Webster, the most successful sidecar racer of all time, will be guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October. He always attracted a large audience during his racing days,

  • Rider identification

    Rider identification

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    I have just opened my copy of the July mag and noticed that on page 28 you have named the rider on the sidecar as possibly being Bruce Main-Smith. I can say that the rider

  • More on Meier

    More on Meier

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    With reference to Herman Meier, as featured in You Were Asking in the TCM of August 2019, I met Herman several times. The pictured bike was ridden in sprints by John Kimberley, and I suggest

  • It’s… and… with…

    It’s… and… with…

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    Dear CR Yet another great mag (#198 July/August) and the where and when picture did indeed get me thinking, so many cross issues to note. To start, the two Nortons made me think 1973 but

  • TJ Wassell

    TJ Wassell

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    Keen to discover whether the heart of England’s motorcycle industry still has plenty to offer, Dave Manning heads to the West Midlands, and finds lots of true British industry. While there are those who bemoan

  • DAMMIT

    DAMMIT

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    YEAR: 1978 // LOCATION: Brands Hatch There comes a moment in every racer’s life when he’s sure he’s passed the slippery stuff – when he’s seen the obstacle in front of him, identified the course

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