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  • Life is like a box of chocolates…

    Life is like a box of chocolates…

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    This month has disappeared in a melee of riding. The shows and meets are in full swing and feature bikes are everywhere. In no particular order, I’ve ridden a BSA A10 (lovely, everyday bike with

  • ASG identified

    ASG identified

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    ASG identified 1 Dear CR, Please find enclosed a letter and a picture I received from Andreas Georgeades in 1972. It will give you the identification of the bike Mark Kulczyk saw in 1973. The exhaust

  • 500 ways to go

    500 ways to go

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    Speaking with Jan De Vos, the man behind the Redfox Grinta Ducati machine which you may have noticed on the cover of this issue of Classic Racer, something became very apparent. Jan, as with a

  • Welcome

    Welcome

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    It’s official – classic bikes make you feel younger, more attractive and happier… (WARNING – the above statement has no scientific facts behind it but I was told by a bloke down the pub and

  • Our survey said?

    Our survey said?

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    Surveys are not a new thing, though with the advent of the internet they became easier to present to us and equally as easy for us to ignore. It seems no matter what we do,

  • Mr Hele, a question

    Mr Hele, a question

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    Dear CR Great to see those lovely pictures and words about the ‘Rob North’ BSA Rocket 3 in the last issue. It’s good to see an original bike with genuine 19in wheels, forks and period

  • Get up there grandfather!

    Get up there grandfather!

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    This image was taken by The Motorcycle magazine, circa 1927 (ref.B2406) and shows my grandfather Geoffrey Bode, on the left aboard his beloved “Pegasus” giving it all he’d got up the Post Hill climb, Leeds. I

  • ‘Why do we need so many bikes?’

    ‘Why do we need so many bikes?’

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      There is an amusing – well the first time you hear it – saying doing the rounds that goes something along these lines: ‘X=Y+1’. If X is the perfect number of bikes, then Y

  • That’s me!

    That’s me!

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    I was so pleased to read the story of the Royal Enfield Interceptor – mine! How happy and pleased can a classic bike owner be, to have an article written about the bike and himself,

  • Call to arms

    Call to arms

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    Welcome to your latest edition of Classic Racer. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it. By now, you’ve probably noticed the Great Racing Motorcycles DVD on the cover of this magazine. This fine documentary from

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