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Gene Romero excelled in every aspect of motorcycle racing across a long and successful career. And he was known as ‘Burrito’. Gene Romero had an unlikely start for a motorcycle racing legend, having spent four

Build a bike for a world champ to ride? No pressure then… Words Tim Britton Pics Tim Britton, Fiona Watson and Martin Mathews Building a motorcycle which will be used by a former world champion,

This mythical shed is getting quite full, but there is always room for one more motorcycle in there and when it’s as good as this JAP then room would be made anyway. Words and Pics:

Scorned, derided and cold-shouldered at the time, but why? Steve Cooper samples Honda’s flat-track styled FT500 from the early 1980s. Honda’s brave attempt at getting on the big thumper bandwagon was, arguably, always doomed to

Words: Norm DeWitt Photos: Norm DeWitt and Don Morley archive Watching the racing in his native Imola, Gresini was drawn to the sport, especially the famous F750 races held there, featuring his hero, Marco Lucchinelli.

Many dads and lads ride the ‘Scottish’ but only onedad and lad duo have won it. Words and pics: Tim Britton As the suspense mounted in the hall of the Leven Centre on Saturday evening

Words: John Nutting Photography: Gary D Chapman, John Nutting Every month our sister title Classic Motorcycle Mechanics features brilliant bikes like this one – Yamaha’s 500cc V4 two-stroke. You want more loveliness like this piece

If there’s one thing that classic motorcycling canteach us, it’s that the passage of time does not always equate with developments and improvements, as Chris Coote tells us. I own a 60-year-old Venom, which I

Any of us who have been around motorcycles for any period of time will have some tales to tell of our fellow riders, and Ralph Ridley is certainly no exception… One of the benefits of

Pete Kelly raids the Mortons’ Archive once again to discover how the weekly motorcycling press reacted to a brace of 250cc Japanese twins in the early 1960s – Honda’s overhead-camshaft C72 Dream in 1961 and