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Fifty years ago, Yamaha took one final roll of the dice with an engine design that had been part and parcel of their line-up since their very first twin had appeared back in 1959. Steve

YEAR: You tell us // LOCATION: Where do you reckon? We will start you off with Ago next to Read but after that, it’s over to you. Yes, it’s another in our long line of

We continue our series where the editor dishes out the orders as to what you should have in your shed… which should be pretty full by now if you’ve taken our advice! Words and pics:

YEAR: 1961 // One has the line, the other wants it more. Jim Redman and Tom Phillis ring the necks of their 298cc Honda 4s in 1961, shoulder-to-shoulder in the Race of the Year. For

With this year seeing the second running of this unique event at Lincolnshire’s Cadwell Park, the weekend of June 22-23 also marks the 70th anniversary of the FIM World Sidecar Championship, which is the longest

Just like buses, you wait for ages then two turn up together.

When building a Pre-65 trials bike, a Velocetteengine perhaps isn’t thefirst which springs tomind as a starting point. Words and pics: Tim Britton Anyone who has ridden at or been to either the Pre-65 Scottish

In the first of a series, we look at the best classic clubs in the country. First up, those cool cats with cool Kats (and other bikes) of Air Cooled Suzuki. I was in the

With the July issue of CMM seeing a test of the rare RZV500R, Phil Jason asks about the relevance of imports and why two-strokes are going up in value. Is the Japanese-market RZV500R – and

Words: Chris Pereira Photographs: Mortons Media Archive and Chris Pereira Originally an agricultural engineer from Haynes in Bedfordshire, tall and good-looking and the epitome of the modern gladiator, Bob started racing at Cadwell Park in