Classic Racer
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Classic Racers: Mick Doohan
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A look at the life and career of five-time consecutive 500 cc World Championships Mick Doohan. Photographs: Nick Nicholls collection at Mortons Archive “That is my bloody traction control mate…” Mick Doohan points to his right wrist, leaving the young journalist asking the question, a tad flustered. It was a relevant question: was Mick using…
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Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage
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Steve Cooper on how to change a humble Honda CB175 into an amazing Honda homage to the likes of Hailwood, Redman et-al!
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Classic Racers: Giacomo Agostini
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Giacomo Agostini – a legend and all-time most successful rider in Grand Prix history. Eight 500cc championships and seven 350cc championships: perhaps his astonishing record will never be surpassed?
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July / August 2024
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Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on. Classic Racer magazine covers everything from tests of historic racing machinery, written by those who rode them, to tales of the heroes who made the sport great. With detailed bike profiles we take you so close to your favourite…
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Ducati TT F2 test ride with Tony Rutter
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Ducati’s Pantah-based V-twins won four World Formula 2 titles in the 1980s. John Nutting tried out the works bikes raced by Tony Rutter in 1984 and charts how they were developed.
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May / June 2024
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Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.
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V4 Victory! The history of the Honda RC30
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In July 1987, Honda finally announced what many had heard already – that they had a new homologation machine for the forthcoming World Superbike Championship that would begin the following year, 1988.
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March / April 2024
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Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.
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January / February 2024
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Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.
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Foggy Petronas FP1: history & what went wrong
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Racing is clearly a matter of timing: it’s how the pecking order is worked out. But it also has a direct effect on whether a machine will be a success or not. The stars often need to align… They didn’t for the gorgeous Foggy Petronas FP1.
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