Mortons Archive
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The 1982 250cc World MX championship at Hawkstone Park
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Often overshadowed by the 500cc class, the quarter-litre championship has some close racing and exciting action – never more so than when the 1982 250cc World MX championships headed to Hawkstone Park in Shropshire.
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From the archive: the forgotten Coventry Victor
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Both Coventry Victor, the motorcycle depicted, and Pa Cowley, the pictured rider, seem to have been well known in their day, but now, information is scant.
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From the archive: The travelling motorcycle repair shop
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Mobile service in the southwest of the UK, offered by Plymouth company Chapman’s, is put to work righting a rear tyre ‘issue.’
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Foggy and the Isle of Man TT
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Forget the jungle, British bike hero Carl Fogarty reckons his bravest exploits came at the Isle of Man TT and helped him to his first world titles…
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From the archive: Taking the reins
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This impressive device was something of a star on the Moto Guzzi scene in late 1940s/early 1950s Italy.
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From the archive: When AJS tried to beat the motorcycle speed world record
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Though reportedly it ‘handled like a camel’ and other such unflattering sobriquets, this AJS V-twin would’ve ruled the motorcycle world if it had been down to just good looks.
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John Hartle: The world champion who never was
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John Milton looks back over the career of John Hartle. There are some motorcycle riders who seem destined to be world champions, for whom it can only be a matter of time before those laurels rest upon their head. If championships were decided upon skill, determination and affability, then John Hartle would have won a…
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The history of Cadwell Park Circuit
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Cadwell Park circuit nestles in the south of the Lincolnshire Wolds, climbing from a dip up the side of two of the many crests that create the surrounding rough, sea-like countryside – and is one of the UK’s best racing circuits. The tree-lined circuit is like no other. Most UK racetracks are former airfields like…
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From the archive: Miss Porter and her Sloper
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This intrepid lady rider had visited the site of what was ultimately a flawed attempt at setting a world speed record.
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The life and career of Renzo Pasolini
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Bertie Simmonds looks back at the life and career of Renzo Pasolini (with photography from the Mortons Archive)
