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  • Ducati – Two Wheel Classics

    Ducati – Two Wheel Classics

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    A lightweight aluminium swing arm, in box section material and braced with honeycomb alloy is available to fit both TT1 and 2. The rear wheel adjusters are also made from aluminium. The swing arm costs £650 and the adjusters £180. 88mm (750cc) have been very hard to find, but no more, Jim can offer Omega…

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  • We ride the Mountain!

    We ride the Mountain!

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    It's the first thing you forget about racing on the TT Mountain Course, sometimes it rains! Which of course is what it did the moment Kiwi ace Graeme Crosby and me were directed to the start line for our ride on the best 37.73 miles of tarmac in the world. And then it poured down.…

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  • Assen Centennial revisited – Following Freddie Spencer

    Assen Centennial revisited – Following Freddie Spencer

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    The tricky conditions favour bikes like my old Seeley G50, which is much easier to ride in the wet than GP two-strokes, as you can see as we follow Freddie out of the Assen paddock and on to the streaming track. Sadly, just as it was getting interesting the battery died on my recorder. Probably…

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  • Bikers' Classics – Part 2

    Bikers' Classics – Part 2

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    In the Saturday warm-up out man, aboard his own Seeley G50, gets to ride with French fast lady Sophie Smith, aboard a mighty Rob North Triumph Trident. And in the GP2 parade he starts from the eighth row of the grid, before enjoying a good battle with an unknown Yamaha rider.

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  • Bikers' Classics – Part 1

    Bikers' Classics – Part 1

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    Classic Racer editor Malc Wheeler gets to share track time with the racing legends at the picturesque Spa Francorchamps circuit at the Bikers Classic meeting.

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