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ENDLESS SUMMER: A Month of Racing in the Isle of Man – 1966

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27th April 2016

And it was much more so way back in 1966 too. Speculation was that TT 1966 promised to be a memorable one, and Motor Cycling’s headline in May proclaimed, ‘TT Week Attracts a Record 499 Entries. All classes had record entries, with the six-lap Junior race boasting 114. Read more in the May/June edition of…
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Huge NMM effort brings Classic TT paddock alive

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2nd November 2015

Everyone involved in the National Motorcycle Museum’s brilliant ‘Norton – The Rotary Years’ parade lap poses with the machines that took part. Visitors described the huge pop-up museum display as the best ever seen in a TT paddock, with a Norton racing machine to represent every decade from the 1900s to the 1990s. As if…
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Doing the Double: Freddie Spencer's story

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2nd June 2015

Erv Kanemoto looks tense during a Daytona pit stop. During that 1983 season, it became clear we were limited on how much further Honda could take the three-cylinder. We’d suspected that the Yamaha would be strong. When Barry Sheene got on it and had them put the engine further back that’s what immediately made it…
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Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

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2nd June 2015

The youthful duo of Jock Taylor and Lewis Ward regularly made the long trek south to take on the best English sidecar men. Fergus Anderson won the solo 350cc world title in both 1953 and 54, riding a factory Moto Guzzi. He lost his life at an international meeting at Floreffe, Belgium, in May 1956…
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Golden era for 'The Southern'

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2nd June 2015

Derek Ennett – winner of the first 350cc race in 1955. As a result of a double win at the Manx, the club members decided there should be a race in the south of the Island and to hold a meeting on what was to become known as the Billown circuit. In the early 1950s,…
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Mick Grant on the Honda NR500

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2nd June 2015

Mick Grant during qualifying for the ill-fated Silverstone outing. Despite the disappointment Grant says he ‘wouldn’t have missed the experience for the world’. Grant had already decided that, after years in green, it was time for something different – and the Yorkshireman would certainly find out what different meant in Honda’s book. “Gerald said that…
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Anglesey to host Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival

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25th March 2015

The Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival, May 30-31 With Anglesey being known as the Phillip Island of the northern hemisphere, you’ll know what to expect: a swooping track set against a stunning backdrop. Editor Bertie Simmonds will be there for the whole weekend, as will Andy Bolas and many members of the VJMC – along with…
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No Mileage Norton Commando for sale!

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28th December 2014

What price an unused Commando? The final batch of 25 bikes was released in 1977-78, but a tiny number of twins entered circulation even after then. The last officially documented new Commando was sold by Andover Norton for £2300 an entire five years after production ceased – presented to its new owner at a special…
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Norton to be key feature at Classic TT

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2nd December 2014

Rem Fowler’s TT winning bike from 1907 will be returning to the Isle of Man as part of a unique pop up museum, that will also feature the greatest collection of factory Rotary Nortons ever seen on the Isle of Man, courtesy of the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Among the 18 on display, will…
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Classic Racer Jan-Feb on sale now!

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27th November 2014

New issue’s out! CLASSIC RACER REGULARS • Editor's intro Malc sets the scene • Archive Shot Feelings run high • Paddock Gossip Classic news • Readers Write You have your say CLASSIC RACER HISTORY • TT boycott The real story CLASSIC RACER MACHINES • Ogier Laverda Fast Orange CLASSIC RACER EVENTS • Classic Mechanics Show…
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