Where Legends Live On
by
Sam Hewitt
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The Yamaha XS650 powerplant, bored out to 750cc, has been raced solo for some time in CRMC events and is
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Due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic, Mortons Events have had to postpone the International Dirt Bike Show
Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on. Classic Racer
The damage caused to the racing calendar by Covid-19 continues, with one of the latest victims as we closed for
Giacomo Agostini celebrates his 78th birthday today (June 16) so there’s no better time to reflect on the Italian’s illustrious
All American Champion Bubba Shobert was following the established American path to the World Championship. A three time AMA flat
In the early 1970s, 500cc Grand Prix racing was boring in the extreme, usually consisting of a cruise to the chequered flag by Giacomo Agostini and the MV Agusta ahead of a field of outdated British singles.
In 1971 he scored three GP wins on the ex-Stuart Graham 125 Suzuki at Spa, Belgium; Anderstorp, Sweden and Imatra,
‘The fastest teenager on earth.’ That was how the press described Michael Hailwood in 1959.
This is John Surtees in 1960, en route to winning the Senior TT. His MV Agusta was easily the fastest
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