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Stunning off-road machines confirmed for Classic Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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17th January 2020

A stunning line-up of classic off-road machines has been confirmed for the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks next month.
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Stunning off-road machines confirmed for Classic Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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17th January 2020

A stunning line-up of classic off-road machines has been confirmed for the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks next month.
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Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.
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From the archive: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

A total of 650 riders competed at the ADAC-Sachsenring-Classic in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in former East Germany. Thousands of spectators came to see the stars during the three-day event like in the old days before the iron wall was demolished. Words and photographs: Jan Burgers. The paddocks and pits were loaded with exotic bikes, the oldest being…
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Stafford Success

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

Despite the best the weather could throw at it, making parking a nightmare for the organisers, The Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics show was pronounced a success by visitors and traders alike. The Classic Racer Grand Prix Paddock proved as popular as ever, especially with guest of honour sidecar star Steve Webster. Fellow star guest…
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Goodbye Percy tait

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Sam Hewitt

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13th January 2020

Motorcycle sport lost a true legend when Percy Tait passed away on November 17, aged 90. Percy will be best remembered for the part he played in the success of Triumph in racing and also the development work he did on the company’s road machines. Percy joined Triumph aged 21 and soon progressed to the…
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Motorcycling legend Colin Seeley has sadly died

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2020

Motorcycle racing and manufacturing legend Colin Seeley has died at the age of 84. It is understood he had been unwell for some time.
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Italian legends arrive in E-Book range

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2020

Three genuine icons of Italian motorcycle racing comprise the latest release of new titles in the catalogue of The Motorcycle Files, the range of e-books written by Classic Racer’s Alan Cathcart. They are the legendary Moto Guzzi V8, the Bicilindrica V-Twin from the same factory and the four-cylinder 350 that was the final grand prix…
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What’s inside the latest issue?

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Sam Hewitt

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8th January 2020

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. And in our new issue, get the legendary Classic Racer 2020 Calendar!
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From the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015

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Sam Hewitt

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7th January 2020

An emotional Jamie Coward paid tribute to Ted Woolf and the people who had stood by him after a shattered lower left leg ruled him out for much of 2014. John Watterson shares his story and all the others around the Pre TT Classic. Jamie Coward returned to road racing at the Pre-TT Classic in…
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