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  • Geoff Duke the lost interview

    Geoff Duke the lost interview

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Geoff Duke won six 350cc and 500cc world championships between 1951 and 1955 and six TT races between 1949 and 1955. He was racing’s first true superstar and household name, winning the Sportsman of the Year award in 1951 (the forerunner of today’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year), and becoming an OBE in 1953.…

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  • TT 2018: Great British Motorcycles stamp collection celebrates the Isle of Man TT

    TT 2018: Great British Motorcycles stamp collection celebrates the Isle of Man TT

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Isle of Man Post Office has commissioned a set of 12 ground-breaking stamps, featuring TT greats of yesteryear – man and machine alike. The new Great British Motorcycles set celebrates innovation, incorporating both artwork and classic archive images for the Isle of Man Post Office collection. Harold Daniell, who raced the Manx Norton Single…

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  • Making it Faster II

    Making it Faster II

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Regular Classic Racer contributor and self-confessed petrolhead Norm DeWitt, has completed his book Making it Faster II and it’s available to purchase now. Although it majors on four-wheel sport, the 541-page publication is a great read for anyone interested in speed sport. You can track down a copy from the ISBN 9781948201001. Read more…

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  • Mr Hele, a question

    Mr Hele, a question

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Dear CR Great to see those lovely pictures and words about the ‘Rob North’ BSA Rocket 3 in the last issue. It’s good to see an original bike with genuine 19in wheels, forks and period Dunlop tyres. The part that interests me is that it was always said that the T150 was made by adding…

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  • CRMC News

    CRMC News

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Donington Classic Motorcycle Festival The future of the display bike parade at Donington Park Motorcycle Festival has been assured by MSV, the new leaseholder of Donington Park. However, the Paddock Suite, previously used to exhibit the display bikes, has been transformed into a new restaurant leaving the display in need of a new home.…

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  • War of attrition

    War of attrition

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Right from the start of the race it was the two fast MVs that got away with seconds in hand over the chasing pack. Indeed, by the end of that first lap it was the Italian Gianfranco Bonera and our own Phil Read who were both making serious headway from the chasing pack of…

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  • TT back at the Wheatsheaf

    TT back at the Wheatsheaf

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Plans are coming together for the return of the TT Riders’ Association fundraising event at the Wheatsheaf, Louth Lincolnshire, on Sunday, July 29. Admission is free, you get the chance to mix with racing legends, see the most exotic race bikes up close, win great prizes in the raffle and bid for amazing memorabilia…

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  • New Chairman

    New Chairman

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Southern 100 Racing’s long-time club and race Secretary, George Peach, has been made Chairman of the organisation. George becomes only the sixth Chairman of the ‘friendly races’ since the event was first run in 1955. George will continue as Race Secretary for the three road race meetings the club organises annually on the Colas…

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  • The Honda CR93 The privateer’s ultimate weapon (and my eventually successful search for one)

    The Honda CR93 The privateer’s ultimate weapon (and my eventually successful search for one)

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I swear that a butterfly landing on a leaf would have been heard by all. Then the starter’s flag dropped; there was the patter of feet and the spluttered cacophony of assorted two-stroke engines; but above it all was the booming howl of the small collection of Honda CR93s that resonated off the surrounding low hills…

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  • Daytona Monument bricks

    Daytona Monument bricks

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A packed crowd gathered at the Daytona Monument, which stands adjacent to the old start line for the original Daytona 200 beach race, to witness the placing of the latest memorial bricks during Daytona Bike Week. Pictured are Dick Klamfoth, three times a Daytona 200 winner, the original instigator of the Daytona Monument, and Daytona…

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