Sam Hewitt
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Passion fruit
Recently, I found myself sitting with cleverer people talking about motorcycle racing. Yes, I quite agree – finding people cleverer about racing than me is not exactly the world’s toughest task – the average empty oil can is able to give me a good run for my money, but these people were particularly fascinating because…
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January/February 2018
From the archive Three amazing photographs from the Classic Racer archive, each capturing a heady slice of action from the golden days of racing past. Readers Write Great suggestions on bikes to feature, points raised that needed raising and a TT letter that is well worth reading – it’s been a busy time for the postman.…
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YZR500 The OW60 family line
Yamaha’s RD56 factory racer which took Phil Read to the 1964 250cc World title really did use a disc-valve motor which profited from MZ technology – purloined by Suzuki from the DDR’s MZ, by enabling its rider-engineer colleague Ernst Degner to defect to the West in 1961 – that tech was widely shared and with…
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French sale
There’s a fabulous, eclectic range of machines on offer at Osenat’s sale, at the Salon Moto Legende in Paris, on Saturday, November 25. Ranging from a host of engines – mainly from French machines – through to barn find motorcycles, restored lightweights and having a pair of Vincent Black Shadows as its marquee lots, there’s…
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Classic Racer November/December 188
From the archive This month we have three stunning images from the world of Classic Racer, two of which are from deep within our huge archive and the third having a much more recent flavour to it (but it’s still very much on topic). Readers Write Another passage of time passes us by and some…
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Mr Springsteen
Dear CR Thanks for another great issue of Classic Racer. Your article on Jay Springsteen was awesome… but you failed to mention that #9 still road races! He’s been riding an XR at the Barber Vintage festival for the last few years and does really well. It’s easy to see why he’s accumulated so many…
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Feisty talk
Dear CR What an excellent letter from Gordon Chatterton (Classic Racer issue 187). It really sums up the current state of play, particularly with regard to the TT races. No longer the domain of the professional rider competing for world championship points as in the past, the event is now given over to various local entrants…
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Perspective, perspective
A pretty big chunk of my little downtime these past few weeks has been spent watching some amazing races via my Duke DVD collection. And whilst I’m watching the thrills and spills of childhood heroes like Anton Mang, Ruggia, Spencer, Gardner et al, I find myself questioning what we’ve lost in terms of the modern…
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ÁNGEL NIETO 1947-2017
Spain’s 13-time world champion and so-called ‘king of the tiddlers’ Ángel Nieto passed away on August 3, from head injuries sustained in a road traffic accident a week earlier. This saw him thrown off a quad bike he was riding on the holiday island of Ibiza, where he’d lived for many years. He was hit…
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Colin Edwards Snr
Colin Edwards Snr, 72, of Montgomery, Texas, passed away on September 18, 2017. He was born on September 12, 1945 in Sydney, Australia. Colin, first and foremost a proud dad and grandpa who loved being close to his family, travelled the world in his early years, living life to the full while working in the…
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