With lockdown restrictions easing slightly in UK, this is perhaps a time to reflect on the past months, and look forward to what a world could look like once the COVID-19 pandemic has gone, if
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Chadwick and ‘Privat’ MVs
Dear CR I enjoyed issue 202 as much as ever. It was good to read the piece on Dave Chadwick. I knew him well and attended his funeral at Northenden. I understood his accident occurred
Read moreNormous Newark Autojumble to go ahead on August 16
THE biggest and best regular Autojumble in the UK is back with bang… but we’ll be making a few changes to keep you safe. How to get your tickets (safely). Buy your ticket in advance
Read moreClassic Racer Machines: Thierry Rapicault TZ250 – That’s a Works Bike!
Words: John Parnham Photographs: John Parnham Collection and Joe Dick – www.mortonsarchive.com Every racing motorcycle has a story to tell, but a chance encounter with Carlos Lavado revealed that this TZ may have a more
Read moreMoreBikes relaunches with brand new website!
Bringing together the best of Fast Bikes, Motorcycle Sport and Leisure, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics and Back Street Heroes – MoreBikes.co.uk is about to get bigger and better than ever before. Motorbikes are awesome. And so
Read moreNational Motorcycle Museum LIVE 2020 postponed
The National Motorcycle Museum has announced that their Museum LIVE event is postponed until October 2021. The event was due to take place on Saturday 31 October 2020, but issues revolving around social distancing requirements
Read moreRutter Remembered
Dear CR I was very sad to hear about Tony Rutter’s death, as reported in issue 203. I once remember seeing him come off his bike going into Knickerbrook at Oulton Park when it was
Read moreThrowback: John Surtees at the BBC
Back in August 1957, John Surtees took viewers for a ride when the BBC’s television programme, ‘Let’s go motor cycling’, filmed a lap of Oulton Park with the World Champion. That June, John had come
Read moreclassic racer machines: Kawasaki KR250 – 350: Developing The Tandem Twins
All fans of the ‘light and lean, green and mean’ Kawasaki tandem twins, that finally overcame Yamaha’s domination of the World 250 and 350cc Championships in the 1970s, are aware that these lithe little machines,
Read moreHappy memories
Dear CR Thank you for publishing the photo of Bryan Rust and I on the KGB Imp, in issue 201, it brought back many happy memories of Snetterton’s Race of Aces in 1973. This was
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