Dear CR I have a couple of questions that I hope can be answered by somebody with a better memory or better references than me. The first concerns the crash helmet of Fumio Ito during
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500 ways to go
Speaking with Jan De Vos, the man behind the Redfox Grinta Ducati machine which you may have noticed on the cover of this issue of Classic Racer, something became very apparent. Jan, as with a
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ASG identified 1 Dear CR, Please find enclosed a letter and a picture I received from Andreas Georgeades in 1972. It will give you the identification of the bike Mark Kulczyk saw in 1973. The exhaust
Read moreMr Hele, a question
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
Read moreCall to arms
Welcome to your latest edition of Classic Racer. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it. By now, you’ve probably noticed the Great Racing Motorcycles DVD on the cover of this magazine. This fine documentary from
Read moreGentleman John Hartle… no prima donna
Dear CR Having a lot of time spare around 1966/67, I lived quite close to Mallory Park and a regular at the Wednesday practice was John Hartle. He was making a return to racing after
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Years ago I was interviewing the legendary Mick Doohan. At the time, the Aussie was pretty much at the height of his power. Doohan was, outwardly, in command and harshly honest – not only
Read moreOn the G50 Metisse
Dear CR It was nice to see the line drawing of the G50 Metisse in CR 187. The machine as drawn would be 1967 spec onwards. The front forks were 1966/7 and the front and
Read morePassion 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
Read moreMr 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
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