A modern slant on classic racing. The legendary bikes and the courageous, talented heroes that mattered then and still matter now.
From the first round, Le Mans in France, Villa made his intensions known, taking the chequered linen first, ahead of his Harley-Davidson team-mate Gianfranco Bonera. Villa continued where he left off when the Continental Circus
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In a memorable day’s racing Cadwell Park got its first sight and sound of Jim Redman and the factory Honda four, who unsurprisingly dominated the 250cc race, romping home 43 seconds ahead of NSU mounted
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While the large Dutch contingent in the 100,000 crowd went wild as their hero stormed to victory, with a 16 second lead over the American, Hartog’s Suzuki team-mate, Barry Sheene, was less pleased. Drafted in
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Honda RC181 race replica But even on the reps that fall into the good or less category it’s relatively easy to make them sound a little like the original thing, with four open meggas, but
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Manxman Conor Cummins BW: So how did the ride come about? CC: Paul Phillips – the TT and motorsport development manager – made it happen. He knew how keen I was to race a classic
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From the start of the programme opener it was Gary Hocking (MV), A Gandossi (MZ), Carlo Ubbiali (MV), and Tom Phillis (Honda), who circulated the Dundrod circuit as one. Phillis was the first to break,
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HB Suzuki RG500/XR45 Tony Salt has been around racing a long time. For many, especially the riders who enjoyed his friendly ‘can do’ approach to tyre support, he is best remembered for the predominately Michelin
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Taking full advantage of the presence of the FIM timekeepers, over in the US for the Grand Prix, Mike eventually persuaded MV, which was initially reluctant to risk the machine, to go for the six-year-old
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The famous pair’s streamlined outfit Our delve in to the archive this month shows the futuristic streamliner that the duo wheeled out for the first time, pictured left, in practice at Spa Francorchamps during their
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Yamaha XS2 racer In the autumn of 2002 Richard Cheetham, having celebrated victory in the CRMC’s Honda UK sponsored 350cc twins Championship, on his Honda, was looking round for a new challenge. The Sheffield-based electrical
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