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Foggy’s first World Superbike championship, 30 years on

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Bertie Simmonds

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9th October 2024

It’s three decades since Carl Fogarty became World Superbike champion for the first time.
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Classic Racers: Jimmy Aird

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Bertie Simmonds

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20th September 2024

What can be said about hard-as-nails Jim ‘Jimmy’ Aird, legendary off-roader, Scottish champion and proprietor of SCOTT Leathers?
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Foggy and the Isle of Man TT

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Alex Bestwick

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12th September 2024

Forget the jungle, British bike hero Carl Fogarty reckons his bravest exploits came at the Isle of Man TT and helped him to his first world titles…
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Classic Racers: Mick Doohan

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Bertie Simmonds

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5th August 2024

A look at the life and career of five-time consecutive 500 cc World Championships Mick Doohan. Photographs: Nick Nicholls collection at Mortons Archive “That is my bloody traction control mate…” Mick Doohan points to his right wrist, leaving the young journalist asking the question, a tad flustered. It was a relevant question: was Mick using…
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Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage

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Steve Cooper

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10th July 2024

Steve Cooper on how to change a humble Honda CB175 into an amazing Honda homage to the likes of Hailwood, Redman et-al!
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Classic Racers: Giacomo Agostini

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Bertie Simmonds

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24th June 2024

Giacomo Agostini – a legend and all-time most successful rider in Grand Prix history. Eight 500cc championships and seven 350cc championships: perhaps his astonishing record will never be surpassed?
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Living in a Biker’s Paradise

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Web Editor

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24th May 2024

This Sunday saw the 10th annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride get underway. Started originally in Sydney in 2012, this charity event has swelled to over 900 events worldwide. It also marked the 10th anniversary of the Derbyshire DGR, a route which takes in Matlock Bath. This is a Peak District-based biker’s paradise. It’s a most-famous ‘Mecca’…
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Ducati TT F2 test ride with Tony Rutter

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John Nutting

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16th April 2024

Ducati’s Pantah-based V-twins won four World Formula 2 titles in the 1980s. John Nutting tried out the works bikes raced by Tony Rutter in 1984 and charts how they were developed.
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Book of the Week: Jim Redman – Man of Steel

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Alex Bestwick

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8th April 2024

Frank Melling’s new book about the racing great Jim Redman is our book of the week. That Jim Redman is one of the true greats of motorcycle racing is indisputable. With six World Championship titles and six Isle of Man TT wins to his credit, as well as being both captain and manager of the…
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Rocket Ron Haslam | From the archive

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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8th March 2024

It’s refreshing to have a colour photo from the archive for once and Ron Haslam’s smile sums up the love so many have of racing. The scene appears to show a typical club racing scene, with friends helping out. There may be no factory overalls or promo ladies but the Mal Carter Pharaoh team van…
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