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Category: Features

McIntosh: The machines

22nd June 2016 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Lucky boy Terry Stevenson gets to canter the McIntosh Manx. His other race bike remains a ‘work in progress’, an ex-Norris Farrow twin shock McIntosh Suzuki GSX1100 F1 machine, which won the Bike of the

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Ken McIntosh – the legend lives on

15th June 2016 Sam Hewitt Features

980 was a time when big-bore Formula One racing was catching on worldwide, and the crowds loved it! The bikes were big, made lots of noise and in the right hands they could sometimes take

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TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

15th June 2016 Sam Hewitt Features

Anywhere in the world of motorcycling, especially where racing has been popular, there comes a day when people start to wonder where their friends, heroes or fellow competitors have gone. Sadly, we usually know the

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TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

27th April 2016 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Early day photo of Trailblazers founder A.F. Van Order and his family. Such was the case almost 80 years ago in Southern California, when people involved in racing there wondered what had become of some

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Ken McIntosh: The legend lives on

27th April 2016 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Cameron Donald, racing the 25th Anniversary McIntosh to another victory, at Hampton Downs 2015. It was a time when many aftermarket European frame manufacturers were thriving, with the likes of Harris, Rickman, Egli, Magni, Moto

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Thierry Rapicault TZ250: That's a works bike!

27th April 2016 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Fast Frenchman Thierry Rapicault in flat out action. What had Carlos Lavado’s experienced eye recognised? He’d seen the brackets for the YPVS motor and the magnesium alloy, adjustable top yoke that were fitted to OW47s

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ENDLESS SUMMER: A Month of Racing in the Isle of Man – 1966

27th April 2016 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

And it was much more so way back in 1966 too. Speculation was that TT 1966 promised to be a memorable one, and Motor Cycling’s headline in May proclaimed, ‘TT Week Attracts a Record 499

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Doing the Double: Freddie Spencer's story

2nd June 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Erv Kanemoto looks tense during a Daytona pit stop. During that 1983 season, it became clear we were limited on how much further Honda could take the three-cylinder. We’d suspected that the Yamaha would be

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Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland

2nd June 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

The youthful duo of Jock Taylor and Lewis Ward regularly made the long trek south to take on the best English sidecar men. Fergus Anderson won the solo 350cc world title in both 1953 and

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Golden era for 'The Southern'

2nd June 2015 Classic Bike Hub UK Features

Derek Ennett – winner of the first 350cc race in 1955. As a result of a double win at the Manx, the club members decided there should be a race in the south of the

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