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  • LANSDOWNE SERIES 2016

    LANSDOWNE SERIES 2016

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    Photo: Russ Lee As Classic Racer goes to press two rounds have already taken place in pretty inclement weather. Read more in the latest edition of Classic Racer  

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  • LONG-TIME HERO

    LONG-TIME HERO

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    Note the umbrellas and the wet track as Ferry races his own Yamaha sprint bike in 1973. (Photo: Courtesy of Ferry Brouwer) Yet before that, Ferry had his own road-race aspirations. His father, Cees, also a racer, had saved hard to support his son, but Ferry was soon aware that he did not have the…

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  • NORTH WEST 200 RETURNS: May 1947

    NORTH WEST 200 RETURNS: May 1947

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    As has so often been the case the weather throughout the history of the North West played its part with downpours during most of the afternoon reducing speeds and decimating the entry, with only half finishing the race. Read more in the latest edition of Classic Racer  

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  • Obituary – Steve Murray

    Obituary – Steve Murray

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    Steve giving Tommy Robb some words of advice at Daytona. Cheshire has, over the years, produced many exciting and gifted racing motorcyclists of distinction, but one of the most loved and charismatic of all, Steve Murray, passed away in his sleep at home on February 22, 2016, aged 83. Steve was taken from us suffering…

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  • TEAM MOLNAR MANX

    TEAM MOLNAR MANX

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    Last year proved to be the team’s most successful season, with 116 race starts and only two mechanical failures and Chris Firmin taking bike number 001, the first ever built by Andy Molnar, back in 1995, to second place in the Lansdowne British Championship. Young Richard Molnar is planning more of the same in 2016.…

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  • BRISTOL BEATS THE STORMS

    BRISTOL BEATS THE STORMS

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    Star of the wind and rain swept Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show at the Bath & West Showground was local legend Henry Body. Winners all – Despite the inclement weather the Bristol Show winners clearly had a great weekend. Living up to pre-show expectations, a trio of bikes from well-known collector and sprint star,…

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  • BRISTOL BEATS THE STORMS

    BRISTOL BEATS THE STORMS

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    Winners all – Despite the inclement weather the Bristol Show winners clearly had a great weekend. Living up to pre-show expectations, a trio of bikes from well-known collector and sprint star, Henry Body, drew lots of attention, particularly his 1913 Williamson which is one of just a few rare survivors in the UK. Exhibition manager…

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  • TEAM MOLNAR MANX

    TEAM MOLNAR MANX

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    Young Richard Molnar is planning more of the same in 2016. In addition Richard Molnar won both 350cc and 500cc Club Championships, and finished second in the ACU 500 Classic Championship. The Classic TT didn’t prove quite so successful, with ancillary parts causing problems, while leading both races, was a huge disappointment for the whole…

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  • OBITUARY: STEVE MURRAY

    OBITUARY: STEVE MURRAY

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    Steve giving Tommy Robb some words of advice at Daytona. Steve was taken from us suffering from prostate cancer. Having been friends with Steve since his early trips to race in Ireland, North and South, in the mid/late 1950s I can honestly say there was no one who could make friends faster than Steve. READ…

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  • Huge NMM effort brings Classic TT paddock alive

    Huge NMM effort brings Classic TT paddock alive

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    Everyone involved in the National Motorcycle Museum’s brilliant ‘Norton – The Rotary Years’ parade lap poses with the machines that took part. Visitors described the huge pop-up museum display as the best ever seen in a TT paddock, with a Norton racing machine to represent every decade from the 1900s to the 1990s. As if…

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