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The Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival, May 30-31 With Anglesey being known as the Phillip Island of the northern hemisphere, you’ll know what to expect: a swooping track set against a stunning backdrop. Editor Bertie Simmonds will be there for the whole weekend, as will Andy Bolas and many members of the VJMC – along with…

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What price an unused Commando? The final batch of 25 bikes was released in 1977-78, but a tiny number of twins entered circulation even after then. The last officially documented new Commando was sold by Andover Norton for £2300 an entire five years after production ceased – presented to its new owner at a special…

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Rem Fowler’s TT winning bike from 1907 will be returning to the Isle of Man as part of a unique pop up museum, that will also feature the greatest collection of factory Rotary Nortons ever seen on the Isle of Man, courtesy of the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Among the 18 on display, will…

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New issue’s out! CLASSIC RACER REGULARS • Editor's intro Malc sets the scene • Archive Shot Feelings run high • Paddock Gossip Classic news • Readers Write You have your say CLASSIC RACER HISTORY • TT boycott The real story CLASSIC RACER MACHINES • Ogier Laverda Fast Orange CLASSIC RACER EVENTS • Classic Mechanics Show…

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The pendant consists of three gears encased in a stainless steel heart. Sliding the pendant along its ball chain or pulling gently on the chain will set the gears in motion. It is available in three lengths of 18, 20, and 30 inches. It is fabricated using 316L, the highest quality stainless steel used in…

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Left to right, Joe Rutherford, an expat Brit who has lived in Canada since the Seventies, Lincolnshire lad, Malc Wilkinson, who had the sense to move over to the US years ago, and, sort of a Lincolnshire lad, but now living down South in the UK, Dave Malc Wilkinson, who grew up just down the…

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In a moment of madness, Rachael Clegg decided to make her own contribution to the world of nude motoring calendars with one that pays homage to the most challenging event in motorsport – the Isle of Man TT Races. But it’s not all about flesh. Each image is carefully crafted to interpret an event in…

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Latest issue’s on sale! CLASSIC RACER REGULARS • Editor's intro Malc sets the scene • Archive Shot No cigar for Harley • Paddock Gossip Classic News • Readers Write Your turn to speak • Subscribe Why wouldn’t you? CLASSIC RACER PEOPLE • Dick Mann Living Legend CLASSIC RACER MACHINES • BMW’s Forgotten Wins Corporate Amnesia…

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Bazza collection at Stafford Barry Sheene MBE was the iconic British pin-up of motorcycling throughout the 1970s, famed for his fearless speed chasing, World 500cc Championship wins, and on more than one occasion, cheating death after surviving several brutal racing accidents. Sheene’s racing career almost came to a catastrophic end when at the 1975 Daytona…

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Martin Carney, left, and Walt Fulton both Kawasaki stars back in the day World Superbike champion Tom Sykes was present at Kawasaki HQ along with regular Macau GP competitor and open class winner at the 2014 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Jeremy Toye. Martin Carney and Walt Fulton represented some of the earliest days for Kawasaki…

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