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Among the interesting Italian steeds entered so far is the 2002 Ducati Bostrom 98, one of only 155 models ever made and based on the world superbike ridden by Ben Bostrom. Charlie Williams, eight-time winner of the Isle of Man TT, will be riding the Duc’ around the testing Cholmondeley sprint track. Charlie Williams said:…

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After Solo’s Chris Hawksley visited Bernie Ecclestone’s private collection at Biggin Hill and started some very rare, exotic and expensive race cars, another market opened up. The Solo starting service is a regular in the Classic Racer Grand Prix Paddock at Stafford Show and will be at Dijon Prenois in May, the Bremerhaven Grand Prix…

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Masaru Iwasaki began his career at Suzuki in 1968 and in 1971 became a development rider working on TR500 and 750 models before playing a major role in the development of the RG500 and while doing so won Japanese championships. Iwasaki San will ride the ex-Barry Sheene 1975 Assen winning XR14 in the parade at…

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Sam Lowes – a guest at Thundersprint – in action At the head of the list is MotoGP star Scott Redding. Scott said: “I have ridden at the Thundersprint twice before and I honestly loved every minute of it. The Thundersprint is a giant two-day party for anyone who loves bikes and, best of all,…

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Morecambe Missile celebrates birthday The 20-time TT winner received a wonderful birthday present when he was shown the stunning new stamp sheet, bursting with action photos and a full list of his victories so far, and had even more reason to celebrate when he was presented with a birthday cake complete with an image of…

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Riders shake the winter dust off at Anglesey The entertainment began with the Ducati singles and Formula Bantams sharing the track, Rich Hawkins taking his first of many wins over the weekend on a 349 Mk 3 Ducati. Nick Bramley took the first Bantam race honours with Michael Brown, Ian Scutt and Mike Powell pecking…

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Now, exactly thirty years later, a rider representing the Stroke Association Support charity is going to complete  a lap of the famous 37¾ mile circuit on a restored example of the same machine to raise awareness and funds. The driving force behind the project is 41 year old Jay McGreneghan who has devoted his energies…

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In the 350 Classic TT he rides a Drixton Honda for Steve Caffin’s CSC team, while he starts the Classic 500 TT aboard a Patrick Godet Egli Vincent. For the Classic F1 race Alex rides the immaculate Louigi Moto Ducati TTF1 and in the Lightweight Manx Grand Prix he has the use of the CSC…

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Now, there will be the chance to see one of these iconic machines exactly as it left Honda’s race headquarters in 2007. The Honda will form one of the key exhibits at this year’s Thundersprint which will be held over the weekend of May 10/11 at the beautiful Darley Moor circuit, Derbyshire. Phil Morris is…

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