New & Features

Back in August 1957, John Surtees took viewers for a ride when the BBC’s television programme, ‘Let’s go motor cycling’, filmed a lap of Oulton Park with the World Champion. That June, John had come second in the Senior TT on his 500/4 MV Agusta, in the longest ever Grand Prix, at 8 laps, 3hrs,…

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Jim Harvey, born April 22, 1948, started racing in 1968. By 1970, he’d started riding for Tom Kirby, firstly entered on his own Norton Dominator, then on the Kirby Metisse G50 and 7R machines. Jim won the clubman’s championship in 1970, riding his 500cc Norton Dominator and the Kirby Metisse G50. He then went on…

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Long-time supporter of all things sidecar and classic racing in general, Dave Gristwood is offering an outfit to anyone who would like to start classic sidecar racing. Dave is always pretty easy to find in the paddock, as he drives a full-size articulated lorry to every meeting and happily provides all mannerof assistance to anyone…

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Howard R Davies was born in 1895 and he quickly showed a love of life and excitement, riding horses and hunting as a child. However, racing motorcycles was what he wanted to do. Davies worked for AJS and Sunbeam, competing in both the ISDT (International Six Days Trial) and the TT, but he constantly suffered…

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The cancellation of this year’s racing on the Isle of Man not only means fans from around the world are missing their ‘fix’ of one of sport’s greatest shows, but also it now means farewell to one of the event’s ‘fixtures’ for nearly 60 years. Marshals are among the unsung heroes of any TT, but…

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The CRMC will now consider applications for ‘Parade Only’ registrations for machines manufactured before December 31, 1994. Previously, the youngest bikes allowed to parade were those from before the end of December 1986. At a typical two-day weekend meeting, riders would have four parades, each lasting about 15 minutes. No special licence is required, just…

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The Yamaha XS650 powerplant, bored out to 750cc, has been raced solo for some time in CRMC events and is becoming increasingly popular with classic sidecar crews, building a good reputation for strength and reliability. Heiden Tuning is a Dutch-based company that specialises in the XS650. Drivers can now obtain new cylinder blocks from Heiden.…

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Due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic, Mortons Events have had to postpone the International Dirt Bike Show due to be held at Stafford Showground on the 31 October – 1 November 2020. The safety, wellbeing and enjoyment are essential parts of any show and under the current government guidelines, we don’t believe that this can…

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The damage caused to the racing calendar by Covid-19 continues, with one of the latest victims as we closed for press being this summer’s Classic TT/Manx Grand Prix. Laurence Skelly, the Island’s minister for enterprise in the House of Keys, announced the cancellation of the event, which had been planned to run from August 22…

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