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  • Crash, bang and wallop Phillip Island delivers a Classic

    Crash, bang and wallop Phillip Island delivers a Classic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Last year Team UK trounced the Aussies. This year the margin was just 11 points after the Aussies staged a remarkable comeback in the last of the four races. The victory was made even sweeter for Team UK when their star rider, Jeremy McWilliams, set a new lap record for the International Challenge. Maybe in…

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  • Transatlantic Trophy: USA superstar surprises

    Transatlantic Trophy: USA superstar surprises

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The performances of Cal Rayborn and Yvon Duhamel, when they shared top individual Transatlantic Trophy Series honours with British riders in 1972 and 1973, had already shown fans in the UK that America could produce road racers who could run with the best. But no one on either side of the Atlantic could have predicted…

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  • Classic GP: Spa-Francorcamps 1974

    Classic GP: Spa-Francorcamps 1974

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    Sam Hewitt

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    It was a race of extremes. Bikes seized, Barry Sheene was left coasting and Read romped home. Building to the race… The seventh round of the 1974 500cc World Championship took place at the picturesque and ultra-fast mountain circuit at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. Phil Read was fastest in practice on the MV- Agusta but there…

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  • Revamp for NMM

    Revamp for NMM

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The National Motorcycle Museum, which houses the largest collection of British motorcycles in the world, with over 1000 machines from 170 different manufacturers, has undergone a revamp. During the latter part of 2016 the five display halls were completely reconfigured to enhance the visitor experience. Of the 1000-plus machines in the collection there are around…

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  • Top start to the classic season

    Top start to the classic season

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Now a well-established starter to the classic events year, the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic, held at Newark Showground over the weekend of January 7-8 proved to be as popular as ever. The guests of honour at the show, sidecar aces Ben and Tom Birchall, were hugely popular with the large crowd, and…

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  • All over again

    All over again

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TT podiums, 500GP world championships and a host of other duties. The Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385 that served under Charlie Williams was far more than a one-trick pony. Back in the days before anyone dreamed that Yamaha two-strokes would ever be venerated as prized collectables, the Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385 that took Charlie Williams to…

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  • Peter Brown: BSA’s backroom boy

    Peter Brown: BSA’s backroom boy

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    Sam Hewitt

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    British Sidecar Champion in 1968 he may have been, but it was bad luck and worse timing that robbed Peter Brown of the greater success he undoubtedly deserved. Pete Crawford spoke to the man himself and discovered the ins and outs while discussing life at BSA, passenger-ing for a U-boat cook and winning the TT.…

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  • Spa Bikers’ Classics

    Spa Bikers’ Classics

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Plans are progressing well for the 15th edition of the Bikers’ Classics at Spa Francorchamps over the weekend of June 30-July 2. No details of stars had been announced as Classic Racer went to press, but the popular 4 Hours of Spa classic endurance race is sure to figure. You can, however, already register for…

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  • David Swallow Memorial Race

    David Swallow Memorial Race

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Wirral Hundred Club has announced that the memorial race for David Swallow will take place this year at Oulton Park on Saturday, April 22. David died in 2010 from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning when camping overnight at East Fortune. Father Bill and long-term friend and sponsor Ken Platt put forward a trophy…

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  • Pre-TT Classic

    Pre-TT Classic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Regulations and Entry Forms for the Blackford’s Pre-TT Classic Road Races are available now to download from the organiser’s official website www.southern100.com The 2017 meeting will take place on Friday, Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday, May 26, 27 and 29 on the Billown Course in the south of the Isle of Man and kick-starts the…

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