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  • TEAM MINNOVATION RACING EQUIPE

    TEAM MINNOVATION RACING EQUIPE

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    After a very successful 2015 season the team, along with riders Lee Hodge and a now fully fit Mark Cronshaw are looking forward to the remainder of the 2016 season. TEAM MINNOVATION RACING EQUIPE Last year started full of promise but unfortunately ended early for Mark when an old racing injury to his arm required…

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  • ASI MOTO SHOW

    ASI MOTO SHOW

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    Not too far from many iconic two- and four-wheeled factories and museums in northern Italy is the Autodromo di Varano de’ Melegari. ASI MOTO SHOW Frankie Chili entertains at Dijon. It is a small, but interesting race track that each year becomes home to the ASI Moto Show, now in its 16th year. Although the…

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  • Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show

    Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show

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    LEADING European oil and lubricant specialist Motul is to be the official partner of the 2016 International Dirt Bike Show, the two parties have announced. Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show The manufacturer has teamed up with the premier indoor off-road motorcycle exhibition as it reveals the launch of 13 new bespoke…

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  • ASI MOTO SHOW

    ASI MOTO SHOW

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    Frankie Chili entertains at Dijon. It is a small, but interesting race track that each year becomes home to the ASI Moto Show, now in its 16th year. Although the title suggests a static event, it is actually a three-day track event, run in a similar vein to the French ‘Coupes Moto Legende’ at Dijon.…

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  • TEAM MINNOVATION RACING EQUIPE

    TEAM MINNOVATION RACING EQUIPE

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    Last year started full of promise but unfortunately ended early for Mark when an old racing injury to his arm required surgery and six months in a cast. Read more in the latest edition of Classic Racer  

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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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