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Phil Read at the ‘office’ Phil is a man who thrived in several golden racing periods, excelling in the days of the British big single (a TT winner in 1961 on a Norton), a multiple world champion on Japanese two-strokes, likewise on Italian four-strokes and finally a TT winner again (Honda, 1977), on the big…

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Road legal version of the Micahel Dunlop race bike Trident Engineering has produced a fully road legal version of the Dunlop race bike, and the one pictured has a full race engine, identical to Michael’s, fully adjustable Maxton suspension, Dymag wheels and AP Racing brakes. Trident are in the process of building two more for…

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After breaking its attendance records in 2012 with 28,000 visitors hailing from all over the world, the event is back featuring two exciting days of on-track demonstrations, non-stop sideshows with many more surprises planned. For more information: www.coupes-moto-legende  

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Roger Marshall re-united with the TZ and the team, left to right, Dave Saunders, Don Briggs, and Tony Dawson With a little help from local event organiser and compere for the evening Keith Martin, as well as from Classic Racer, the clubhouse was packed with Lincolnshire based riders spanning three generations. When Roger, who just…

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Sammy Miller will be at Thundersprint • Sammy at Thundersprint Evergreen Sammy Miller will be joining fellow veteran Jim Redman at this year’s Thundersprint, which moves for the first time to Anglesey, on April 21. Sammy will ride his RC181 Honda replica and the museum’s supercharged 1938 AJS V4. For more details contact organiser Frank…

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Classic Racer May-June on sale now! Editor's intro • Malc sets the scene CLASSIC RACER REGULARS • Pole Position Surtees at the 1957  TT • Archive Shot American Invasion • Paddock Gossip Read all about it • Readers Write A full mailbag • Subscribe It has to be a bargain CLASSIC RACER PEOPLE • Peter…

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Big names include 83-year-old Carlo Ubbiali, who has nine world titles. He'll be be parading an MV Agusta 350 two-cylinder, Remo Venturi (1966, Gilera four-cylinder), world vice champion in 1959 and 1960 and Fabrizio Pirovano a Supersport World Series winner. Other confirmed Italians are Silvano Bertarelli, Attilio Riondato, Fabio Biliotti, Maurizio Massimiani, Marcellino Lucchi, Leandro…

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John McGuinness gives thumbs up… The newly named course sections come as the Isle of Man Government has redesigned and replaced the existing directional boards and mile markers around the 37¾ mile course. John McGuinness first competed on the Isle of Man in 1996 and to date has 19 race victories to his name, including…

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Buy a piece of TT memorabilia Iconic orange direction signs, blue mile markers, official podium backdrops and classic Shell fuel fillers, used until the mid-1980s, will be among the lots up for grabs in the Isle of Man Government Department of Economic Development auction. The first collectable, the Ballaugh Bridge directional sign, is online now,…

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