YEAR: 1987 // LOCATION: Anderstorp, Sweden// IT’S THE: 125cc grid When Don Morley sent us this image for our Fausto feature on page 28 of this very issue, we had a problem. We desperately wanted
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Festival of 1000 bikes
Now back to its roots, the VMCC Festival of 1000 Bikes proved hugely popular with those on track and spectators alike. Always a favourite with the crowd is the John Cooper and Giacomo Agostini reenactment
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Dear Dick I’m so glad that you enjoyed the recent Ray Knight and Mick Boddice pieces. I’ve always had a soft spot for the chairs and production racers. They never quite commanded the same status
Read moreWebster stars at Stafford
Steve Webster, the most successful sidecar racer of all time, will be guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October. He always attracted a large audience during his racing days,
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Dear CR Yet another great mag (#198 July/August) and the where and when picture did indeed get me thinking, so many cross issues to note. To start, the two Nortons made me think 1973 but
Read moreSeptember / October of Classic Racer out now!
Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.
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YEAR: 1978 // LOCATION: Brands Hatch There comes a moment in every racer’s life when he’s sure he’s passed the slippery stuff – when he’s seen the obstacle in front of him, identified the course
Read moreJohn Williams: a private matter
Throughout the 1970s, John Williams was one of the UK’s leading racers and although he only had one year as a fully-fledged factory rider, 1976 saw him not only claim a 500cc Grand Prix victory
Read moreGorgeous: The Exactweld story
You don’t get to this level of racing thought and execution without being able to tap into some top-flight thinking. The result… amazing… Words: Alan Turner Photographs: Gary D Chapman and Mick Robinson Exactweld is
Read moreSupplying the quick
If you want to be rapid, get along to Minnovation. Words: Ross Mowbray Photographs: Gary D Chapman WHAT’S MINNOVATION RACING? Minnovation Racing first started back in 2004, as an offshoot of its main business Minnovation
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