Words: Terry Stevenson Photographs: Ginger Molloy, Jim Scaysbrook archives and Terry Stevenson. Anything can happen when two goliaths take to the track in search of victory, especially when the ultimate prize is on Australia’s most
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Ten times World Champion to take star role at Stafford
The most successful sidecar racer of all time, Steve Webster, will be Guest of Honour at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October.
Read moreSpace age on a shoestring
How Suzuki went racing with a cardboard box Words: Michael Scott Photographs: Don Morley I think it might have been me who called it ‘the cardboard box’, and the name stuck. Because that is what
Read moreFive things you didn’t know about Apollo 11’s return
Fifty years on, the programme to take the first humans to the moon is arguably our single greatest achievement.
Read moreFast Down Under
Rain ended play early, but Sydney’s International Festival of Speed hit the Forgotten Era lap record out of the park. Words: Hamish Cooper Photography: Phil Aynsley Ex-Grand Prix racer Jeremy McWilliams and Aaron Morris, one
Read moreAgainst all odds: The 1982 Coleman Suzuki GS1000R
Words: Alan Cathcart Photos: Phil Aynsley Monocoque-framed bikes – in which the fuel is carried within the chassis, not in a separate tank – have been the next big thing for more than half a
Read moreCRMC NEWS: Marquee of things to come?
At the CRMC Pembrey meeting in May the Carmarthenshire circuit was able to retain the marquee pit lane garages from an earlier meeting for the benefit of CRMC competitors. Will the success of the marquee
Read moreMoon Eyes The John Cooper Story
At long last the overdue story of one of the UK’s most popular racers, John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper, has been published by Classic Racer’s parent company Mortons Media. John Cooper raced through perhaps the hardest-fought
Read moreBelgium Classic Celebrates seven decades of MotoGP
With 70 years of MotoGP as the main theme, Bikers’ Classics promises to have something for everyone when it returns to the iconic Belgian venue of Spa this summer as part of the A-XOC series.
Read moreBarry Randle
One of the UK’s top short circuit and TT racers Barry Randle passed away in May after a long illness. Barry raced through the 1960s, firstly on Manx Nortons but successfully made the switch to
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