Classic Racer

Bob Smith: the peoples’ champion

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

EVERY now and again there arises a rider who could hop on any bike and blast the hell out of his peers. Mike Hailwood was one, Bill Ivy another. But there’s another example – albeit a much lesser known one – who shared the majestic two-wheeled prowess of both Hailwood and Ivy – Bob Smith.…
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Hurley Wilvert: From mechanic to the world stage

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

Hurley Wilvert was a mechanic and amateur racer who earned his shot at the big time in the early 1970s. By 1974, he was on the podium of the Daytona 200 with Giacomo Agostini and Kenny Roberts. Norm DeWitt tells his fascinating story. Hurley Wilvert: From mechanic to the world stage Hurley Wilvert in the…
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Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

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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March/April 2017

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Jayne Skayman

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5th July 2016

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: Mar/Apr 2017 – Next issue: May/Jun 2016 – On sale: April 20[/su_note] WHAT’S INSIDE From the Classic Racer archive Did you know that you can buy any image from our archive for your own use? Classic Racer has tens of thousands of some of the greatest pictures ever taken. Here’s one that we like…
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July 2016

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Sam Hewitt

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21st June 2016

In the July 2016 issue: Special Scenic Winston Churchill – the history of an elder statesman among Burrells, Beamish commercials – the fleet reviewed, hidden tractors of ancient rome. Plus, 15 steamers for auction at keeled collection ‘ sale of the decade’. So don’t miss out – get involved and take out your print or digital magazine subscription…
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Praise For Morris

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

I really enjoyed the Dave Morris piece in the current issue of Classic Racer about BMW’s ‘forgetfulness’ in their PR for Michael Dunlop’s TT wins this year, but surely you too have forgotten something? If memory serves (not too well nowadays if truth be told!) John McGuinness added a further BMW TT win in the…
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Obituary – Steve Murray

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

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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Cadwell park anniversary

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

In your look back over eight decades of motorcycle sport at Cadwell Park 80th anniversary celebrations you seem to have missed the one major decade I cannot see or read any mention of the 1960s in your article? Surely this was a true classic decade, with the likes of Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy…
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Island History

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Dear Malc, My father, Alfred (Fred) Stride is a subscriber to your magazine and enjoys it very much. He was active racing back in the 1950s in various classes, he had a Douglas 250, an Itom 50, Manx Norton and an AJS 7R to name a few I can remember. He obviously wishes he still…
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Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Our annual spring holiday in Florida (and before you ask, yes, I do pay for it with my own, hard-earned, cash), which by coincidence is at the same time as Daytona Bike Week, always throws up a surprise or two. And this year was no exception, with a couple of very pleasant ones. We always…
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