Classic Racer

Frankie for Newark Show

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Sam Hewitt

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19th October 2019

Pierfrancesco ‘Frankie’ Chilli, is to star as guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic at Newark showground over the weekend of January 11-12, 2020. Bologna-born Frankie, as he is known to his fans, had a long and successful career in most classes of races, winning the 125cc European Championship in…
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November/December issue out now!

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Sam Hewitt

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17th October 2019

Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.
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Classic Racer archive: In a cloud of dust, they depart…

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Sam Hewitt

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17th October 2019

Photo: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive YEAR: You Tell us // LOCATION: A rock in the middle of the Irish Sea Attention paddock, attention paddock, time to get pushing… The Mountain calls and the men line up to test themselves and their motorcycles on it. That clock ticking by, egging them on. Number 5…
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The Bob Mac

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Sam Hewitt

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16th October 2019

The SCRMC recently served up a full card of classic racing at the East Fortune circuit, for the traditional Bob Mac meeting. Against the backdrop of the former First and Second World War airfield, there was some real-life flying action around Scotland’s fastest road race venue, which has been in existence since the very early…
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Classic Racer archive: Getting a lesson

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Sam Hewitt

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16th October 2019

Photograph: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive YEAR: 1969 // LOCATION: Isle of Man On a day much like any other, one rider gracefully gets out of the way for another coming through on a faster lap. On this particular day though it was W T Lindsay doing the honourable thing as Hailwood, M, made…
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Pre-TT Classic: Jamie’s day

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Sam Hewitt

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15th October 2019

Jamie Coward was the man of the meeting at the Pre-TT Classic, clocking up three wins as well as new outright lap and race records for the event. But it certainly wasn’t all plain sailing for the Hebden Bridge man. A luckless Alan Oversby pushed Coward hard in both the 350cc and 500cc races before…
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Whatever happened to Michael O’Rourke

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Sam Hewitt

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15th October 2019

Words: Chris Pereira Michael was born on April 11,1931 in Plumstead London and the family later moved to Camberwell. His father Bill was a butcher by trade, but he was also a grasstrack rider so as a boy, Mike inevitably spent most of his weekends at grass meetings. He eventually made his racing debut at…
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Record breaking weekend of Classic Action

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Sam Hewitt

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14th October 2019

Words: Jono Yardley Photographs: Charlie Battisti British Historic Racing’s third racing weekend of the year was held at the lovely one-mile-long Kent circuit of Lydden, just a few miles outside of Dover. It’s always good to see when circuit owners invest in their facility, and that’s certainly true here – money has been spent on…
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Classic Racer specialist spotlight: LOUIGI MOTO

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Sam Hewitt

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14th October 2019

We’re shining a light on some of the biggest and best players in the Classic Racing world and this timewe’ve been speaking to Louigi Moto’s Richard Llewellin. WHAT’S LOUIGI MOTO? Based down in the South West, Louigi Moto is the UK’s number one independent Ducati specialist. Specialising in race bike preparation, suspension set-up, fault finding…
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John Williams: A private matter – Part 2

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Sam Hewitt

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14th October 2019

Despite the interest from Yamaha and Honda, it was Suzuki who John lined up with in 1976 and it saw John and wife Margaret give up the life of the privateer, replacing it with the more luxurious comforts of a factory-backed rider. He also had an eye on his future though and included a gents’…
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