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Paddock Gossip
Send your classic racing news to: editor@classicracer.co.uk Last year saw the highly successful debut of the Golden Era Lightweight Cup with a 12 race series split across four meetings at the wonderful Tonfanau racetrack in Mid Wales. Promoted by Ton
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Two Wheels Or Three?
These days he might be better known for being the father of current Moto2 star Jake Dixon, but Darren Dixon was no slouch on a bike either – whether it had two wheels or three. Very few riders have switched disciplines between solos and sidecars whil
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Editor’s Welcome
There’s always more to the show than just what we see, and I did learn this when I was younger… A couple of things when I was growing up made me realise this and it was playing sport for my school and being in the school musical. Now, I don’t want to
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Readers Write
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‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO’: ARTIE BELL – YOUR RACE PICTURES FROM ‘BACK IN THE DAY’ AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! * WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF SUZUKI’S RG500 AND YAMAHA’S TZ750… BARRY’S MANX NORTON THE VLADIVAR VODKA 250CC SERIES RECALLED THEY DIDN’T, DID THEY?
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The Blue Dragon Cafe
There can’t be a racetrack that’s been more photographed than the Isle of ManTT course, can there? While you can recognise pictures taken at famous corners on tracks from around the world (thinkThe Corkscrew, Eau Rouge, Craner Curves, The Parabolica)
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Whatever Happened To? DENIS PARKINSON
Prior to 1954 there was nothing in the regulations for the Manx Grand Prix, or in the policies adopted by the organising Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC), to preclude previous MGP winners from re-entering, and the winner of the first two MGPs was former
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Becoming the GOAT
The argument will always rage back and forth – who is the greatest racer of all time? Valentino Rossi could make his play for the title when he made the switch from Honda toYamaha 20 years ago in 2004. Back in the late 1990s, Honda had built the most
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1955 Ducati 125 Bialbero
WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ‘DUSTBIN’ FAIRINGS COULD MAKE A BIKE DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE, THEY WERE BANNED. ALL DUCATI ‘DUSTBINS’ WERE DESTROYED OR LOST. THIS VERY BIKE WAS CAMPAIGNED BY WILLY SCHEIDHAUER, WHO SCORED WINS AT ZANDVOORT AND TUBBERGEN BETWE
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Baker DAYS
It was a sight us Brits instantly fell in love with back in 1976: the pint-sized, 5ft 3in American jockey hustling the awesome red and black TZ750 OW31 Yamaha around Mallory Park. With its tubular frame and rudimentary Monocross rear suspension, slic
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Leathered!
What can be said about hard-as-nails Jim ‘Jimmy’ Aird, legendary off-roader, Scottish champion and proprietor of SCOTT Leathers? We love these shots of Jim in action. Especially the splendid Nick Nicholls shot from 1974 which shows Jim riding a KTM 3
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Guy Martin...
Guy Martin, for all his achievements and accomplishments is a record breaker – during the TV series ‘Speed’ Guy broke several British and world records on land, sea, and in the air. His incredible engineering abilities and his skill in handling vehic
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Iconic Metal #42 1977 Seeley Yamaha Tz750
It was the eve of practice for the 1976 Southern 100 Road Races, a fast 4.5 mile road course at Castletown, Isle of Man. Having never raced on public roads before, I was nervously walking around the paddock checking out competitors’ bikes. Leaning ag
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Fogarty
Carl Fogarty: the man best known for eating an ostrich anus on live television, right? No, no… of course not: 2014’s King of the Jungle may be best known to the British public for his bravery in the various bush tucker trials in the ‘I’m A Celebrity
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Doctor’s Orders...
In a significant loss for Italian bike fans everywhere, legendary American Moto Guzzi tuner Dr John Wittner passed away on February 15, in his Pennsylvania home, aged 78. Il Dottore leaving us will be felt not only in the USA, where the bikes he crea
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Weise Wave Gloves £99.99
Head out and explore with total confidence. Wave 2.0 is a waterproof glove, with mcFit technology lining fixture system and touchscreen compatible digits. Find out more at www.weiseclothing.com 1: See 27 Down.3: German manufacturer who competed in th
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Back Day
We’ve teamed up with The Hobby Company (www.hobbyco.net) which distributes Tamiya plastic motorcycle kits in the UK to give away one of its amazing motorcycles in miniature. So, send in your pictures of bike racing and bike racers from back in the da
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EDITOR Bertie Simmonds bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk PUBLISHER Tim Hartley thartley@mortons.co.uk CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE Don Morley, Stuart Barker, Clive Challinor, Mick Ofield, Alan Cathcart, Fred Pidcock, Phil Aynsley, Mallory Park Race Circuit, Mike
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Simmo!
After the 1994 season, the Duckham’s Norton team folded, leaving reigning champion Ian Simpson without a ride. “It seemed Norton had different owners every five minutes and they didn't understand racing,” he explains. “We simply didn’t have the right
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Barry The Bike
There are people in life you meet that have an effect on you, even if in just a small way. After many years of being picked out of the gravel by Barry Owen, when he marshalled trackside, he would always come and find me at the end of the day for a ca
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Paddock Gossip
The thrills and spills of the post classic racing era will be back in style this summer as the GP Originals season returns with a six-round series. GP Originals held their first event in 2017 at Oulton Park at an event hosted by No Limits. Since then
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The Rainey Season
He was so secretive about it, he didn’t even tell his wife, Shae. But in the end, after one night wishing that things would fix themselves, Wayne Rainey had to talk. It was August 1, the day of the 1993 British Grand Prix, the tenth round in a season
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Editor’s Welcome
Editor’s welcome I know I’ve used this quote before, but I did laugh when Steve Hislop once said to me: “We all die if we live long enough…” We all know we have finite lifespans – nothing is forever, after all – and motorcycle racing can be so very c
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Readers Write
If you want to get in touch… Then please do. We read every letter, email and comment sent to us and we enjoy hearing from you whether it’s about an event coming up, a motorcycle you own or you just want to let us know about something you find interes
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Back In The Day
Welcome to ‘Back in the Day’! We want to see all your old photographs from way-back-when. They could be of you racing, or perhaps you meeting your racing idol – or maybe just snaps you’ve taken at a race event from yesteryear: do be mindful of copyri
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Simmo!
Dalbeattie, a small, sleepy town in Galloway, south-west Scotland, is better known for producing granite than top level sportsmen. But just outside the town lives one of the most underrated British riders of the last few decades. Ian Simpson isn’t bi
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So Long, Suzuki
When Suzuki Racing Promotions was set up in the autumn of 1981 to run Suzuki’s official Grand Prix effort, the Heron Suzuki GB team that had previously been the official GP squad was free to focus on domestic races, various internationals and the TT
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The Go-Show
Anthony Gobert was an incredibly talented off-road and Tarmac racer, who should have become a world champion. “Without any doubt, Anthony Gobert was the biggest natural talent I ever saw ride during my career,” said Colin Edwards, two-time World Supe
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Cadwell Park
As its name suggests, Cadwell Park evolved out of parkland and, because it follows the natural contours of that land, it provides a rollercoaster ride like no other circuit on Earth. Encompassing wide open spaces and heavily wooded areas, the jewel i
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EDITOR Bertie Simmonds bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk PUBLISHER Tim Hartley thartley@mortons.co.uk CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE Don Morley, Phil Aynsley, Clive Challinor, Tony Wilding, Mick Ofield, Stuart Barker, Steve Parrish, Fred Pidcock, Jeffrey Zani and B
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