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Throwback: John Surtees at the BBC
Back in August 1957, John Surtees took viewers for a ride when the BBC’s television programme, ‘Let’s go motor cycling’.
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June 8, 2021
Opinion: riding classic bikes
We’re all looking forward to getting back in the saddle as the weather warms up and restrictions are lifted. Here’s
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March 21, 2021
Hislop vs Foggy: Best battle in TT history?
Arguably the Norton Rotary racer’s finest hour – Steve Hislop winning the 1992 Senior TT.
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July 9, 2020
HL lore
With reference to your Curtis story, Yamaha were never intimately involved in the HL project. Hallman and Lundquist initially experimented with a Husqvarna frame and a standard XT engine before having Profab build them frames
Blog - Nigel Devereux
January 20, 2020
And Cadwell still rolls on!
I have been most interested in the photos that you have been printing over the last few issues of Cadwell Park riders of the early days. Although I can’t with any certainty put names to
Blog - Nigel Devereux
January 17, 2020
Suzuki’s recreational vehicle
I really liked Steve Cooper’s article on the TC range. As a bit of a side order I have owned RV 125cc sand bikes since 1974. They came in three sizes – 50cc, 90cc and
Blog - Nigel Devereux
January 10, 2020
Muc-off Star Letter: Cleaning up at the Scott
At the celebratory dinner for the 105th anniversary of the Scott Trial at the Spa Hotel, Ripon, North Yorkshire, on November 16, Alan Lampkin was a superb Master of Ceremonies, while Nick Jefferies gave a
Blog - Nigel Devereux
January 9, 2020
Missing men
Dear CR It is nice to see the photograph Nick Nicholls took at the start of the 125cc TT in 1961. And it is nice too, to have mentioned most of the riders, some of
Blog - Nigel Devereux
January 3, 2020
Setting it straight
Dear CR Regarding the story in part one of the formation of the CRMC on page 77 of the November/December edition of Classic Racer and the photographs on page 79 – the guy in all
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 31, 2019
Ipswich Contis?
I am writing regarding the photo on the front page of issue 412 of Old Bike Mart. Is it possible that the two lads are picking up their bikes from Boltons Motorcycle of Barrack Corner,
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 30, 2019
The original Conti
In response to your Royal Enfield GT 650 report in the 2019 October Old Bike Mart, please find attached a couple of pictures of my much-missed 1965 Continental GT. The bike came my way in
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 28, 2019
Maico-ing my own way
Dear CR Please find enclosed photographs of my recently finished restoration: a 1971 RS125 Maico, single cylinder two-stroke disc valve engine, with six gears producing 28hp @ 11,000rpm, with a top speed of 125mph. The
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 24, 2019
Blast from the past
I nearly choked on my Horlicks! On page 19 of the October issue H&H had an advert for the forthcoming auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on November 2. In the advert is a photo
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 20, 2019
Different Ducati
Not many people associate Ducati with cameras and optical equipment, but that’s where they started out. I have a lovely 1951 Ducati Sogno, crafted and largely copied from a Leica but half the size. They
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 5, 2019
A Christmas wish list… from a Classic Dirt Bike editor
Classic Dirt Bike editor Tim Britton, aged 59 ½, who’s been mostly good this year (he knows Santa checks and categorises into ‘naughty’ and ‘nice’ and the lists are viewed twice) shares his 2019 Christmas wish list.
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December 3, 2019
Why I’m still wild about Wildmans
The recent correspondence about Wildmans – Lincolnshire’s oldest motorcycle shop – prompts me to add my own recollections for the record. While in Daytona in 2004 I had a call to say that Wildmans was
Blog - Nigel Devereux
December 3, 2019
Honeymooning Shooting Star
In 1960 I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star registration number YTC 843. Later that year, my fiancée and I were married in Chester at Holy Trinity Church on July 23, followed by our wedding
Blog - Nigel Devereux
November 30, 2019
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