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Jock Taylor: Pride of Scotland
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Scotland has only had two road racing world champions, Fergus Kenrick Anderson and John Robert Taylor, better known as Jock Taylor. Both were later killed taking part in the sport they loved. Chris Carter takes up the story.
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Golden era for ‘The Southern’
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Before the 1954 Manx Grand Prix success of Derek Ennett, George Costain and Sid Mizen, the Southern Motorcycle Club held its race meetings at Andreas Airfield.
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Mick Grant on the Honda NR500
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Two minutes. That’s how long it took Mick Grant to consider the offer Honda’s Gerald Davison made. Somewhere behind the team trucks, hardly hidden from the camera’s eye, Davison asked the then Kawasaki rider if he would be interested in joining Honda’s Grand Prix team in 1979. Grant said yes and stood on the brink…
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Blue Style meets blue yonder
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On their 350cc Jawa/Velorex sidecar outfit, Mick Payne and Katy have set off on the journey of a lifetime. Having reached the Lake District, Mick brings his first impressions of the humble outfit with a big task ahead.
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Over, Onwards
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Faster than a speeding Bullet. Quite a lot faster, in fact. The Over Enfield reveals how much performance can be extracted from a decently ancient engine design
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BIG SID’S VINCATI: AN ANGLO ITALIAN MASTERCLASS
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The Vincent and Ducati V-twin (although Ducati insist on calling theirs an L-twin), have much in common.
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FIRST GENTLEMAN OF RACING
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A genuine superstar of motorcycle sport has left us. We recall the highlights of Geoff Duke’s career
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Follow my Leaders
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The Beeton family name was well-known in sidecar racing. Many a racer fruitlessly pursued Lincolnshire three-wheeled ace Jackie Beeton and, in another era, his son Pete. Now Pete Beeton is once more a leader, only this time, it’s Ariel Leaders he’s interested in.
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The Victory Cup Trial, 1925
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This event, which started at the BSA works in Small Heath, marked the midway point in a steady process of standardisation across all the big reliability trials in the Midlands.
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