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  • Only Bounders Ride Motorcycles

    Only Bounders Ride Motorcycles

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    By Pete Kelly I sometimes think that Yorkshiremen are born with dry humour – and it simply falls from the pages of Ken Mellor’s self-published book, Only Bounders Ride Motorcycles, 100 Years of Family Motorcycling.

  • A Racing Read

    A Racing Read

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    For British motorcycle road racing fans of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s there was no better racer than Peter Williams. Usually

  • Inclusive

    Inclusive

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    My first car was a Morris Minor. Bought it aged 15, learned how to restore it (badly) and loved it. Lowered, twin carbs and silly seats, I’d drive (badly) all over the country. When it

  • Perspective, perspective

    Perspective, perspective

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    A pretty big chunk of my little downtime these past few weeks has been spent watching some amazing races via my Duke DVD collection. And whilst I’m watching the thrills and spills of childhood heroes

  • Feisty talk

    Feisty talk

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    Dear CR What an excellent letter from Gordon Chatterton (Classic Racer issue 187). It really sums up the current state of play, particularly with regard to the TT races. No longer the domain of the professional

  • Mr Springsteen

    Mr Springsteen

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    Dear CR Thanks for another great issue of Classic Racer. Your article on Jay Springsteen was awesome… but you failed to mention that #9 still road races! He’s been riding an XR at the Barber

  • Ducatis are a hit

    Ducatis are a hit

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    Recently I was at Newcastle airport in a magazine shop searching for a good read for my flight back home to Hamburg. What I saw I did not expect – I found your good Classic

  • Jim Curry Hot stuff

    Jim Curry Hot stuff

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    Qualifying a written-off road bike on the front row of a Grand Prix grid ahead of Phil Read and Jarno Saarinen was just one high point in a career that embraced some of the best

  • Absolutely gorgeous!

    Absolutely gorgeous!

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    When a factory makes a handful of motorcycles – only a handful – to race at the highest level in one of the most competitive championships ever seen, you get this. What a bike. What

  • Classic TT 2017

    Classic TT 2017

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    Where else other than the Isle of Man would you find a top current British Superbike contender, a leading female racer and an OAP all in top-six contention? In five years the Classic TT has


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