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  • Triumph Thruxton Bonneville

    Triumph Thruxton Bonneville

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    Claudio Sintich (aka l’Inglese) has drawn from a wide range of resources to research and publish this definitive work on

  • What might (and should) have been: John Kirkby and the Alpha Centauri engine

    What might (and should) have been: John Kirkby and the Alpha Centauri engine

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    How two men pointed the way to Britain’s racing future, but were eventually beaten by bureaucrats Words by: Pete Parnham Pictures by: Mortons Archive Lincolnshire’s John Kirkby was an extremely able racer and a man

  • Opening days: CRMC round one

    Opening days: CRMC round one

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      The CRMC’s 2017 opening day, mid-March, saw all classes limited to one race following weather and oil issues but the Sunday at Snetterton saw dry, windy conditions and a full programme of races that

  • FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Bob Smith – the peoples’ champion

    FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Bob Smith – the peoples’ champion

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    EVERY now and again there arises a rider who could hop on any bike and blast the hell out of his peers. Mike Hailwood was one, Bill Ivy another. But there’s another example – albeit

  • Vince French: Mechanic to the superstars

    Vince French: Mechanic to the superstars

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    There is an old saying that ‘behind every great man there is always a great woman’. But on the motorcycle racing scene, while women have always been plentiful, that saying should be more suitably paraphrased

  • Classic GP: Anderstorp 1974

    Classic GP: Anderstorp 1974

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    Drama rears its racing head for Barry Sheene and Giacomo Agostini in Sweden. Words and photographs: Jan Burgers The eighth round of the 500cc World Championship took place at a quiet, open place in the

  • Transatlantic Trophy: Part 4

    Transatlantic Trophy: Part 4

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    As the world moved into a new decade in 1980, the Transatlantic Trophy (or the Anglo-American Match Races as the series was also known) was about to celebrate its own first decade in existence when

  • The Matchless Colliers

    The Matchless Colliers

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      The old AJS and Matchless marques, aka Associated Motorcycles, have an extensive and illustrious history which dates back to

  • Barry Sheene: A Long Way To The Top

    Barry Sheene: A Long Way To The Top

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    From our 2016 archive Jan and Hetty Burgers lived the gypsy life, travelling with the Continental Circus during the 1970s and recording some great images of just what it was like to live that exciting

  • John Surtees: The man who wouldn’t settle for slow development

    John Surtees: The man who wouldn’t settle for slow development

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    Dear CR, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter having just heard of the passing of John Surtees. Surtees was everything that I thought a racing gentleman should be. He always


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