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  • Tritons, TriBSAs and much more besides…

    Tritons, TriBSAs and much more besides…

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    Mention the words ‘café racer’ and many of us will go all bleary-eyed as we remember the Tritons and TriBSAs of old, gleaming in the sunshine with their race-style alloy tanks, clip-ons and rear-sets, alloy

  • Skip Aksland: What might have been

    Skip Aksland: What might have been

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    Words: Norm DeWitt Photographs: Norm DeWitt and Mortons Archive Skip Aksland was another of the Californians who formed a tidal wave of talent that swept the podiums of the world. Along with Kenny Roberts and Cal

  • Devimead: The racing Masons

    Devimead: The racing Masons

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    Words and Photographs: Peter Crawford and Mason Collection. Synonymous with BSA there was far more to Devimead than parallel twins. They flirted with Bartons and Morinis but Pete Crawford found out that it was with

  • The 1974 500cc Dutch TT Assen: Yamaha one and two

    The 1974 500cc Dutch TT Assen: Yamaha one and two

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    Words and photographs: Jan & Hetty Burgers Over 150,000 race fans went to see the sixth round of the 500cc world championship at the end of June 1974. They were all eagerly looking forward to

  • Comes a time…

    Comes a time…

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    I’ve been focused on the laptop screen for 20 minutes without typing a word. It’s not that I don’t know what I have to write… it’s that I’ve been struggling for a headline. As usual

  • Skip Aksland: What might have been

    Skip Aksland: What might have been

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    Words: Norm DeWitt Photographs: Norm DeWitt and Mortons Archive Skip Aksland was another of the Californians who formed a tidal wave of talent that swept the podiums of the world. Along with Kenny Roberts and Cal

  • Devimead: The racing Masons

    Devimead: The racing Masons

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    Words and Photographs: Peter Crawford and Mason Collection. Synonymous with BSA there was far more to Devimead than parallel twins. They flirted with Bartons and Morinis but Pete Crawford found out that it was with

  • The 1974 500cc Dutch TT Assen: Yamaha one and two

    The 1974 500cc Dutch TT Assen: Yamaha one and two

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    Words and photographs: Jan & Hetty Burgers Over 150,000 race fans went to see the sixth round of the 500cc world championship at the end of June 1974. They were all eagerly looking forward to

  • Well-Travelled Classic Racer

    Well-Travelled Classic Racer

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    Dear Malc Thought you might enjoy the travel adventures of my latest copy of Classic Racer. When it arrived to my home in the eastern United States, I saved it for my upcoming international travels.

  • Arter Wagonwheels

    Arter Wagonwheels

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    Anyone who followed motorcycle racing in the late Sixties and early Seventies will remember the great combination of skilled engineer and brilliant rider that was Peter Williams, and his innovative Arter Wagonwheels Matchless. On the


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