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  • Ogri: Remaining Everybody’s favourite since the 1970s

    Ogri: Remaining Everybody’s favourite since the 1970s

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    The immortal Ogri was the proto-rocker that a certain kind of Seventies and Eighties rider wished they were.

  • February 2020 issue on sale!

    February 2020 issue on sale!

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    This February issue of RealClassic is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography.

  • Bristol is nearly here!

    Bristol is nearly here!

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    The 2020 Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show celebrates the 40th birthday of the event. To mark the milestone, organisers are turning back the clock and throwing a 1970s/80s-themed birthday bash and, of course, everyone

  • Missing men

    Missing men

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    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

  • The story of a snowy Colmore Cup Trial in 1932…

    The story of a snowy Colmore Cup Trial in 1932…

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    Snow and ice are often the bane of competitive winter motorcycling events. But in February 1932, it wasn’t enough!

  • In to Europe…

    In to Europe…

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    No, not a comment on the Brexit chaos dominating the UK at the moment but a reference to the ECMO classic MX series held in various European countries. Chris Lewis, of Elsinore 74, called up

  • Setting it straight

    Setting it straight

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    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

  • Ipswich Contis?

    Ipswich Contis?

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    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,

  • ‘A restyled British Vincent with an American accent’

    ‘A restyled British Vincent with an American accent’

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    A restyled Brit with an American accent, a long way from home in Stevenage, in terms of looks and in actuality.

  • END OF AN ERA: Looking back at the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix

    END OF AN ERA: Looking back at the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix

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    As Ken Bills bump-started his 490cc ohc Norton for the 1938 Senior Manx Grand Prix, few would have imagined that he would be the last MGP winner for eight years.


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