Classic Bike Guide

From the Archive: Memories of Mike

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Shannon Butcher

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21st January 2020

We asked Racer readers to send us their recollections of the young Mike Hailwood. Sydney Webster and Jock Leyden sent us theirs…
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Stunning off-road machines confirmed for Classic Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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17th January 2020

A stunning line-up of classic off-road machines has been confirmed for the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks next month.
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Geoff Duke: First global superstar of racing

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.
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From the Archive: Riding Life – Moto Guzzi Museum

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

For many Moto Guzzi enthusiasts, a pilgrimage to Mandello del Lario fulfils a lifetime ambition. Frank Melling presents a whistlestop tour WORDS BY Frank Melling PHOTOS BY Carol Melling IN AN ATTEMPT to be objective, I should say that the Moto Guzzi museum – at Mandello del Lario, on the banks of Lake Como in…
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WATSONIAN’S CLASSIC COMBOS

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

SIDECAR MANUFACTURER WATSONIAN have launched new sidecars for modern classics from Triumph and Royal Enfield. A Prescott sidecar has been created for use with the 1200cc Triumph Bobber Black. The combo featured the popular Prescott body shell, based on a design dating back to 1946 and originally made using surplus RAF Mosquito reserve fuel tanks.…
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Café Racer Kits announce details of latest bike conversion kit

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Sam Hewitt

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10th January 2020

Café Racer Kits have announced details of their latest bike conversion kit.
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Bringing a Honda GL Interstate V-Twin 650 back to its best

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Sam Hewitt

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8th January 2020

This 20,000 mile example needed a mite more than spit ’n’ polish to bring it back to its best.
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Ogri: Remaining Everybody’s favourite since the 1970s

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Sam Hewitt

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7th January 2020

The immortal Ogri was the proto-rocker that a certain kind of Seventies and Eighties rider wished they were.
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Classic bike racers break TWO American Land Speed Records

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd January 2020

Two classic motorcycle racers from Cornwall have broken two American Land Speed Records on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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The Bike Shed Festival – we raced too

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Sam Hewitt

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26th December 2019

Words by Matt Photography by Drew Irvine, Maria Knights, Amy Shore and Tim Cochrane Neville, Maria and I spend so much time in sheds fixing and building things, or covering shows and photographing other people’s bikes, that it’s occasionally time to have a go ourselves. And the Bike Shed Festival seemed the perfect blend of…
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