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From the Archive: Tony McGurk – mountain course journeyman

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Sam Hewitt

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11th May 2020

Tony McGurk blames the media frenzy around Giacomo Agostini for costing him a podium finish in the 1968 Senior TT. […]
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Can you help find this wedding BSA Shooting Star?

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Sam Hewitt

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7th May 2020

Classic Bike Guide reader John King is trying to track down his old BSA for a romantic reunification. Could you help […]
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From the Archive: Austin Hockley – Fearless Fighter

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Sam Hewitt

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4th May 2020

Ask any of the competitors who raced regularly against Austin Hockley and the most common description they give him is […]
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Bernard Hargreaves: Engineering, racing and war

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Sam Hewitt

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17th April 2020

Bernard Hargreaves’ life has been one of kitchen sink glamour.
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Hailwood’s Hutch: What happened at the 1965 Hutchinson 100?

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Sam Hewitt

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15th March 2020

Over fifty years ago, Mike Hailwood stole Triumph’s thunder by winning the Production class at the 33rd Hutchinson 100.
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The 2015 Bikers’ Classics Spa: July 3-5

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Sam Hewitt

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5th March 2020

During the 13th edition of the Bikers’ Classics on the legendary circuit at Spa-Francorchamps competitors and spectators suffered from a […]
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A brief history of motorcycle sidecars

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Shannon Butcher

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4th February 2020

Uncommon as they are today, sidecars are an interesting footnote in motorcycling history…
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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: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2020

A total of 650 riders competed at the ADAC-Sachsenring-Classic in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in former East Germany. Thousands of spectators came to […]
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From the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015

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Sam Hewitt

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7th January 2020

An emotional Jamie Coward paid tribute to Ted Woolf and the people who had stood by him after a shattered […]
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