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Mike Hailwood pushes off on his MV Agusta 500-4 at the start of the SeniorTT on the Isle of Man, June 8, 1962. The race wasn’t going to be his finest on Mona’s Isle, as he finished 12th, after gearbox and clutch trouble. Instead, the win went to his

Once good friends, Barry Sheene and Phil Read fell out in a big way in 1975 – but they retained their respect for each other as riders. Read wanted MV to recruit Sheene as his team-mate in 1974 but switched to campaigning a private RG500 Suzuki himse

The year 2000 saw a changing of the guard in World Superbikes. An injury at round two in Phillip Island saw the reigning champ Carl Fogarty retire – eventually for good – while the rest of the chasing pack tried to make the new millennium’s title the

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In a move aimed at encouraging new or returning riders to take part in events, Novice or Intermediate Novice licence holders will this year get free entry for their first race with the CRMC. The free entry covers the cost of one set of races over a r

Look through the eligibility records of the CRMC and the name Seeley comes up time and time again. Sometimes it’s for Seeley G50s, which were a complete bike sold to be raced in everything from GPs to Brands Hatch scratching with Bemsee on a Saturday

The swinging arm rear suspension and heavy-finned all-alloy top-end of the motor that fully enclosed the valve gear is an immediate giveaway of the later, Mark VIII KTT machines. But in reality it's not really this part of the KTT story that's its mo

Much has been written about William Joseph Dunlop in the two decades since his death at an obscure road race meeting in Estonia on July 2 in the year 2000. His incredible life and career have been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and film

You’re just too stupid to stop! These were the words of one of Team Parts Europe’s sponsors part way through last season’s European Endurance Cup Championship. They went on to win in convincing style, beating not only Belgium-based Team Force but als

Growing up in Orange County, California, David Aldana found himself right in the middle of cycle-mad Southern California in the late 1960s. David’s interests were entirely focused on the off-road side of the sport, with a pressed frame Suzuki 80 scra

On his visit to the Berlin factory, and while returning New Zealander Kim Newcombe's machinery, Dieter König offered Rod the Kiwi racer's position in the development department, as well as the works 500GP ride using a bike incorporating all the modif

Eric Hinton was the second of three sons born to one of the great names of Australian motorsport, Harry Hinton, and his wife, Vienie. Harry was born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1909, but his family emigrated to Australia soon after the end of the First

The way Wayne Gardner tore his Honda’s windshield during the 1992 Suzuka GP was really something. At the same time theatrical, so desperate, almost solemn: the energy, the movement, the quickness. The stage was the circuit’s gravel. Rain coming down,