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Franco Bourne took the 2020 Honda British Talent Cup and in doing so also takes the Dave Simmonds trophy. It was a dramatic end to the season with former points leader Eddie O’Shea getting wiped out on the first lap in the final round, but Bourne too

The UK’s biggest and best classic off-road show is getting a new date, for one year only, as the scene aims to fight back against the Covid-19 pandemic. Normally held each February, the Classic Dirt Bike Show inTelford will switch weekends to May 15

IDP Moto has embarked on a series of cheap-to-enter competitions to help shed some very special modern classics owned by some racing legends. It started towards the end of 2020, when IDP wanted to free up some space with the large numbers of Pro-AmYa

Charisma: a few racers have it, lots don’t have it, some don’t want to have it – they are there solely to race and win. Gary Nixon had it in spades and won lots of races and titles... Daytona 1996 and I’m stood next to the great man himself. He’s sig

Former racer and now politician Christian Estrosi has been on the front-line of what France has called an ‘Islamist terrorist attack.’ Estrosi raced at the highest level in world championships, taking a best of 4th in the 1978 500cc French Grand Prix

Just like the Classic Dirt Bike Show, The Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show – traditionally a season curtain-raiser for us classic fans – is (for one year only) switching to a new summer date to try and beat the Covid-19 pandemic. Usually held in Febru

Head to pages 76 and 77 for a report on the late summer meetings from Scarborough’s famous road-racing circuit. Here are the scheduled events for 2021: Spring Cup: May 8/9 Barry Sheene Classic: June 19/20 Oliver’s Mount Festival: July 31/August 1

Author Frank Melling waxes lyrically as only he can about classic motorcycles old and new in this lavish bookazine. Price: £7.99: www.classicmagazines.co.uk/product/5585/bookazine-classic-superbikes This is the story of a classic motorcycle racer

In 2020, two memorials were created in Co Down. One, a mural on the gable wall of the Corner Inn, Crossgar, was unveiled on September 6, the other, an inscribed tablet is to be placed in the grounds of Killyleagh Castle, both in tribute to one of Nor

Engine: Liquid-cooled DOHC 16-valve transverse in-line four-cylinder four-stroke with offset chain camshaft drive Dimensions: 65.5 x 44.5 mm Capacity: 599cc Output: 123bhp at 14,500rpm (at gearbox) Compression ratio: 13.5:1 Carburation: 4 x 37mm

The 1960s and 70s were exciting times in road-racing. Grand Prix stars competed in non-championship international class races on exotic works machines, National Championships were hotly contested in all classes and club racing at scores of tracks was

The year after the R6 Cup wrapped, the R1 Cup got underway. Based on similar principles, it cost each rider a more prickly £25,000 and there was no factory Superbike ride the following season for the winner. There was, however, at least a test ride o

Despite the truncated season, the CRMC has decided that the 2020 championships should be honoured, the trophies to be awarded at a time and date to be determined. Sidecar Pd.1 Vince Worthington/Mark Todd Sidecar Pd.2 Bob Dawson/Danny Quirk Sideca

With most of the club and ACU championships finely balanced after Cadwell and Darley, competitors departed the Derbyshire circuit with high expectations for a grandstand finish to the shortened season at Pembrey in late September, which would also in