Classic Racer

Dear CR As I was reading issue 189, (I live in Australia and we get CR much later but it’s worth waiting for), I thought there were a few more articles this time. I always look forward to getting it, as it takes me back to when my brother and I, alon

Dear CR With reference to Mark Kulczyk’s letter in CR191, the no 49 ASG shown was taken at the 1972 John Player International. The rider, Andreas Georgeades, is listed in my program in the 500 and 1000 races and his country given as Canada. This ride

Dear CR I must reply to both letters from Dennis Murfin and Pete Owen in issue 190. Firstly, I have a replica Honda RC 162; I intend to race this bike in the very near future. It can be raced in Australia as a Period 6 250. Period 6 is for machines m

Compiled by Malc Wheeler The October Stafford show has a big reputation when it comes to providing special guests and entertainment, but this autumn’s edition is set to beat all records. As is tradition, the 25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechan

I have spent a large part of my life in motorcycle race paddocks in one role or another, and boy how things have changed over those 60 or so years! My first experience was in the 1960s at my local track, Cadwell Park, following my older cousin Coli

Speaking with Jan De Vos, the man behind the Redfox Grinta Ducati machine which you may have noticed on the cover of this issue of Classic Racer , something became very apparent. Jan, as with a lot of people I’ve met in a blossoming area of the clas

John Britten had talent in spades but he also had a dedicated team of friends, helpers and contractors to help the Christchurch maestro bring ideas to life. John had always wanted a single-cylinder powerplant to road race in Supermono. The engine was

The 1996 Elf 500 marked the return to the GP arena of the French petroleum giant with a bike bearing its own name for the first time since 1988. However, whereas Elf’s previous involvement in GP racing was concerned with pushing back the frontiers of

The bike that Michael Rutter contests in the ClassicTT races for Belgium-based Red Fox Grinta is identical in appearance to the machine his fatherTony took to third place in both the 1984 Formula OneTT Race and TT Formula One World Championship. Rut

The country that hosted the final round of the first two years of the championship did it in style, with one of the original protagonists, Gary Goodfellow, not only parading but returning to the track for the first time since the early 1990s. Goodfel