Classic Racer

Classic Racer takes you so close you can actually smell the Castrol R. With the world's finest archive, and an editorial team who live and breathe the sport, the only way you'll get closer will be to put on your leathers.

Classic Racer

Peter Williams: 1939-2020

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ROLAND PIKE • Both a talented racer and engineer, Roland Pike would be involved in the glory years of British bike racing before emigrating over ‘The Pond.’

FAB FOUR! • Still regarded as one of the most exotic four-cylinder race machines to come out of Japan, the Yamaha YZF-R7 of Noriyuki Haga narrowly missed out on the 2000 World Superbike title. Alan Cathcart rode it…

NORIYUKI HAGA: Sultan of Slide

ROBBED! • In part two of our Gary Nixon story, this is how FIM politics took a world title away from the American during his Formula 750 years…

1957 GILERA 500/4

WHIT’S WISDOM! WARNING – ADULT LANGUAGE USED OR INFERRED! Part one • James Whitham: multiple British champion, World Superbike race winner,TT racer, commentator and all-round bloody funny bloke (so much so, we’ve had to split this feature into two parts!).We ask this popular racer about some of his favourite subjects…

HONDA RS500 • Built in very limited numbers for select privateers, the RS500 was derived from the world championship-winning works NS500.

TTARDOZZI! • Davide Tardozzi – World Superbike race winner, almost a champion and later WSB team manager and latterly a big boss at Ducati in MotoGP, but did you know he also did the Isle of Man TT in 1986?

COOL CORSA! • While many laud the Ducati 916 as one of the most beautiful and successful four-stroke race bikes ever, we’d also give a shout-out for its predecessor – the 888.This Oxford Products Ducati Corsa 888 has plenty of history.

OXFORD PRODUCTS’ RACING HISTORY…

AGO’S NIGHTMARE • He came from nowhere and in 1975 won the 350 title: the rookie sensation Johnny Cecotto later raced with bigger bikes, clinching the Formula 750 title in 1978. In 1981 he switched to cars and quickly reached F1. Here are some of his memories…

MELANDRI’S MUSINGS…

Great Britten! • For many, the most beautiful hand-built racing machines ever built – the Brittens – were the Davids amongst the Goliaths of V-twin racing for a decade: but what were they like to ride?

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