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Classic Racer

May - June 2021
Magazine

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

Murray Walker – legend

FAUSTO GRESINI – 1961-2021

Chris Vincent – sidecar champ!

STAR LETTER PRIZE

readers write

Paddock Gossip

Welcome

BOOK CORNER

GEOFF TANNER • A talented part-time racer, Geoff Tanner was offered the golden ticket of a dream works Norton ride – but he turned it down. Why?

ENDURING ICON!

MARCO LUCCHINELLI

SLIGHT ADVANTAGE! • Super-cool and committed as a racer, Aaron Slight was one of the greats during the golden era of World Superbikes and as hard as they come…

A run-in with Slighty!

WHIT’S WISDOM! WARNING – ADULT LANGUAGE USED OR INFERRED! (and one naughty picture!) Part two • We all recall that James Whitham is a multiple British champion, World Superbike race winner,TT racer, commentator and that he also has a hilarious story or two. Here’s his second instalment...

1978 KAWASAKI KR250

YAMAHA YZR500

DOMESTIC BLISS! • Kevin ‘Magoo’ Magee is another laid-back Aussie that should have and certainly could have become an antipodean world champion. He was one of a select band that won races in both World Superbikes and 500cc GPs, but both titles eluded him. Here’s part one of his story...

FULL CIRCLE • He was the greatest motocross and supercross rider to ever walk the planet, but then Jean-Michel Bayle took a left turn and made his road-race debut at the French Grand Prix of 1992 – what happened next was phenomenal...

Didier De Radiguès: “He was difficult to work with”

Carlo Pernat: “nine out of ten”

Irish road-racing 2021 • Even as we rush towards vaccinations, the way ahead for many classic racing events is still uncertain around the world, including the Emerald Isle.

TT Tales • What does it take to race at the Isle of Man TT? And why do people keep coming back for more?

RACING IN TANDEM • This is the story of the development of the MZ RE 125 ll and how Rajko Wagner came to have one of the only two in existence!


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 100 Publisher: Mortons Media Group, Ltd Edition: May - June 2021

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  • Release date: April 13, 2021

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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

Murray Walker – legend

FAUSTO GRESINI – 1961-2021

Chris Vincent – sidecar champ!

STAR LETTER PRIZE

readers write

Paddock Gossip

Welcome

BOOK CORNER

GEOFF TANNER • A talented part-time racer, Geoff Tanner was offered the golden ticket of a dream works Norton ride – but he turned it down. Why?

ENDURING ICON!

MARCO LUCCHINELLI

SLIGHT ADVANTAGE! • Super-cool and committed as a racer, Aaron Slight was one of the greats during the golden era of World Superbikes and as hard as they come…

A run-in with Slighty!

WHIT’S WISDOM! WARNING – ADULT LANGUAGE USED OR INFERRED! (and one naughty picture!) Part two • We all recall that James Whitham is a multiple British champion, World Superbike race winner,TT racer, commentator and that he also has a hilarious story or two. Here’s his second instalment...

1978 KAWASAKI KR250

YAMAHA YZR500

DOMESTIC BLISS! • Kevin ‘Magoo’ Magee is another laid-back Aussie that should have and certainly could have become an antipodean world champion. He was one of a select band that won races in both World Superbikes and 500cc GPs, but both titles eluded him. Here’s part one of his story...

FULL CIRCLE • He was the greatest motocross and supercross rider to ever walk the planet, but then Jean-Michel Bayle took a left turn and made his road-race debut at the French Grand Prix of 1992 – what happened next was phenomenal...

Didier De Radiguès: “He was difficult to work with”

Carlo Pernat: “nine out of ten”

Irish road-racing 2021 • Even as we rush towards vaccinations, the way ahead for many classic racing events is still uncertain around the world, including the Emerald Isle.

TT Tales • What does it take to race at the Isle of Man TT? And why do people keep coming back for more?

RACING IN TANDEM • This is the story of the development of the MZ RE 125 ll and how Rajko Wagner came to have one of the only two in existence!


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