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

Tony Jefferies: 1948-2021

Fabulous Franco!

Hammer of the Gods!

STER LETTER

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Editor’s welcome

BOOK CORNER

Whatever happened to? LANCE WEIL

Velo-ciraptor! • In some ways a bit of a design dinosaur when it came to postwar racing, in fact the 350cc Velocette KTT Mk.VIII was also a bit of a trendsetter and plenty fast, as Alan Cathcart found out.

VELOCETTE KTT MK.VIII

BACK TO BUSINESS! • After the cancellation of the 2020 event, the Classic Racing Motorcycle Club’s annual awards and dinner/dance was back at its customary venue of the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel.

CRMC Championship Winners 2021

1970-75 TRIUMPH T150 ‘SLIPPERY SAM’

THE BIG TIME… • In part two of our look at the career of the late-great Paul Smart, we look at his successful times in the USA and THAT Imola win for Ducati.

PROTON KR3 500 • This is the bike Jeremy McWilliams rode to pole position for the 2002 Australian 500cc GP – the last time a two-stroke 500cc machine took that honour.

The Iron Duke • Classic Racer looks back on the life of motorcycle racing’s first true superstar – Geoff Duke.

BIG DJ! • In the first of our tributes to Yorkshire’s greatest racing dynasty, Classic Racer looks back on the life and career of David Jefferies.

V4 VICTORY! • Almost 30 years ago, Mike ‘Spike’ Edwards won the Supersport 400 series on a Honda VFR400R NC30 – so what will it be like going back in time to race one again in 2021?

SILLY SEASON! • It was one of the greatest comebacks in motorcycle racing. Colin Edwards and his Honda would claw back 58 points on his Ducati-mounted rivalTroy Bayliss, and it all happened 20 years ago…

The rivalry into MotoGP

Niall’s old nail! • We want to see YOUR pride and joy race machine in the pages of Classic Racer EVERY issue. It doesn’t matter if you no longer race, or no longer race the bike anymore – share with us the specs, stories and memories of your time racing your favourite steed! Email your hi-res shots and words to: bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk. Let us know what you’ve done and how you’ve done it, and tell us about your favourite race too!

Back in the Day • Welcome to ‘Back in the Day’ – where we want to see all your old photographs from way back when.They could be of you racing, or perhaps you meeting your racing idol – or maybe just snaps you’ve taken at a race event from yesteryear: do be mindful of copyright! Send them to: BSimmonds@mortons.co.uk