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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Newcombe' Konig - An unknown New Zealander on a bike dfi-ven by a two stroke flat-four boat engine led Ago and Read's MVs in the 1973 SOOcc title chase^ii Kim Newcombe was thi rider, the bike the German-built Konig,
'Down Under' - A new column for our expanding base of enthusiasts and racers in Australia and New Zealand - plus a great subscriptions offer.
Stanley's story - Stanley Woods talked at length J about his racing career to motorcy-^fa cle racing historian Brian Woolley. Stanley insisted on seeing and correcting everything that was written and completed the task before his death in July. We begin the definitive chronicle of the Stanley Woods story here.
Manx GP Special - A magnificent eight-page colour special report from what is now the most prestigious classic motorcycle racing event in the world - the Manx Grand Prix over the Isle of Man TT course.
All-conquering RGs - The most successful over-the-counter racer ever, suggested Jim Greening in the last issue, and no-one's written in to disagree. In this second part Jim describes just what domination the production racer achieved in the late Seventies and early Eighties - and there are some great colour pictures from that time.
Read (and Hailwood) at the TT - 'Park the van round the back,' he was acl vised. 'No I won't serve you with petrol,' he was told. Yes, Read was back in the Isle of Man for the 1 977 TT and about to add another world title to his name before being joined there a year later by a former rival.
DMW racer test - This 'classic' racer was never developed well enough to make the race track in competition, but, 28 years on, owner Roy Martin has made a competitive machine out of it, as our tester Peter Crew finds out.
TT: the foreign menace - In the Thirties, a real threat to British supremacy on the Island ' emerged from Italy and Germany. Brian Woolley continues his historical examination of the Tourist Trophy event.
Race reports
Regulars:
Race news
Subscriptions
Jim Greening
Letters
Vintage scene
'Racer' tee shirts
Newcombe' Konig - An unknown New Zealander on a bike dfi-ven by a two stroke flat-four boat engine led Ago and Read's MVs in the 1973 SOOcc title chase^ii Kim Newcombe was thi rider, the bike the German-built Konig,
'Down Under' - A new column for our expanding base of enthusiasts and racers in Australia and New Zealand - plus a great subscriptions offer.
Stanley's story - Stanley Woods talked at length J about his racing career to motorcy-^fa cle racing historian Brian Woolley. Stanley insisted on seeing and correcting everything that was written and completed the task before his death in July. We begin the definitive chronicle of the Stanley Woods story here.
Manx GP Special - A magnificent eight-page colour special report from what is now the most prestigious classic motorcycle racing event in the world - the Manx Grand Prix over the Isle of Man TT course.
All-conquering RGs - The most successful over-the-counter racer ever, suggested Jim Greening in the last issue, and no-one's written in to disagree. In this second part Jim describes just what domination the production racer achieved in the late Seventies and early Eighties - and there are some great colour pictures from that time.
Read (and Hailwood) at the TT - 'Park the van round the back,' he was acl vised. 'No I won't serve you with petrol,' he was told. Yes, Read was back in the Isle of Man for the 1 977 TT and about to add another world title to his name before being joined there a year later by a former rival.
DMW racer test - This 'classic' racer was never developed well enough to make the race track in competition, but, 28 years on, owner Roy Martin has made a competitive machine out of it, as our tester Peter Crew finds out.
TT: the foreign menace - In the Thirties, a real threat to British supremacy on the Island ' emerged from Italy and Germany. Brian Woolley continues his historical examination of the Tourist Trophy event.
Race reports
Regulars:
Race news
Subscriptions
Jim Greening
Letters
Vintage scene
'Racer' tee shirts
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