READ AND THE MV - It was 1975 and Yamaha were going all-out to wrest the 500cc title from MV. Phil Read had forced their star Giacomo Agostini into Yamaha's camp. No love lost between the two, it was daggers drawn. A fantastic season remembered by John Brown
CLASSIC TT SHOTS - More delving around in the many filing cabinets downstairs in the archives has relinquished some large format pictures from the Isle of Man which have rarely been used. We present them in this most appropriate of issues
JON THE BEE-EM MAN - Very much a racer for the sheer enjoyment of it, Jon Tollitt is a well-known figure at classic races on his remarkable road-going BMW twin. He cuts a fien figure on a quick and basically standard bike
TOMMY ROBB - Ireland's soft-spoken Mr Robb is not given to self-promotion so Jim Reynolds does a bit for him. In part one we learn how young Tommy saved up for his first motorbike
LES JUDKINS - Racer Les ploughed on for 25 years before he won anything but he didn't care much - he just loves it. He's some hilarious stories to tell, like when their bus broke down and he had to be towed up the M6 on his racing outfit piled high with tents!
CONTINENTAL QUERIES - A collection of shots from grand prix of the Fifties with some teasing questions from the German reader who regularly sends them to us at Classic Racer
EARLY SPEEDWAY - The sport credits its origins to a chap called Johnny Hoskins who ran the first 'dirt track' in Australia. It was in Britain that it really caught on however, with a meeting in Epping that attracted 30,000 people to a field!
DAYTONA REPORT - Duhamel versus Nixon all over again? Yes, they went out again at Daytona this year and John Brown was there to report on the 'old timers' and today's classic stars
FABULOUS FNs - The supercharged FN twin was made in Belgium during the 1930s and enjoyed some success. Little has been written about them so Mick Woollett decided to give them the exposure they surely deserve