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Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s
Oct 26 2013

Time Travel: A Biker’s Life in the 1970s

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May 5 2013

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There’s No Such Thing As An Original Triton

I looked up the address for Made in Metal and it said “Elms Business Park”. I thought warehouse; industrial unit; soulless. Imagine my joy when I arrived there and saw Continue Reading

Posted On : July 2, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Done too soon – Remembering Jarno Saarinen

I was in high school when Jarno Saarinen charged to the top of international motorcycle road racing in the early 1970s. I didn’t even own a motorcycle at the time. Continue Reading

Posted On : July 2, 2013 Published By :
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The Ace Cafe Ton-Up Day At Brooklands

1938 was a significant year in many ways. Test cricket was televised for the first time, Lord Snooty and his pals made their debut in a brand new comic called Continue Reading

Posted On : July 2, 2013 Published By :
Painting a Barry racing his No 7 Suzuki, close up.
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Mr Sheene

Sometime around the middle of May I spotted an Internet link to an article about one of my all time heroes so naturally I clicked on it. The photo tribute Continue Reading

Posted On : June 2, 2013 Published By : Dave
Speedway team standing round and sitting on a bike
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On The Slide

When you stand back and take stock of the many different strains of motorcycle sport in existence today, speedway stands out as being among the most unusual, with competitors’ bikes Continue Reading

Posted On : June 2, 2013 Published By :
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Portraits of the TT 2012

It had been 10 years since my first and last visit to the Isle of Man for the TT races, back in 2002 I had just changed jobs, as I Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2013 Published By :

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