Classic Racer

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Whatever happened to? DICK WYLER • A real-life celebrity in more ways than one, actor/rider/writer Dick Wyler/Richard Stapley was linked to Greeves, raced at club level and acted alongside Liz Taylor.

PARK LIFE! • That most classic British racing circuit, Cadwell Park is 90 years old this year. Classic Racer was invited to a very special birthday party by Classic Bike Trackdays.

THE FOGGY AND FRANKIE SHOW! • This year’s Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Stafford Show was all about Carl Fogarty, Frankie Chili, Ducati’s 916 and lots of other cool classic race machines.

ONE SEASON WONDER! • The times, they were a-changing in the 1970s in both Grand Prix racing and road-racing with the proliferation of the two-stroke. Alan Cathcart rides a replica of one quirky hybrid machine: Charlie Williams’ 1974 Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385.

1992 NORTON NRS588

Soviet speedsters! • The S-Racer machines are a little-known area of motorcycle racing which often took part behind the Iron Curtain. Raymond Ainscoe investigates.

1973 SEELEY MONOCOQUE SUZUKI TR500 • Rarely do the worlds of motorcar and motorcycle race engineering come together – such are the differing demands between two and four wheels – but they did in 1973 with this much-modified Suzuki TR500. Born of the genius of former sidecar racer and chassis expert Colin Seeley, the design and engineering skills of Bob Cakebread and the fabrication artistry of future IndyCar whizz Nick Goozee, the Seeley Monocoque Suzuki TR500 showed a future of what might have been…

THE DON! • Donald Morley is the godfather of motorcycle racing photography, and his work graces every issue of Classic Racer. As he announces the sale of his archive, we recount his amazing stories and sift through the awesome pictures taken by the master.

VALENTINE’S DAY • Jack Valentine was one half of the V&M Racing team, but he also achieved so much more with his ValMoto team, and as team boss for Honda Britain, Foggy Petronas, Crescent Suzuki, and Bournemouth Kawasaki. In the first of our three-part series, Classic Racer looks at Jack’s early years and his success with V&M.

PART FOUR SIX-SHOOTER! • Classic Racer friends Tony and Claire Greenslade run Gibson/Allspeed exhausts in Essex. Following on from a successful 2024, they’re looking forward to 2025 – and it all starts now. But what Supersport 600 has Tony bought?

Fred Clarke • Fred Clarke – for more than 50 years the voice of British motorcycle racing – takes us back in time for some fun and often touching recollections from his time in the UK race paddocks.

PART FIVE BUILDING BARRY! PAINT YOUR WAGON • Mike ‘Spike’ Edwards has been a busy bee recently, getting odds and sodds sorted for ‘Barry’ the racing Honda CB500. He’s now ready to design up a colour scheme. Pass Spike the crayons will you?

Back in the Day • Welcome to ‘Back in the Day’. 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

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