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Cre ese Lee ne pee eee ce Povrerneere nee nie ner d enn raceme eect a) CST TORU) ee eee) ea aaa eats rau er cares geal pene eae er eumeneatrueuierns Pe ec ey een ae (038 YAMAHA YZR500 ene eee ey pce aes teed tar re (050 LINE ART: 1974 YAMAHA 0W20 eee ets eee ete Cont Cretan John Moulton recalls is time doing a regular nee ner Berea te Barty ace entree er Rec Main coverimages by Don Morey, Alan Cathcart, Kel Edge, Mortons chive an the late, grat Phi Aynsley. Thanks eee et a a ee te ae ee eee eee ee ee eee Cee et ear on ecm chee etre ens ee ns Breas ec) Cr Toe ate PRU ara eee Se eee) Peer td Ronnreeronn) Crane} Tony Greenslade and Team Allspeed take a eee ray See ena races. Ad they've only gone and bloomi won a eis) ORs ee ne ee eat Cenegetr ete ete Parrett nar vertticd Cee eed ere eee ee edISSUE 230 Nee eS BSC saa P00) oes oer Deter ine ne Reto tay eee er Cua Cee te ata Frctinaiteimananneree man eC inom ren Tey pry ere Tonite cen at ee ee eo ee fc rare Se ee ene terse es omer Es Leooeorr besaaael Jane Skeymen Cr eure Mc eon tara Inthe second of his columns, our Fred recalls YOUR pictures and memories from bike racing Roos Da aaa al Pee eee es Erato IS cour STO te oc) aceaenenace bearer sh ous eee eens ee ue ees errs Por meer ate arte ets eae erecta Aiicaetactacterae tata rae I Seay rrces ottee e Perec nee Lar oad Peter ei ac meted Firehinieyenece pe rea Cee eT ce Cea ras eg een ern6 GlassicRaoerRacing Red Arrow! ‘This is Flight Lieutenant Pete Evans sat on his brand-new Norton Commando in front of his Foland Gnat jet in 1869, when he was a pat of the RAF's Red Arrows aerobatic team. Peter joined the famous aerobatc out in 1966~e year after ‘they were formed —and 1969 would be his final yoar with the team. iterestinaly, Peter wouldbe volved in afew interesting racing ‘escapades during his years with thor ‘Beck n the 1960s, the RAF cidnt wrap thei Red Arrow pots uo in ‘oak they offen went off to do other things inthe of season, including car rallying and ai races. As a resut, Peter and wo of is ‘Arrows colesgues — Fight Leutenan Bell 100k prt inthe 1967 Syeney Marathon Endurance Raly~@ tough 10,000 mile course which tookin 11 countries in as many days — ‘reveling from London, through Europe anon to Australia, Their ‘Austen 1200 cama home 19th out of the 96 finishers ~ wel ahead of ‘tho Royal Navy and British Amy teams, “This was an enormous PR success forthe RAF and therfore Evans and Kingsley were alowed to take patin the 1969 London = Sine Air Race, alongside the Red Arrows’ ofl photographer ‘Anhur Gbson. Whi fying a brandnew SIALMachet SE 260 inthe ‘even, they would find themselves having to land onan ilendt 0 bad weather on Christmas Day 1969 Evans was sure they were on the southside ofthe Les Island of Flores and as soon as they got out of their plane the son surounded by cau walkedinland to get help wile Gibson and Kingsley dug the ascrat jut ofthe sand eventually mating benane tee leaves together to ‘make @ surface capable of taking the weight ofthe aire Evans arived with help ad the makeshift runsay wes Soon completed: the sircratt was mado as ght as possible and Kingsloy alone flow it ofthe beac, landing on a paved strip on the other sido Of te island to pick up Evens and Gibson. Despite this dvertve adventure, the ro would eventual cross the finish ne in 57th pace out oF BI starters: all ‘boy! one’ stut. Peel Evans and Tery Kingsley would oon to do other endurance road and airrace rales evar the coming yeas. Coincidentally, C later found out that Peter is good frends with tvee-time British Superbike champion Nal Mackeraie,andhis passion for acing is sil sto Nall says: "Poter has been a great fiend since 2008, | mat hrm by through John Reynolds and he sai hea ike 1o help sponsor ry son Taylor in racing, Weld chat ater the race weekends and catch Lupat some ofthe events and we scon became fends, with our mile often holidaying together. Hes ved an increible if inthe as (Vsiatoned him inthe Red Arrows in 1968 with my ded at Edaburgh Aiport Airshow in 1968) and on bikes and in cars. He's naw 20 and stil rides every day and buys bikes e iy got anew oR ‘Words: Bertie Simmonds Photograph: Mortons Archive ClassicRacer 720 ye the youthful Jame and became the youngest ever id Superbike champion at 23: ‘1 months and 29 days od And, bythe time he lifted the trophy urs on October 3, 2004 he's already boon racing on Tarmac fo nina years, and before that racing in offoad and mote-ross as 9 schoolboy Briish hampionship. He was ‘quickly signed by Castro! Honda to take partin the 1898 Unfortunately st competitive that year and he ‘tagically lost his team-mate Michae! Paquay in an accident at Monza Picking up some serious injures his ’Ater two years on the international to the UK and rode npionship to WSB and fe eager to return tothe world stage (GSE team on Dunions often btn but he eventually won aWSB 'chersleben on his way to thir in the championship in 200 With 2008 having been a bit of a Ducat eft, 2004 would be diferent with returning Japanese mactinery in four James Toseland World Superbike champion 2004, 2007 cylinder 1000ce quise albetin privatasr teams. Joining Regis Laconi in the factory Ducati teem, all the field na use the Pret 3g into the final round, Laceni had won seven races to Toseland’s two but the Brit ly four points behind. ‘Amazingly he pressure seemed to ‘on the Frenctman at Mgr are and James won the frst ace an sk 2nd inthe final race, with Regis only st season with Ducat 05 defending the number one pate, 1 the Ten Kate Honda team take the runnerup spat overall that year before another ‘ch run thing’ title victory for Honda in 2007 were held take the charnpionship by two points from Noriyuki Haga. Ch‘Compiled by: Ben Rumbold, MotoXwords DUCHINN! YOUTH MICHIGAN JACKET Put your racing knowledge to the test and complete the puzzle to be in with a chance of winning this great prize. Good luck! Designed for youngsters from 6-16 years old, the Michigan is @ rotro style waterproof jacket made to the same high standards as adult motorcycle clothing. Rated AA for safety, it comes with full CE armour. For mare info visit wwwthekeycollection. co.uk ‘Across 1: Bright sounding dofunct motoreycle brand at wes founded in Wolverhampton 100 years ago.(7) Briiah racer who won twoT based world es belore enjoying a sold GP career. (38) 7: Seting for engines that has become Increasingly more cial over the years. (7) 11: The first one at GP level was held in Qatar, years ago. (54) 12: Mr Kanaya, the ist Japanese ridar to wina 500ee Grand Prix (5), 43: Annual Prize thatis given toa stand-out British motoreycls, of any discipline, under 21 years old. (7) 415: Castle —_, Wikshie circuit hati used for testing before the lle of ManTT. (5) 17: Tetm for an engine specialist who extracts the most from engines. 6) 21: Original satolite channel that first broadcast all classes of GP live. @) 23: Team-mate to Doohan and Civile who Started with a VTwin 500cc Hones. (5) 2: Joint that often requires some lever adjustment whan ts injured. (5) 26: 'susuelly a good thing to say that aier escapes with ust these afer a big crash, (7) 29: Part ofthe aoe signalled bythe chequered fag. (2 231: British manufacturer who experimented witha earbon fibre fram inthe 1880s (8) ‘34: Monsieur Jacque, the lst ever French World Champion inthe 2506 clas. (7) 35; Without this, there no bang to fie your engine! (9) 36: A racing one goos up by going down, the ‘opposite of aroad-going one. (7), Down 1: The ily bottom ofthe engine. (4) 2: Senor Aleamora, the only Spanish 125ce World Champion in the 1990s. (6) 2: French circuit where Carlos Checa clinched his World Superbike ttl. (55) 4: Bimingharwbased manufacturer that Graham Walker earned alt of success with. (5) '5: Geographical region from where 73 Across has bean involved in developing motoreeling talent. (6) 6 & 20 Down & 33 Down: Uniquely named ‘event at Jarama that saw victory for Carlos (Checa (65,4) 8 & 16 Down: Accurate sethetc description of early crash helmats. (75) What brakes help you do! i 110: Most components one bike are made of some form ofthis. 5) 112: See 26 Down, 14 Smal bike logend who was paid bute to with Jorge Marti very at Siverstone this var 5) 16: See 8 Down, 418: Monsieur Lacon, second to JamosToseland ashis WSB team-mate (6) 419: Australian city in New SouthWales, famously the hometown oftheir first World Champion. (10) 20: S00 6 Down, 22: Twin-cylinder machines that dominated 125ce GPs before rule changes outlawed the engine desig. (7 24: American Oil giant who gets involved with ‘many Stateside racing series. (5) 26 & 12 Down: Traditional end of season venue that closed out the frst Viedivar Vodka 280ce series. (6.5) 27: As Alfonso Pons was more commonly known. t) 28: Italian company that acquired a factory and design from Aarmacchi & Hariey-Davidson in the lato 1970s. (6) 20: Paul Australian racer who won domestic titles at home and inthe UK. (8), 32: Yorkshire's sevensimeTT winner, M. Grant. @ 3: See 6 Down, KOVIX £84.99 Lda b4 Lock Holder £14.99a Te bein wit chance of winning filin your Sa ae a Sa IMr/Mrs/Miss /Ms (please cr Fist name surname Me patos: Teer CS ee Peet omen tometerenorise te ee eee Sa eee TownCity County Postcode: Country Ema Telephone ‘The answers to last issue's Classic Racer crossword: Across Down Texas Pocitic Group & Brake Hose, 9 & 10 Down Philip sland, 2.XR, 3 Swallow, 4 Ago, 8 Forrest Elbow, 6 Grooves, 7 & 12Eloven,13Yellow, 14 Salt, 15 Assist, 18 Doug, 19 Ralt21 Aoyama, 26 Down ProumaticVaves, 11 & 1 Down TiansatlantcTrophy, ‘23 Toby, 28 Gustav, 27 Imatr, 28 Castral, 29 Lambretta, 15 & 20 Down Air Filer, 16 lgoa, 17 Thad Wolf, 22 MSA, ‘32 Flowbog Crossroads 24 Munster,28 Gees, 30 Rob, 31 MA, ClassicRacer 13,Im csc on Maton Moun Maa Ce, Morini, Hart, LL Gu, @ Cesta cova tock. cn Chica It you want to got in touch. readers ee PERFECT PAT! Peal cw or) Congratulations on the articles had for that meeting was a on keeping ‘on Pat Hennen:A phenomenal TR7 hardtop (with sunroof), __the thing on Set ee eee ee eters Pett ee ee meee erty ee ree es Cea) head through the sunroof. On included doling out the prizes that particular day at Cadwell rs oe ee a et ee cet een tacts Cr Seer eee or ee eer Tet ee eek ye Coe Ly ett a ke ad Pat and the Penthouse Pets prs of scantily clad legs and A ee ara Pee nr ee ee oe ts aves pee ee ete ee oe a ae Rated Se nn a ee eC ee ea Seat) Peter VO i es ee cee De EUR PRIZE Cnewerc ely pitta HEADING NORTH. Dear CR, featuring him in those issues. He was My name is Mikey Hottman.For the delighted to see them. lam reaching ast three years ve served as Rob out to you tolet you know aw much North mechanic and enprentce. Last he apreciated your acknowledgment March | took Rob tothe hospital for of him in your aticles. Thankyou for ‘medical attention. Since then, he was your efforts over the years to help with forced to rete and close the shop due his legacy toheatin issues andes been in and futof the hospital since. I visited him Mikey Hottman, today and brought him Spring 1968 and ‘Api 1996 copes of your publication The Editor says: “Glad to heart, Mikay” [rm not ane to moan about the content of because you cat please everyone, and if there's the odd anicle of no interest thre are aways plenty of others that ae. But at east athe articles should be appropriate tothe ich brings me to Spike Edwards a 26 enough once but is cragging ut interminably over numerous issues with no endin sight. IF wanted to road Classic Motorcycle Mechanics then buy that publication but | dort anymore and I dort want ‘read that kind of rebuldrestoration content in CCR. Please, no more i's got next to nething to co with racing and that's what | buy CA to read ‘Andy Overton race bike in 14 ClassicRacerGREAT GARDNER! Dear CR, | had the pleasure of meeting Wayne Gardner at the recent British MotoGP What e lovely ‘uy and stil a cool dude, We hada great Chat about the Donington grands prix and brought back memories af the golden era of the 1980s to 1990s. He also reminded me that he once rode the Ulster GP During the {908 | worked fr an ish racing magazine and Wayne was always good for an action shot taok the one seen here, 'm always looking forward tothe next sous Colin Logue The Esitor says: “Nice shot Colin! I was at Donington Park for his last 500ce win jn 1992 ho’ legend!” SURE IT’S SHEENE’S? Dear CR, | was certainly looking forward to reading the Barry Sheene Suzuk article in JulyiAugust issue, but was disappointed to find thst the ‘machine featured representing his 1973 championship-wanning bike isnot, in fact the actual Seeley Suzuki TRSOO that Barry successful campaigned that year. lar sure ‘hat the provenance and history surounding the featured bike can be successtuly confined by the eutent viner ofthe actual 1973 bike that Colin bul for Bacy inorder ta clear up any misunderstancings in due | noticed thatthe article was based on a previous one Phil Aynsley did in Australian Motor Cycle News This feature had already been disputed bythe curtent owner of the ‘tginal 1973 Barry Sheene TREOO Seeley SUPER CRMC! Dear CR, Could through your bitant magazine, ‘send a message of thanks to the (Cassie Racing Motor Cyele Ci, {or the brillanly organised and very entertaining Cassic Motorcycle Racing Festnal at Donington Park Myset and two friends travelled {rom Norfok forthe event, camping at the edoining campsite. Each evering ‘wes spent walking around the paddock ‘teas marveling at all the bikes and. Sidecars, we found everyting was so fiendy, and no questions regaraing istry of bikes or sidecars went ‘unanswered, and we were encouraged toask anything, We have done Bitish Superbike and MotoGP weekends, but can honesty say the classic weekend was so much ‘more caretree, stresstree and tienly Bemard Archer The Edltor says: “Agreed Berard —it was a brillant event!” ‘Suzuk, who asked Phil to publish a correction Wich i understand never happened Following the dscovery of Barry's actual ‘machine and subsequent acquisition ror to 8 full and thorough restoration, on behalf ofthe exiting ovr | was responsibe for artanging for Calin Sealey to determine ts authenticity. This Coin duly, stating that it was built specifically folowing Barry Sheenes request to house his SurukiTR500 engine ina Seeley- but frame and confirmed its provenance in writing. FYI the other sister Seoley Suzuki TR5OO bike which Coin bul tthe time wes raced by Barry's team mate Stan Woods, and this machine has also been restored recently and ts provenance confirms. Folloning restoration, the genuine Bary ‘Shoene TR5OO Seeley Suzukihas been feauzedin several high profie car and ‘motorcycle magazines, as well as making many regulr appearances for cispay purposes or rides at various biking events including the Gooewaod Festival of Speed. lam therefore enclosing some of my vn photos which | have taken ofthis cone racer, o show you the THANK YOU! Dear CR, Having attended the CAMC July meeting at Donington Park, please pass on my arataful thanks to Peter Fox for taking time to chat regarding his recently acquited MV Agusta, ridden tothe 1978 500ec werd championship by the lat, great Phil Read. (See the attached ‘Photo - the smile on my face saysit al!) las lucky enough to attend the Dutch round of the 1978 world championships. “Meeting Peter brought back wonderful ‘memories of the fantaste fight between the Yamahas of Agostini and Lansivout, and the IMVs of ead ana Bonera, finishing in thet “The 500 race was also contasted by the late Bille Neloon who waa from my hometown of Ecengton. Billo was riding the ew developed two-stroke fourcylinder Fath, engineered by Helmut Fath sidecar world champion. Iwas incredibly quick and managed to stay with the Yamahas and Mis until engine problems forced retiernent, Sadly, Bille was unable to continue development, tragicaly losing his We contesting the 250cc race atthe Yugoslav Grand Prix just to months later. Perhaps you might consider featuring Bille, one ofthe top Continental Ccus privateers during the 1960s and early 705, inthe not too distant future? PeterTurkington The Ecitr says: “Bille sounds like a perect choice fora CR festure inthe futwe ‘eal thing, inlucing a picture of an extremely proud Freddie Shoane siting on his at fathor’s Dike at the 2021 Festnal of Speed | therefore trust that you can bring tis information othe attention of your eacers in te near Future, 80 that thera is no misunderstancing bout the authenticity ofthe ‘motorcycle featured in your magazine article John AThompson The Editor says: "Thanks for this Jobn. We id get a mall from the owner of te bike you Show in the picture as well as @ mail rom & previous owner ofthe bike that we showed in the July/August issue, both saying that the bike they owrvowned was Barry’ All we at Classic Racer can dois take - in good faith ~ the provenance shownvtold tous when the bik i photographed. We have had issues with ather machines shown in our pages before thet have prompted debate as tothe history of them. Hopefully inthe future we ‘can highight his other Sheene Machine a an ‘seuo of CR” ClassioRacer 15PaddockGossip Compiled by The Classic Racer team // Send your classic racing news to: [email protected] Stan ‘The Mar’ retires ‘The man behind the pow many a two-stroke racer in the would be greeted by mare than 30 ‘new’ engines on a Monday 19708 through to modern day ‘morning for him and his team ‘machines ~ Stan Stephens —has to tune. In CMM Stan revealed retired, forthe second time. the sei Stan's career spanned mare than 60 years and he started cut racing himself on solos and in sidecars land even on fou wheel). But it was his skills as 2 tuner~ most specfialy on two stroke machines that led to his fame and forune Stan set up his fist ‘motorcycle shop in the early 19708 but by 1981 his company Stan Stephens Tuning - was becoming legendary. He had formed the company on the back of his skls as a two stoke tuner par excalence. Many an ai cooled and lately liquid-cooled ‘two-stroke would be improved by his work ‘Stan Stephens became the name behind many ttle-winring stroke machines ofthe 1980s, including the Yarnaha RD250 and 350LCe, Powervalves, TZR260s, Kawasaki KR1 and KRIS machines as wellas the big 500ce fours, such as the Yamaha ROSOOLC and Suzuki's square-four G50O, Many of ction two-stroke championships ofthe 19808 ‘were filed with Stan The Man’ tuned machines, with many titles being won, By 2000, Stan ‘somi-otred’, sold the business at Brands and worked from home, ntrating on his core machines: The 260/250LCs and YPVS and the ROSOOLC and RG400/500 Suzukis. By 2013 he'd even written an production two-stroke machines, autobiography: The Mechanic some ridden by famous ‘A.generation of road riders once told sister publication Who Got Lucky -the latest names such as Terry Rymer ‘and racers would trek to his Classic Motorcycle Mechanics reprint i stilin stock and John Reynolds and Jeremy workshop at Brands Hatch and (wherehe was a contributor for available at Mewitlams, ‘many years) thet sometimes he www.stanstephens.com Mike-Fimby is now offcialy _off.rack and had established = {8 MotoGP Legend, having ‘8 such by the late been inducted ita the Hall 1970. n 1982, the ders of Fame, than officially requested Mike Mike, who died aged 4 acts their representative, in.2023, becomes the fst something further frraliced legend inducted wholly due to with the founding of IRTA in eit work oft.rack, 1888, with Mike at tha helm He was the founder and Advocating for ides and CEO ofthe International Road teams, RTA has remained a RacingTeams Association pivotal part af the sport AIRTAY, becoming one of the The huge progress in rmostimporant figures in the safety made since the history of motorcycle Grand organisation was founded Proracing championing the is thanks in large part tothe Fights of riders and helping to work undertaken by Mike, his push forever more stringent wife Irene, and IATA Safety in the spor. [A the presentation Tony “Mike began his career ‘ongram spoke on behalf of as.ariderand machanicin ‘rene and Mikes tami before tho 1960s, but soon started ‘rene was presented with the taemereasakeyfigue award 16 ClassicRacerPhotograph courtesy of Tracey's Pictures OUR OWN BIKE. BUILT AND RACED BY US. FULL RACE SPECIFICATION MOTOR WITH - DMS LIGHTENED CRANKSHAFT - DMS CUSTOM CONRODS PRIC - DMS CUSTOM PISTONS _— - DMS CUSTOM CAMSHAFTS - NOVA 6-SPEED BOX WITH NOVA DRY CLUTCH - 2x BESPOKE EXHAUST SYSTEMS Davies Motorsport Honda T.A.B 350 Photograph courtesy of Nick Wheeler FULL SPEC LOTS OF HISTORY . PICE £12. 500 CLASSIC TT WINNER PRICE £12,500 Contact John on 07812 400449 for information & full specification or e-mail [email protected]CLASSIC Cc a COOL! It may not be quite the event it used to be, but the slimmed-down Classic Manx Grand Prix still gave us plenty of action in 2024, Wiords: John Waterson Photos: Dave Kneae, Callum Staley, Baylon McCaughey and MGP Media The shortest races in the 10-year history of the Manx Grand Prix took place in late Aug ‘Slimmed down from a fortaight toa nine day evant sinca the retumn from the enforced CCOMID break, the Classic MGP continues to produce some excellent racing This yea ve seen the retum o the 360ce Cassi Jurior asa seperate race That and the Senior Classic 500ee both received 41 entries but only 20 ofthe Junior ‘machines managed to quaify and 33 ofthe 500s. The cancelation of the fist day of racing {to alow for aditional quatying to make up for the lost sessions) and further delays and ppostponements on dey two (Saturday), meant ata onelep 350 race was rescheduled as the fist event on the Bank Holiday Monday, ith the 500 over two las ater inthe dy. But futher delays and tightening up of wat had looked ike being a sierace schedule was changed again and the seperate race for the 360s was scrapped. instead it was combined with the 600s over a singe lap. it therefore led toa further reduction in starters as mary of the 360 riders also had 600 rides, so the combined fd was somewhere in the region of 36, Perhaps not oo surprisingly it led to ‘an extremely tight finish in the 5000 Below Superbike Classic ‘op tw (rom left) Fight Maley Rushton, class particulary, where Shaun Anerson of Banbridge, County Dawn won by the ar but he was perhaps avercautious an the dame stretches beneath the trees atthe slenderest of margins from John McGuinness Nook and Goveror’s Di, enabling Anderson ina Paton one-two. With damp patches all ‘around the course, and testing winds on the ‘mountain, McGuinness lod by 4.5 seconds at quarteraistance (Glen Helen), with Mike Browne aclose third at 0.3s onthe Euroke "g Norton. Anderson wae quickest on to Ramsey Haitpn sector and aso proved stronger on tha mountain climb tout McGuinness’ lead to 2.368 a the Bungalow. Adarn McLean slotted the Fltwick Motoreycies Royal Enfield int third, 2.25 ahead of Browne, The gap at Cronk-ny:Mona was 1.18 t0 ‘McGuinness on Roger Wintel’ machine, 10 overhaul him atthe line by a mar 0.163 cof second. They both averaged in excess of ‘omg, commendabie in the condtons. “Ive been chasing a win since 2010 when | was runnerup in the Newoomers’ MGR so lam ecstatic with this” 286 40,yearold Anderson, thanking Switzerland's Peter ‘Bevggar for providing him with what he seseribed as an amazing bio. Shaun's wi Sara was back home in Northern Ireland ‘awaiting the bith of thet baby daughter. "'m hoping altho excternent hast wiggored anything” he added Fellow Ulsterman McLean sealed tiedplace on the Bullet ty nine-tenth ofa seco from Browne, with Jamie Coward (Norton) ‘and Pau Jordan (7500 Yamaha) completing Course newcomer Harley Rushton of inleton, North Yorks rode extremely wel the Chris Hughes-buit Honda Ka to win the dunior class by more than 48 seconds frm ‘8 yoacold Glen English, The later, making his return to racing on the course forthe first ime since winning the Classic Senior in 2000, hac made his mind up before the start that this would also be is last race over the Mountain Course. Local man Mikey Evans and Nigel Moore of Dungannon had made the eary running, but both retired to leave Rushton witha sure lea, He is tyre technician forthe PBM Hagar Ducati 8S8 team. Mike Browne Lote Glen English, Above: Shaun Classic Below: Mike Browne, Ducat 916 Superbike Classic the drastically shortened Classic Sunerbke race onthe Key Racing 916 Ducat. Quickes in qualifying, the talented lshman went ‘marginally faster inthe race to wi at an peraescencletizaL arteries his 35th birthday ‘Originally four laps, the race had been halved and squeezed in atthe and of a crammed fiveaca schedule on Bank Holiday Monday, Leading from the drop ofthe fsa, he was 5.5s upon the fist ofthe chasing ZAR750s inthe hands of Rob Hodson at Ballagh. Craig Neve was quickest on Sulby at TH.2mph aboard the Batham’sAlss Kewasaki, with Browne a fraction over 170 on the ltalan Vtwvn, The lead was up to 9.378, at the Bungalow, but wth visibility repiiy reducing on the higher stretches it was soon ‘nfimed thatthe riders would be flagged off a Glencrutchery Rass, signifying snather one lap race, The wiring margin was 13.98, with Derek Shels at another three seconds on the second ofthe Greenall Racing Kawasaki, ‘Aer registering the first-ever victory by a Ducati 816 over the course, Browne said: "I's ‘8 good finish to a rough week. tas the ight callto stop after one lap, you couldnt see ‘much ahead over the tops illcelebeate my birthday with a pint ator than a cake!’ Neve came home fourth, 14s ahead of Dom Hereertson, with lan Hutchinson sich, followed by the leading Suzukis of Michael Futter and Mikey Evans in field dominated byTT reguars. cl aighta aaeerood iia. || Revival 2024 AUTOJUMBLE CALENDAR? | was lucky enough tobe invited to this year's Goodwood revival | ty Cokcene Classic Racing They were taking part inthe Bary SSheene Trophy race with their NEWARK 1948 Norton Intemational This year the race was fo | | pre-1955 bites, The usual Manx Notions and Matchless G50s that NEWARK SHOWGROUND,} | most ieams race every weekend NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, | were utes out. 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PTR E Auer Rae Lea a1 EAE TT el sb Ur Lil rSe ee eee es commentator and interviewer par excellence.‘Graham Walker stands nex o Tupi 1989 prototype STW 360ee twin, the couple producing one son, the inimitablo and muchmissed Murray Wale: 'chipott tho-le-lock’if ever here was one, who was born in October 1923. Of his father, Murray ‘wrote in his autobiography ‘Unies I'm Very Much Mistaken’ “I worshipped my father for he was a wonderful man. called him ‘Dada this dying day, when | was in my thites, but I frankly feel bit ofa twit doing so now. He was kid, generous, as honest as the day slong abillant communicator and an immensely hard worker. Not a demonstrative ‘man but pila of support ever one was ‘needed and never deviating in his loyalty this beloved wife and son. But he was 8 terrible worner From 1919 Graham resumed riding in speed ‘als and hil cimbs, egein using a bek-arve Norton tesm, 19207T, Noo! Brown (56, Jimmy Shaw (57), Doug M Broven (51, Graham Walker 59), Chale North (63). Standing: Dan O‘Donovan, James Norton, Hubert Hassel Norton, wich brought him tothe notice of the legendary Nerton tuner and compettions ‘manager, DR O'Donovan, athough Dennis May, in is 1958 book Pastmasters of Speed! tals of ciferentimroducton of Waker to Norton: “His (Graham Waker’ fist personal contact with Nocton, the marque that was to ‘ve him the longed orto hed come sometime eat, when he wrote a rude letter to their sles manager ofthe ey, Bl Hassall, complarning tha his vim {seconcthana} Norton had thrice broken its frame and threatening ".to sell and get {a BSAV'To his amezoment, Hossa lad on a complete rebuid, grat, only stipuating that he henceforth retain rom writing tose creaded leters The ‘readed letters’ retorrod to.are thought to mesn ‘B'S rather than laters of compat! “he somewhat surprising outcome was that Graham sales team and to soon take {pa post as competitions manager. O’Donovan was intialy reluctant allow Willer ito the works team 84 rider, but relented Lote Like father Ike son September 1960 and Murray intorvews Derek Minter ith Mike Haitwood looking on. ‘was invited 10 jin the Norton after tests in early 1920, and thus the name Graham Walker appeared forthe frst time in thelist ofTT competitors, entered for the Senior race in which he finished 13th ater spillatSulby which cracked a kneecap and injured his hand, From that time he competed in the TT every year unt 1834, riging Nortons until 1925, then Sunbears unti 1928 when he ‘smtched to Rudges, contesting the Senior 14 times, the Junior four times, the Lightweight three times and the Sidecar three times, The st of leaderboard top sv places were as folowe: 6th —twice (1982 and 1934 Senior, 5th ~ five times (1922, 1927 and 1831 Seniors, 1921 and 1932 Juniors) th — (1923 Senion, 3rd twice (1990 Junior, 1964 Lightweight, 2nd tree times (1923 Sigecar, 1830 Senior and 1932 Lightweight, and winner of the 1931 Lightweight. To that impressive ist must be added three vietres inthe 500ce Uster Grand Prix (1926, 1828 and 1929), and wins in the 360c¢ Nocth ‘West 200 (193, the Dutch TT (1928), the Grand Prof Europa at the newiy-constructed Nurburgring (1924), plus numerous suocesses a trials riding, especial of the longsistance type, winning gold medals on each of his five ‘outings in the international Si Days Tal ‘Some comment may be appropriate regarding those successful tides on the LUghtweight Fudges, a model he loved. Without wishing tobe too personal, Graham Walker himsolf was no lightweight, tipping Water tthe Duteh TF, 1990.CLASSIC RACER PEOPLE 1946, Eddie Bossantpeks up the winners trophy forthe North versus South seramble. Graham Walker hands tov the scales at alte ver 16-stone, not ideal for the smal, oepawored, untae _260ce racers ofthe day, but hours spent ‘adjusting and modiying handlebar and Ccontols postions, footrest positon, seat and tank profiles meant he could tuck his, body away almast as much as his lighter, slmmecrvals Add the restricted and painful Use of his left leg already mentioned, pus Setious injury to his right legin an equestrian fallin the summer of 1890, and the sheer termination nd courage of the man begin to become apparent Although his active participation in road racing ended after the 1924 season, there vas no drop in enthusiasm, just a change in ‘icecton from competitor to cammunicater ~from 1935 he was employed by BBC Radio or commentaries on the TT and other important races, later becoming editor of Motor Cyeling magazine tin 1938). Again from ‘Murray Walker's autobiography: “After afong and distinguished racing career he bocame editor ofthe faling magazine Motor Cycling He tured it around by shaer ality, herd wor and personality, matched the sal of the previously dominant Motor Cle, and also became a muchoved broads That magazine the ‘Greenn) he kept alive hroughout the Second Word War almost singlehandedly, Barry Sen saying in ‘Uster Fad Racing in Focus’ in 2018 "With ro sport to report he had to draw heavy on his ast knowledge of moteroyeling. The fact thatthe magazine was stl vabo in 1945 sa tute 12his inventiveness and ability as technical journalist During the war he aso ran the War Otfice-approved Motor Cyaing reqister of ater riders (one of whom wa an unknown 1961 Ile of ManTE Mike and Stan Hawood recording an interview forthe Stanloy Schoild found stories series, with sound record Gordon Pit, and Walker Geoff Duke). Many famous prewar racing stars and tals ders joined Grahamin passing on their knowledge 1 hundreds of motreycsts who volunteered for duty during the wr (Once racing resumed in 1947 Graham travelled al over the UK and the continent folowing the major events and reporting for Motor Cycing, whist continuing 10 ccommentate fr BBC radio, and lster for television as that audience expanded, and 0 probably doing more than any other ex or arrcarnpetta t popularize theTT races. However, a3 his health began ta decline in the 1950s he relinquished his role as eto of Motor Cyeing although remaining as consulting editor, an took on a directorship ofthe Montagu Motor Museum, tho ‘oro runner of the National Motor Museum, at Beaulieu inthe New Forest, and was largely responsible for the opening of the motorcycle section in 1956, Graham Walker on wet day at hoxton, ‘August 1951Graham Walker on a Rudge. This year (2024) sees the 61st unning of the annual Graham Walker Merovial Run, based at the Beaulou museum site, He wes ‘so president ofthe T Riders’ Association and one of the founder members of the Suream Motorcyele Club beck in 1924 and was president fr mary yeas, the club now celebrating its centenary. A final word from son Murray “In 1962 iy father ded at te tagly early 29 166. Aer hs retirement ffom the editorship fof Motor Cyoing in 1954, when he states helping Lord Montagu at Beaulieu, he suffered a heart constion, which have ‘ahwaye blamed ona life of stress and oo ‘much smoking. One day in September 1962 he retuned nome early and sai to my ‘mother eel tired 'm going to bed fora rest! He died that evening and we willnot see is ike again litle ater Greharn Walkers death, Norman Sharpe wrote the fallowing sleeve notes forthe ‘Sound Stores’ LPs covering the 196277: "This and a futureTT ‘Sound Stories’ are Jedicated to the memory ofthe fist commentator of the series, Grahom Waker: a brant rider TT winner, competitions manager, fditor ana brosdcaster par ‘excellence anda help and inspiration to all who knew him. To Graham, motoreyeling was as food and chink and the T as stimulating ae the crisp mountain are breathed so atten in the Isle of Man. Through his voioe, wit, wisdom and unflagging devotion, the magic ofthe Island races captured the minds and hearts of millon all ver the word and Stanley Schofield can be proud of having perpetuated that voice on these records. All motoreylsts 1930 European Grand Prix in Belglum, Spa Frenchorchamps: Stanley Woods (Norton), Graham Walker [Rudge) and Jimmy Guthrio (AIS). will mau the fact that this year isthe last vearit wil be heard. For Graham was the weice of motorcycling andthe epitome of its Golden Age’ CGraharn Wiliam Welker August 4, 1696 — September 7.1962. CRCLASSIC RACER METALCLASSIC RACER METAL ‘Above: Chris Haldane a play on Britten No.6. oud trade anything to have an engine ful han ther opponent, bund ‘advantage in a number of other ways, too, such as pla on the tyres durin 28 race, or perhaps thor Fidors. Bu the racers’ deal is, whan it youll use tt Tre iconic Bitten bikes we ‘machine a stunning pies 3 the life and soul of the bike hind them, Racer editor Bertie Simmonds atthe Isle of Man TT in 1996, he ‘explains: "Thore was alway Gary Goodteliow on the Biten Precursor, 1990 Sound of Thunder. ClassicRacer Briton Precursor, 196, the Britten in the TT pads T'was in the press room when — during @ ~ te bike stalled i pitlane and it to an age to get started agsin. But when it ci, the crowd roared. | interviewed rider Hari ater the race and he said: "I kno Y Dunlop is King of the Mountain, but {eel lke Iam, after the support the Briten and I got when we managed to get the Dike fired up inthe pitiane: At the heart of this inedible mach was the home-made 60 degree: led Britten 1000/7101 aun 35 the early engine management fem with datadogging thet helped the team contra the twins output via 8 ra button on the lat handlacbar. Years ahead of ime, it was enough to attain the f top speed during the Daytona 1896, Several Briten riders hav with us, and we have learned more a how they handled, but it Britten that made it go so fast and take so ‘many race victories around theson MeEwen and John Britan with the V1000 atthe 1822WSB event at Mantels, New Zealand, Broad mid-range. Bitten Puta e198) an teped iis deveopment wor “Te ratte at thd tat xlood es soonest strc Chis recals, sughing, Not surprisingly the lant had teething fist true Britten powe problems, such as cylinder bo pistons or rings issues atfecting comer ‘8 sheared primary gear, clutch issues, nd Continuous cam belt problems. “When Iran it inthe NZ Superbike championship it finitely wasn't the quickest bike butithad a realy good spresd of power It wasnt consistent: the most consistent was when haditin my own hands between fevents and ohn wasnt doing stuff 1 it changing things ike cylndar bore clesrances, lorheld change the manufacturer of aferert ‘components. He always had a game plan Working ahead, he was alvays maving shoad with develooment That grunty Precursor engine helped win ‘wet race, “At the Sound of Thunder inthe Fain| was having a really ood dice with Jason McEwen who was riding a Ducati 851. The Briten wes soli, ithad such good power delivery and realy good torque. We raced aE) aero cy together until Jason crashed, 80 won the rac wasnt revving anything tke the naw orsion Brien Chr the last Britten rider to race 2 Briten so has the knowledge to compar “The fastast | aver rode the he two models evolution Brit ‘overseas ~ithad an raced in Europe in the Twins’ world sere — hat was lethal. | think it revved 0 13,5001pm. That Bitten was number nine, it was brand new when | took ito Japan and Germany, Canatian development Sparing 18 ments, Gry Goodtlow sevaoped tha Prenrse ong with Cokn Dodge n Cane, ndin Forse One he us Coin worked for John a the Brien factory and traveled to work at Gary's Goodfellow ‘The Britan V1000 debut at Daytons, 1969, Motorsport shop, where they regularly ‘employed Gary's dyno for considerable engine development Goodfeliow recently ssid ater icing one of the proper Brttens’ “I rode the ‘new Baten only recent, so id never ridden that bike before. From memory, the diference the way of a KTM29 sunereqgressive! The whole later bike's engin is aferent. It had power all the way through. They are really the sameCLASSIC RACER METAL Jason MeEwon in ul fight on the Briton V1000. Gary Goodaliow was the fist Kiwi to ‘win a Word Superbike ace —and the fist WB winner for Suzuki. He also once ated inthe top five in world Motocross, so he knows his onions! Gary says ha often used the Precursor’s powerful twin gine to win races. “Yes for surl had more powe available than anything else out there ~ inthe ‘AMA FI class in Ameria be up against (Grand Prix bikes, It was pretty good and realy strong, could revit to 13,000rpm, it just got better and better Aslong asi qualified and ithandled, | could win! | broke the lap record ‘at Westwood and ts of ater tra engine was amazing ~ there was nothing ‘that could Koop up with it ci ke 130Mph at Daytona! ‘More revs, but don’t tell John Muit- Beton race winner Jason McEwen ‘ays loved the Britens engine Andrew Stroud 2) 32 GlassicRacer Ss Sa Robert Holden and Jaron MoE wen: WS, Manfld 1992. can imagine a prety hotVswin it had plenty of power everywhere it as tke any other ace motor because | could rev the date off it fits sucking the arin and giving you the 2 and you revit ts going to make good horsepower! We had a five valve motor that John bul twas exactly the same as th Biiten four valve engine but with ave vale head. It had sight diferent function and that went realy well Ithad plenty of power everywhere. That was one ofthe things I helped with, I got them to up the revenge about 1500rpm inthe end, It only used to rev to about 11,000rpm. werden DDucats before and knew it needed to be revved —it was saying to me ‘Don't you change gear yet: John didnt know about itiivaly | had a word with the mechanic and he got onthe computer and upped it to 12,000rpm. I went about a second.and-ahal 2 lap quicker, straight avy with the extra horsepower. Eventually we put the revenge up to 12,5000 podium: Stephen Briggs, Andro Stroud nd Ron MeGil Exceptional power! ‘Shaun Haris frst acad a Briton st Doington in 1882, when Ducat Word Superbike privateer Cr Fogary and Ham's carne onto the back straight side-by-side. Prowrg a pont Shaun plod a whaetialthe way down the aight to the surprise of the Engishman! “He could go nowhere ona bike that he was geting top 10 n World Superbikes on Thats how fst the Briten motor was compared to ‘everything else” Haris said "ts exceptional thing was the power — that's it It wes 80 dln fst compared to everything else Yeah, ts fort was tho motor ‘Screaming multiple orgasms Paul Lowi raced he Briton Procusorin tho 1981 US Bato of the Tine at Daytona and used onto font ro before ating wth 5 Ducat snout Doug Polen the 1981 Wire Super cary Dutng htt Lava ike Bogen ring conto one cinder the cores fom aoe ‘sticughio ceed he bn a cee second toPolen ‘A\Etwin fn, the Angry Ant was taken by‘Balter salwar: Stophen Biggs, Andrew ‘Stroud, Chis Haldene Briggs recall. “For the shortco its handing itCLASSIC RACER METAL‘Above: Britten line-up: 2015 ‘Sound of Thunder. Below: Britten like Assen where ithas high speed left rights, so changes direction easy ‘Briggs says: “At Assen I did a W Superbike race the week y attorwards on the Muzzy Kawasaki with @ factory rece engine. Mike Webb (current MotoGP Ra and Brent Stophons (eeveientno Ros ha mechanic) were ne two Kivi mechanics, Simon Crater ‘on the number one bike fand wes on the second string bike. I emembar when I came in after the first practice and Mike acks excitedly ‘so you think ofthe power?” and | said man, this thing a ‘A world superbike and Grand Prix rida the 1995 world BEARS title for Briten, tivo NZ championshins, and four yoars ina tow at Daytona, 1994, 95, 36 and 97 n the Battle of the Twins clas. He rode most ofthe 10 itera Britens davolopes duting the 1990s. Stroud is perhaps the most famous Britten ride, nanks to his battery going at with two laps © 90 in 1992 while bating for the win at Daytona with factory Ducati-mounted PascalaPicote Briten intemationa debut: "The first one | code at Daytona vas an 1100 35 the fastest out of all of them. They got alte bit more ed throughout the years, but th imilar. Some hada lite bt st ‘motor than others, ar menped litle beter me anes with the longer strokes had more torque, We took the muster off at Daytona whieh mage ita bit oudar butt went faster © 1000s were « bit more menegeabi trough the ine, ust moce manoewrable, just fom the shorter stroke which made i feol ikea smaller bike! Two yoars later Stroud took vietry inthe Daytona Battle of the Twins and BEARS races fon that booming 1000ce V he big V-twin could be flicked from sida to side easior after they removed a massive five kilos off the erankshat Andrew says: At the fist round of the 1999 NZ champs it was faster ina straight line than my Kawasaki which I ode in Werle Superbikes in 1998. It had good torque, like 2 tector It had lots of low-down power, and liner bike, plus it gripped prety good It was definitely a good thing to ba involved in the whole project ~ because it wes more than racing any old motorbike! Winning the World BEARS series three weeks before John passed away was the highight for what it meant to Fim, in the ro he was in. He watched us race at Brands Hatch in aWorid Superbike support race, there were 60,000 spectators and John wratched it from his bed at home, but ha wa just rapt It was an amazing achievement really! 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But thanks {a succession of solid pe Yamaha's quartet of top in 800GP racing's penultimate season, it scooped the Menufactuers Word CChampionshia fram Hondss grasp in the fina ‘the seazon at Pili sland You could say Yamaha won the te by just 10.182 seconds ~ because that was Australian S500GP victor Max Bing’ aco-winning ‘margin over Lovs Capirossi's Honda on his ‘YZRB0O, inthe thing finale toa ripping season, Had the postions bean reversed, Honda would havo retained its World Bagg. Gary McCoy, Carlos Checa and [Norfumi Abe shared sic wins and 17 rostrum places between them in 2000, the same rhumber of Victories as ther Hondeounted Fivals, and two more than the two-man Suzuki 2am managed, en route to Kenny Roberts \GP Riders Word te ithad even looked asf Yamaha might ‘ouble-up on 600ee dominance by winning the Riders crown as well, with Biagg/s team ‘mate Carlos Checa tying fr the points iad ater sixraces, with ‘eventual champion Robert, ater four nd places hed made him the most frequent 40 ClassicRacer fa, shaking off the crasher tag hed earned in 1899, At that stage it seemed as ifthe two Marlboro Yamaha rders had swapped rales, wath Blagg" pair of visits to the ky iter in hose fst hat dozen races, added to two technical DNFS, leaving him 80 points behind his ttle leading tearn-mate. ‘But then inthe second haf ofthe season, they switched around: Chece's first retrement of the season coming when he crashed out of his home GP at Catalunya, followed by a sors of lowly fishes as ne struggled to rebuild his confidence. Carlos, {ended the season on sour note when he trashed again inthe Philip [sand finale, vending up sist in the points table, without 8 single race win, Meartime, Biagg: had ‘come good, winning two races and he rostrum twice more en route to third in the Championship. A year of two haves for ye Yamaha factory duo then = one in wh been unable to val the tie-chasing consistency of Suzuki's Roberts and his closest challenger, Hondnaunted Valentino Rss. But thanks to strength in numbers, YYamahe tiumphed in the Manufacture World Championshio. Mission accomplished = well paty at least [My chance to test the Marlboro Yarnahe ‘YZR50O care a month ater the end 2000 season at Jerezin southem was Checa's bike Yamaha arought for ‘me to sample, with Caos, imsel ving down from Barcolona to give fist hand advie. As the first ie I ridden ‘factory 500 1893, twas allthe today's MotoGP wth defending World chamgion Alex Civils [NSR500 Honda tat I splashed around ‘Motegi on ust a fornight before, andthe RGV00 Suzuka ridden st Philp Island the cy ater the last race ofthe season Carlos Checa exalaned: "Ths veers bike | ended up racing wasrit o ferent fom the ar before ho said "We changed several tings in font and the chassis ws alte more lex, to give mare fee rom the handing bbtits KB twin-rank motor was prety much th same. That’ because Yamaha commited a lot of resources to working realy hard onthe L1 Single-crank engine because they beloved this ‘could be a ot better than what wo have row “That meant they cut down quite a bit ‘on working to improve our present bike — but wen we tested the Lt in Bima, twas apparent tis wasr't ealy so different from wat we aeady had, plus there were the relabity roblems you get froma single ‘rank motor So then they started focusing fon the KB again - but though | stil had a good ‘chance inthe Word Championship, thenCLASSIC RACER TEST YAMAHA YZR500 OWK6 ors ror ceAbove-Comfortable, ‘ut bout ‘a.000%pm! Below By 2000 the \V4500ee Grand Pa machine design was ClassicRacer 43,a o ast ER . _ a M noe LLL w Parag tty CE Oe PL) pay Tere ayears 290 ~ especially when you had atleast {he iluson of being in conto that a refined and responsive package lke the YZREOO eve you, Tne front whee! ltted skywerds as you twisted your wrist, while you stood onthe foottests and desperately tried 10 throw as much of your body weight forwards as you possibly could. This was wil allt time hoping that the tack really was dry {enough now to keep the back tyre hooked Up, and aiming for where you thought you remembered where twas headed before you found yourself inspecting the upper triple ‘lam of the Ohlins forks even more closely ater it reared upin your face. etal he time You were trying to will urself not to chicken ‘ut and backoff the gas, 80 as to make the front whee! resume normal contact with tera firma, Doing that meant losing valuable time, ‘momentum - and brownie points with the ‘Yamaha pit craw watching from pit wal, 8 | repaatad the sideshow a aver again, every time hit higher gear on the smoothacton, wide-open powershifter Dict have exactly ths same problem exiting the very same turn a year a9, with the 1999 IGV500 Suzuki that had a less gressive power delivery than the Y2K Yamaha? | rememiber too Suzuki's Aussie rca enginger Warten Wiling’s advice about how to cure a pcablem that he summarised as: "very spectacular, but also a waste of time = Iterally That was to stop shina gear 100 '00n, when [a stil find myst riding the peak fof tha Vas torque curve, and hold the gear so {88 to fall off tho end of before changing un, ‘much more contoibly, Okay ~let's ty it with the Yamaha and see what happens. ‘Tight packaging isthe hallmark ofa 500¢¢V4 GP ike. It worked! Power dlvery was god ow own, with the Yamaha pulingeleany out of 2 Siow turn ike Dry Sack from below 7000 revs, but witha strong, smooth ransiton into peak power teitory above 11,000rpm, where peak torque was delivered. From around 8500:pm, the engine picked up speed very fast, while I desperately tried to hold on tght, and not get the frontend flapping around by being propelled rearwards by that vid acceleration, wile attempting to lever myself forward again via the ‘bars. Distribution of body weight was, and stil is, such a crucial factor n geting the best ‘ut of a modem S00GF o: World Superbike Facer, especialy something with as explosive ‘8 power delvory es the YZR500~ and it did hve 8 much mare sudden gick-up from 2 closed throte than either ofits Hones or YAMAHA'S SINGLE-CRANK YZR500 OWL GP PROTOTYPE MOTOR ‘Tho single-crankYamaha V4 500GP protatyp refed toby ebro Yods inthe atached interview conducted in October 2000, was built inthe winter of 1999/2000 under project no.YZR50O OWL, ppularty known within the Yamaha R&D squad as the L1 motor. “The two such bikes constructed were extensively tested atthe ‘no ciruit inthe Czech Republic uring the summer of 2000 by “Marlboro Yamaha riders Max. Biagal and Carlos Checa. Each cof them had joined Yamaha from Honda in 1988, and ater suring frequent frontend crashes, had ‘become convinced they needed a single-crankYZR500 if they were to win the historic final 500GP World championship held in 2001 before the advent of MotoGP forthe 2002 The rearward rotation of the ond NSREO0§ single crank reduced its gyroscopicinfluence ‘onthe handing, making the bike easier to turn, and loading the front ye betta for increased grip and enhenced fal, atthe expense of grater with. Bath Biaggland CCheca blamed ther hanaing dificaties onthe YZR5DO's tin conta-otating crank engine configuration, rather than its chassis desig, although the two cranks rotating n opposite directions delivered a more compact bil and cancelled torque reaction and czankshaf inet for fiendler power delivery. Indeed, according to HAC iroctorYoici Oguma, Honda had built such a twinrank engine sot inthe late 1980s to understand ‘what benefits such a format could provid, but never raced it because ‘of Honda's policy not to copy ts Japanese rivals techricaly. But the alan Paton teams 44/15 motor was a citferent matter, and Ogume openly confirmed Honds hed copied this in creating its V4 engine design hence the set of ur-obraniam Keihincaras which appeared on the Paton a gift from Honds! So the prototypeYamaha ‘YZR500 OWLV4 motor with ts reverse rotating single crank ‘was ultimately a copy othe Paton, too with its outer cylinders ying forward stan unknown anglete the pair of nearvertcal inside cylinders Honda had orginally begun with the same 90 degree included cyfinder angle as Paton forthe ‘motor’ 1984 debut, widening this to 112 degrees in 1987 -the same as onits existing NS50O tripe. ‘This permited moving the bank of 6mm twin-chokelsingle-body Nissin carburetors from behind the cylinders to within the angle of the woo thus leaving more space {orthe reed-valve intake blocs, {and allowing esch cylinder to have the same intake length. The result was more consistent power delivered mare smoothly, as well {8s providing increased space for ‘the exhaust pipes, permiting the design ofthese tobe optimised. ti Ie kelyYarnaha used a similar ‘Suzuki S00GP rivals. Instead ofthe bank of 35mm keihin poweretfla-sldes, i flt Tike you were cing a bik fitad with fal injection. Noriyuki Haga's F7 Superbike | was also ring that day, nits early guise, had been just about as jerky and brusque in ick- up response as the YZR5OO. Except, it had about 20% less power than the two-stroke, wich delered that increased output harder, faster and seemingly even less contolably nan the fourstroke. Inada grachie ilustration ofthis one ap when | misjudged my entry speed for Curva Sito Pons, the fast thrd-gosrronthander leading over a slight brow onto the main sivaight, so backed off to adjust matters ~ bt then foolshly compounded my err by Ce en a wide ovinder angle forts singlecrenk V4 motor. Both riders welcomed the single crank protatyp's improved ‘rontend feedback, but thought rear grip and action was not 235 good as withthe twin-erank ‘motor. nthe end since Yemeha had more experiance with tho ‘win-rank engine, and because ‘the single-erank motor was quite a bitwider as well as owing to reliability concern - bearing lite was reduced on the single-crank motor, leading to shorter service intervals it was decided to retin ‘the existing format forthe final year of S00GP racing in 2001 - and that was befoceYomaha got the bere of Honda by winning the 2000 500GP Manufacturers Word withthe existing twin-crank OWWKE design! ClassicRacer 45,CLASSIC RACER TEST ‘getting back onthe throttle again oo har, wth the tache needle parked around the 10,500¢pm mark “wo things happened very fast, while | was leaned hard over on my ight knee: | could fel the oar Michelin start to spin as the extra dollop of toque, and power, hit home ~ and ‘much to my horror, the front whee! ted up Off the ground as we crested the sight ris, but with the bike stil cranked right over. | have na ides haw | survived sucha close encounter with @not-quite high-side that was Surely all part of fe for SO0GP megastars Tike Carlos and Max, but it was a lang time ‘Yamaha's 2K missiles: 7 WS bike, YZASOO and YZR2S0. 7 since I pl thet, and survved~ extng Snetterton’s Russells Bend on Kevin Schwantzs Pepsi Suzuki back in 1988 was tho last time I could real, anc assure you that once is happened 10 you, his isnt something you forget easy! Butt spoke velumas forthe Michelin rar ye itd put up wit ths kind of abuse, as well as forthe Yarnaha chassis design andthe Ohlins suspension setup, that | di ether get high sided into the stratosphere, or lawsided into andtvap, But itd teach me tobe propery respecttul ofthe YZREQ0' pretty snatehy pk up that was unexpectedly sharp de ‘the fact that, unlike ‘the NSR500 Honda ‘soreamer’ ths was tila more conrolsble (wal olatvely. ig bang V4 engin format, with al four eyinders fing within around 70 grees of crankshatt rotation. “Oh you forth, id you?! ‘eid Caos Checa with a big smie when old him what hac happened. "We know wwe must remember always to pick the bike upifis about thi 10,000-am leaned ever herwise t wheelies bigtime! If we cart avoid, we have to change th goarbox intemally stop the. Gad you ‘experienced ths for youse"Thanks, Ca (Once I clocked this, the Yamaha became a teined,f razoredged rocketship: you had 1 Bay attention tothe bright red shih ‘mounted on the dash and nat change gear wen hard on the gs tl ou saw it lashing in your face at 12,000rpen. In fact, the power tid ta ofl well ver 13,000rpm, 30 the shitight was actually @ warning not to change gear wide open until you sae it Then, when you dd, you could thik about tapping the quite notcy but relatively precise power shifer lever to ht one gear higher wide ‘en an the throtle oc haldng the gear to save a couple of changes, Ike hanging onto fourth gear betoe the nighthander where had my mament of wut, and seeing the tacho reedle sc00t to almost 14,000 reve as you {bd 50 without any significant drop in power, before you hed to get hard onthe brake Using that geaeshift to change cleanly from second to third gear was a bit ofan acquired still probably this particular bike needed ‘tention tothe set-up, because you had tO back ofthe throte slightly to get it to shit cleanly under hard acceleration, which surely vrasnt right ‘What was only too right was the quality of seid acceleration - andthe way the Yamaha chassis putitto the ground, The way it id so ‘made me understand fist-hand fo the ist he concern Honda engineers expressed 46 ClassicRacertome when | tested Alox Civile’ 1908 tivewinring NSADO one year previously, bout how their Yarnaha counterparts had succeeded in refining the YZREQO into a bike thatwas now atleast as fast as theirs ina straight ine, but handled beter After iing the Chaca bike ona technica twisty creut ike Jere, | could only agree about the super handing. It steer quit as wl a the Suni, but was prety close ~ acl for Sure twas more stable, especialy under hard braking. Pus it was forgiving when you got cout shape ike onthe rough pat of Teac you had tun over hard on the gas withthe rear suspension compressed ieading onto the man stright. ter youre congratulating ‘outs forhaving avoided another cranked ‘ver wheel, The handlebars tapped ance in vourhands, before the incipient speed wood was svangled at bith by that great chassis. Tis was always so beautifully bance, wth neutral handing characters which meant theYamahaliteraly went where you point ‘ven under power Infact, there was suc ile underster that tebecin with, found myself ovrstoering towards the inside of tums as | opened the 25 to drive out of thom, because | was ‘overcompensatng for something theta’. exist! Not something ve ever had to cope with before on 8 GPSOO, and @ mark ofthe Yamaha's fabulous chasis setup, Actual this was alte fustating, even - because with sucha good chassis, it would have been sige to try to dal the font suspension up a litle softer so as to use mare corner speed than the Creca settings allowed ~ hang on ‘though: that’s Max's We ‘Where the Chaca Yamaha realy excaled ‘was under heavy broking, where i was dofintaly more stable than any of the other ccurrent-generation 500s I rdden, esnecsly the Suzuki. It ade you understand how (Garry MeCoy could do the things he oid with his YZRS00.. Several imes going into Turn (One at Jere? | vias convinced Ia outbraked inysel only to find could pick ne and hols itito the ght righthand Tum 1, while stil braking deep and hard into the Uphill apex ~ wel by my standard, anywey! This preditabilty was a big bonus, and ‘came thanks to wht et ike much reduoed ‘weight vanstor, hanks to @ combination of the chassis design and the ke CCheca opted for Ici get the Steet sweeping beneath me at the end ofthe straight ike I had onthe Su2uk on the same ‘wack a year eae but the RGV500 derived its agity and nimble steering from a moxie ‘of weight tribution and front-end geometry ‘that compromised is behaviour when stopping hard and the Yamaha at sur fom th ‘And athough it shared the some superoly ‘powerul Brembo carbon bake package a8 the Suki and Honda, the YZRBOO seemed to have alitle mere feel and progressivty tots back brakes response than the fiero Suzuki package had so, when l went too deep into 4 tum ke at Dry Sack, | could just finger the lever to cram of litte speed and get things under control. Bast of both wore, ‘nd that's eal the cliche which summed up the Yamaha best i' was the S00GP ‘lass top alloundar asthe best package in terms of power and handing. fengine and chassis. As such, as the tw svoke SO0GP era came to an end in favour (of MotaG? alter 20 yeers of everincreasing tengine performance, couplad with reduces ‘weight, the YZREOO was the 2000 season's deserved Werld Champion machine, with Yamaha's seven riders proving its worth ce after race. Svength in numbers - aboard 2 very fine motorcycle. Caos Checa tld me nat whan his YZRBOO wasn't running the way he wanted it to, he calle it is pizza delivery bike, Bests Uber Eats, anyway. CR ClassioRacer 47CLASSIC RACER TEST YAMAHA RACING'S ICHIRO YODA INTERVIEW TheY2K race season was a vintage one forYamana: of the four road racing World Championships ‘they contested in 2000, Yamaha won five out ofthe eight available Word titles. CCount ‘em: World Supersport and 2506P classes tboth Riders’ and Manufacturers’ ‘crowns! plus the S00GP Manufacturers’ Championshio, as wel as runnarup spot in the Word Superbike ridors table, ator a controversial penalty inficted on factory Fidor Noriyuki Haga for taking a medicine containing a controled substance (which Yamaha fought to get reversed) finaly ‘overturned the mid-season points lead he'd {established inthe championship. Butin Grand Pri acing, Yamaha bltzed the 250GP Word series, winning eight of the 16 races, with Olivier Jacque wating past team-mate Shinya [Naksno just 10 metres from the fnh line of the final GP of the yearn Austral, to snatch the World tite. In the 500ce clas Yarnaha wan six GPs, equal with their Honda rivals wnese long- time dominance ofthe blue-iobon GP class they and Suzuk' ointy ended by sharing the championship spi, with Yamaha winning the manufacturers’ tile which all Japanese teams especialy covet, wile Suzuki took the Riders’ crown thanks to Kenny Roberts Jt, and engineer, the late Warren Wiling, For Yamaha race engineer Icio Yoda, ‘second n-command of his company’s race vision, this was a satisfying season, For Yeda-sanis an engineer with an enthusiasm for racing coursing through his veins, whose lave of bikes led him to join Yaraha immediately ater graduating from Tokyo's Metropolitan University st the end of the 1970s. It wasn't long before he made the switch to the Racing Department, where over a 20-year period he worked on developing the multitle ‘winning YZA500s of Lawson and Rainey, land was project leader onthe 250GP World championshipawinaing Vtwins of Carlos Lavado (1986) and Olivier Jacque (1899), and ‘Aso the man in charge of RAD foc the ZABOO engine package. | spoke to him at my test in Jerez He said: "AtYamaha we spent alot of ‘money on development forthe YZREOO, with many engineers who have very good ideas. We signed Max Biagg in 1999, and the first time he rode our bike at Suzuka, he appreciated the bottom power ofthe engine, where it was very smooth and better than the Honda he'd been racing on before. But, he kept getting big wheelies around 10,000rom, in the bottom three gears —he wanted a more linear power delivery and mare progressive throttle response, We changed this, but at some cost, because if we smooth out the power delvery between 9000-11,000rpm, we lose some top-end power, as well as overrev Inthe end, we provided two or three diferent specifications to ach team, and we leave itto them to decide whichis best for aach rida ‘Our goal in development of the YZR500 engine isrideebilty, not so much high power. We now have a narrower 7E-degree vee {angle between the two banks of cylinders ‘on our twincrankshat V4 engine, after previously widening the angle for increased reed-valve area, Buta narrower angle is better for exhaust pipe layout and shape, so ty spacing the crankshaft slighty further ‘apart, we now have a good compromise, ‘And we make continuous improvements to the engine components throughout the season, ‘We had some complaints about the ‘YZA500 chassis being very sensitive and hard to setup - Checa and Biaggi especialy ‘complained about ths. | thnk the twin- ‘crankshaft engine layout of the YZRS00 is one reason for this whichis why we ‘at Yamaha exnerimented ths year with & ‘single crankshaft engine like the Honda INSR0O, with reverse crankshaft rotation, We wanted to dscoverif the gyroscopic effect of such an engine is mare beneficial to the handing, compared to aur present, {design with twin contraotating cranks, the effects of which of course cancel each other out. We weren't looking for any extra power or engine performance, oly diferent handing characteristics “We found that yes, the single-crank engine does handle better in certain circumstances, though not enough to justify the cost and disruption it would bring if ‘we developed such an alknaw engine for ‘our teams. Anyway, we could not supply all existing Yamaha tears with ths type of engine, and the cost would in any case be ‘much higher. Our existing YZA50O twin-crank gine has a much longer mileage than the singlecrank design, whichis a'so more ‘expansive to manufacture, “Therefore, for 2001 we will improve the existing machine. One araa willbe ‘eradynamies, after the success of our ‘YZR250, which won the 250ce World Championship this year thanks party to the efficiency ofits cowiling. We are developing ‘8 comparable design for the YZRS00, Last year, on the YZF250, Shinya Nakano Ccamplained about front grip exiting a tur, so we considered how to cure this prodlem, to0. One element was aerodynamics ~ the bike was lifting at the front. We need some lft for good top speed, to improve rear whee tive = but nat too much, otherwise it will takeoff! So we redesigned the cowiing, and fund a good compromise which also helped the top speed, At Mugello, we tested a new design of streamlining wich gave 3kph improvement compared tothe old type, with he exact same engine setting, and ths is whet we used to win the manufacturers! Championship Having accomplished its world championship mission in 2000, Yamaha pulled out of the 2506P class officially fr 2001, to focus on developing its new fourstroke MotoGP contender for 2002. Having first worked on a 500cc fourstioke GP project with seven valves per cylinder in he 1980s (Yamaha's whatif response to the ‘valpiston Honda NRSOD, which was never raced, chiro Yoda was appointed Technical Director for Yamaha's MotoGP YZR-MI four stroke contender, which Max Biaggi took to second place in MotoGP's 2002 debut season, winning three races. In the wake ofthe corporate shakeup inside Yamaha accompanying Valentino Rossi arrival there in 2004, Yoda was sidedined withthe appointment of Masao Furusawa over him. Yods-san then joined Kawasak in February 2005, where he was responsible fr eating the ZX-10R Superbike that took Tom Sykes to the World Superbike Championship in 2013, and Johnny Rea to a further six consecutive such las in 2015-2020, with Kawasaki winning he coveted Manufacturers’ crown in each of hase years. Some CV! 48 CiassicRacer