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Packaging cool

Racecar looks at the design and engineering changes made to the 2020 Alfa Romeo F1 contender

Representative inspiration

Increasing diversity can only be a good thing for motorsport

Last chance saloon

The DTM series is at a crossroads and needs to make decisions quickly to save the series. Racecar looks at the options available

High tension

Belt drive vs cog drive in a live axle application

High frequency control

The rise and fall of inerters in motorsport

Four corners, four straights

Dragonspeed Racing entered the 2019 Indy 500 as rookies, but with a highly experienced race engineer. Paul Thomas takes us through the experience of learning Indy’s unique set-up process

Face value

It’s what’s under the skin (and behind the scenes) that counts

Design and build

The realisation of the Nissan GT-R LM

The ‘new normal'

Racing returns with a shake-up of team structure, functions and roles

The story of a Greeves

This motorcycle has a direct lineage to its current ownership, which can be traced all the way back to a short-lived 1960s four-stroke scrambles championship…

Resurrection man

Restoring a burnt-out, rare Healey-made Ariel Square Four powered wreck proved a challenging proposition for an experienced Ariel restorer and enthusiast.

Store cupboard special

This lockdown inspired project (of which this is part two) aims to make best we can out of what we have – though of course one soon finds missing parts…

Old Red

This rare, brightly finished, Wideline-framed Norton Dommie 99 has served its current owner faithfully for over 27 years now.

Cool runnings

In the 1920s, some makers were innovative with regarding how to keep the temperature of engines’ down.

Chance meeting with a champion

In early June, I learned with sadness of the passing of Carlo Ubbiali at his home near Bergamo North Italy.

Bickers reigns supreme

East Anglian ace dominates his home round to close in on retaining the European 250cc motocross championship crown.

New 350 And More

Despite the country and world starting the slide into recession, in the mid-1920s JAP remained outwardly buoyant, as publicity material depicted then modern manufacturing, plating and assembly shops, and even a repairs section for customer motorcycles.

My Other Car's A Slipper Launch

Former MINI, Ferrari and McLaren designer Frank Stephenson shares his passion for a very special Thames slipper launch

SUPERMOTO 'ARLEY

USUALLY, NORMALLY, THE WORDS ‘SUPERMOTO’ AND ‘HARLEY’ GO TOGETHER ABOUT AS WELL AS THE WORDS ‘GOVERNMENT’ AND ‘COMPETENCE’, ‘HIGH FINANCE’ AND ‘CARING’, OR ‘DOG SH*T’ AND ‘ICE-CREAM’. OCCASIONALLY THOUGH, ONCE IN A (VERY RARE) WHILE, SOMEONE BUILDS A BIKE, A CUSTOM BIKE, THAT PUTS THE TWO WORDS TOGETHER IN A FORM THAT DOES JUSTICE TO BOTH…

The Mermaid

CUSTOM BIKES, THEY SAY, NEVER REALLY DIE BECAUSE THEY’VE OFTEN RESURRECTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SOME OF THEM, THOUGH, DO GET PRETTY CLOSE TO SHUFFLING OFF THIS MORTAL COIL BUT ARE, THANKFULLY, SAVED FROM HAGGLING WITH CHARON OVER FERRY PRICES…

TWO GUN SALUTE

THE YAMAHA SR400 IS WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A 'PROPER OLD BIKE'... OR, AS YAMAHA THEMSELVES SAY, 'AN AUTHENTIC LIVING CLASSIC CONSTRUCTED TO VIRTUALLY THE SAME SPECIFICATION AS THE ORIGINAL MODEL' (THE 1978 SR500).

CUSTODIAL SENTENCE

IN PREVIOUS ISSUES WE’VE SHOWN YOU A COUPLE OF BIKES THAT’RE UNDER THE CARE OF JIM GREENE, NAMELY HIS ‘SWEETLEAFE’ TRIUMPH, AND PLUNGERED BSA SHOOTING STAR, AND THE LITTLE VIRAGO YOU SEE HERE IS YET ANOTHER MACHINE FOR WHICH JIM HAS BEEN CUSTODIAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

Sprit Of The Age

Building a custom bike to such a standard that it looks factory-made is the pinnacle of custom bike building - if your bike's so good it can be mistaken for being like that in the first place, well, it doesn't get much better than that, does it?

Track- Master Track Master

Our garry, the guy who’s taken these pics, has a nose for a cool bike, and keeps an eye out for them wherever he goes. He spotted this one at race the waves last year, and banged off these pics in double-quick time.

I BUILT THAT!

I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO BEFORE THEY DIE, A BUCKET LIST IF YOU LIKE. WELL, MY LIST DOESN’T INVOLVE VERY MUCH, BUT AT THE TOP OF IT WAS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BUILD MYSELF A BIKE FROM THE GROUND UP.

SONS OF SPEED GO FAST. TURN LEFT!

BILLY LANE’S WELL KNOWN FOR HIS TV APPEARANCES ON THE LIKES OF BIKER BUILD OFF, AND MONSTER GARAGE, ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL, AS WELL AS THROUGH HIS OWN CUSTOM BIKE COMPANY, CHOPPERS INC, BASED IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.

MARY BERRY'S GOREFEST

NOT EVERYONE HAS THE TALENT OR WHEREWITHAL TO BUILD THEIR VERY OWN CUSTOM BIKE. WHILST WE LOVE TO SEE HOME-BREWED BUILDS, HENCE THE ‘SHED-BUILT’ TAG WE RUN ON VARIOUS FEATURES, WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE’LL NEVER BE IN THE POSITION TO DO THEIR OWN SPANNERING/ FABRICATING, WHETHER IT BE DUE TO CONSTRAINTS BROUGHT ON BY FINANCES, TIME, TALENT, OR SPACE... OR ALL FOUR.

BULLET

MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS BUILD CAME FROM RSD’S (ROLAND SANDS DESIGNS) KTM 450 DESERT SLED. AS A FAN OF STEVE MCQUEEN, AND THE MOVIE ‘ON ANY SUNDAY’, I WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS LOVE OF OFFROAD MOTORCYCLING, AND THOUGHT IT APT TO NAME MY BUILD ‘BULLET’ IN A HOMAGE TO THE MOVIE. (YES, YES, I KNOW THE FILM IS CALLED ‘BULLITT’.)

Roffe with the smooth

This immaculate colour-coded Daf XF is heavily influenced by Dutch styling, but has a number of special touches to give it a truly unique look

Milky milky

A nice change from the norm this month for Chris, who goes on an adventure delivering milking machines, among other things