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Icon: David Essex
By Stuart Barker on 18/05/2009 13:05:41
He may have had 23 top 30 hits, but David will remain a one-race wonder
, all set to a soundtrack which was composed and performed by Essex himself.The title song Silver Dream Racer in particular was a huge hit for the South London boy and the film, which co-starred Beau Bridges and Cristina Raines was also a moderate
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Bad Boy No.1: Marco Lucchinelli
By Stuart Barker on 03/12/2010 12:46:40
The coke snorting champ: The story of Crazy Horse, the original Grand Prix rock star
Marco Lucchinelli was the closest thing to a rock star that motorcycle racing has ever had. The long hair, the excesses of drink and drugs, the beautiful women and fast cars, hell he even played at Italy’s massive San Remo Song Festival (think
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The 59 Club: London's outlaws
By Stuart Barker on 20/12/2010 14:50:49
In the 1960s, the 59 Club was the biggest, most famous motorcycle club in the world, and a notorious hangout for outcasts and misfits. Half a century later, the incredible story of a gang of hoodlums and a pair of leather-clad vicars continues to amaze.
was to put a rock'n' roll record on the jukebox and race each other round the block, trying to get back before the song had finished.If you didn't ride a bike and didn't adhere to the ritual dress code of leather jacket, duck's arse haircut and battered
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Bike Icon: Yamaha RD400
By Stuart Barker on 26/10/2010 17:23:27
Post RD350 and pre RD350LC there was the RD400. Cool doesn't even come close
Abba songs and preparations for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Enter the gutsy, raw, spit-in-yer-face RD400 - the perfect antidote to such banality.The two-stroke parallel twin was a real punk and, contrary to popular belief, a whole lot more than a
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