Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

ENDURANCE LEGENDS

Missed it? Check out what happened! It was epic!

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Well, what an event! A year in the making and longer in the dreaming, but Classic Bike Trackdays delivered with the awesome inaugural Endurance Legends event! From the on-track action through to the club stands, the sidecar passenger rides to rubbing shoulders with the stars of yesteryear – the event had it all! Despite slightly naff weather on the Saturday the Sunday saw the sun shine and the grandstand­s were packed for the main event – the 4-Hour classic race! As if that wasn’t enough, Freddie Spencer led some of the parade laps and was there to speak to fans. What made the event a winner was the ability to pop into the pits and see the amazing machinery up close and personal, chat to the riders and experience the action in the pits: this was an informal event and very good fun. Like bike racing used to be! Massive big-ups have to be given to the organisers Classic Bike Trackdays and the hard work of Darin Frow, Rob Scott and all the CBT team. They put together and ran a brilliant event which promises to be even bigger and even better next year. Yup, you read that right, it’s all happening again next year and (if rumours are to be believed) for the foreseeabl­e future. Rob from Classic Bike Trackdays said: “Everyone put in so much hard work to put this event on, so we are so pleased that it went as well as we could have expected. In fact, it probably went better than we expected! The track action was superb, the vibe in the paddock was brilliant and there was so much to see and do over the weekend that we hope the visitors had a great time and will come back again.” On-track the big focus was on the Team Classic Suzuki entry of the Vintage Parts-backed Katana, ridden by James Whitham, Steve Parrish and

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