Corser claims Goodwood

After six years of trying, former World Superbike champion Troy Corser finally won the annual Goodwood Revival on September 16 – the world’s most prestigious Historic bike race – riding a 1929 supercharged BMW sidevalve Boxer twin producing far more horsepower [75 bhp] than its rigid-frame pressed-steel chassis with leaf-spring trailing link front suspension could normally be expected to harness. The achievement of him and his teammate Herbert Schwab – son of the man who built the bike for BMW Motorrad – in defeating the many conventional but better-handling Manx Nortons and Triumphs ridden by men of the calibre of John McGuinness, Mick Grant and Freddie Spencer can’t be overstated – especially since it had a hand-shift three-speed gearbox! Watch him do it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNZaHcP3eg