" The bike to beat "

In the days when a motorcycle and sidecar was a viable means of everyday transport, sidecar racing was also a highlight of any race programme, not least the annual Easter bash at Mount Panorama. Spectators identified the racing bike and chair with what they saw on the road, and in many cases there was little difference.

In 1952 Sandy McCrae constructed what became known as the McCrae Special – a Vincent Black Lightning engine shoe-horned into a Norton Featherbed frame that had been lowered and lengthened.

Read the full story of Sandy McCrae's very special Vincent/Norton here.