They call it ‘MCL’, but for most of us it will forever be the NEC Show – and this year’s event included plenty of classics that stole the spotlight from all the new machinery

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In December 1976, TT star John Williams wrote a letter to 500cc Grand Prix world champion Barry Sheene…

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