Stafford Show: Classic Racer GP Paddock

Journalist and occasional Classic Racer contributor Andy Kershaw deafens the spectators with a 500cc MV four at the GP Paddock at the recent 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show held over the weekend of October 20-21 2012...

Andy Kershaw blips the throttle of the 1974 World Championship winning 500cc MV Agusta four, ridden by Phil Read. In race guise this bike would rev to a shade under 15,000rpm, but at the Paddock Andy K only takes it up to 8,000rpm. Listen to that sound...