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ENTREVISTA: HUGO WILSON

POSTADO EM 30/09/2011POR CHRIS HUNTER

Hugo Wilson é o editor da Classic Bike , a revista de motocicletas clássicas mais vendida do mundo. Ele
mora no nordeste da Inglaterra, e não em Londres, como seria de esperar, e preside uma publicação
mensal bem escrita e lindamente elaborada. Quando não está exercendo suas formidáveis ​habilidades
editoriais, Wilson pilota uma Moto Morini 3½ – outra pista de que se trata de um homem de excelente
gosto.

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Qual foi a primeira motocicleta que você comprou com seu próprio dinheiro? Uma bicicleta de testes
Cotton Cavalier 1970. Custou £ 125 que ganhei trabalhando em uma fazenda durante as férias escolares.
Eu tinha treze anos e isso me assustou. 'TUP 92K' onde você está agora?

Qual você acha que é a motocicleta de produção mais bonita já construída? Isso é muito difícil. Apenas
uma bicicleta? O scrambler Ducati TT2 ou BSA Catalina (abaixo). Ou um Norton Commando 750 Roadster,
ou…

Que motocicleta você despreza? É duro, mas vamos ridicularizar gratuitamente a Yamaha XZ550,
certamente uma das motos mais feias já feitas.

Qual é a sua ideia de felicidade perfeita?

A cerveja que segue o final do Beamish (abaixo) ou do julgamento de Arbuthnot. Ou sentado ao sol na
margem de Barregarrow ou Gooseneck, assistindo corridas na Ilha de Man.

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Motocicletas elétricas: sim ou não? Definitivamente. Nunca pilotei um, mas a perspectiva de um motor
que forneça torque máximo a partir de zero rpm é intrigante.

Qual é a sua viagem favorita? Norte.

Quais bicicletas modernas do dia a dia você acha que se tornarão clássicos do futuro? O equivalente à
Honda CB750 ou Moto Guzzi V7 Sport, se quiser? Acho que a BMW R1150GS estilo Tonka (abaixo) é um
clássico e, obviamente, a Ducati 916 também.

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Quem são seus heróis do motociclismo na vida real?

Aqueles caras velhos e retorcidos que fizeram isso a vida toda, que têm um galpão cheio de bicicletas
interessantes e que sabem usar um torno. Conheci um cara no GP de Manx que tinha 80 anos e ainda
estava começando uma Velocette KTT (abaixo) que ele possuía há quase 50 anos. Isso é realmente
impressionante.

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Você está otimista quanto ao futuro do motociclismo? Obviamente a legislação e o custo do combustível
são uma preocupação, mas é o facto de os jovens já não acharem que é fixe que realmente me incomoda.
Andar de bicicleta fazia parte de ser um adolescente rebelde e todo jovem de 16 anos tinha uma
motocicleta e um pôster de uma Kawasaki Z1 (abaixo) na parede do quarto (ao lado do de Farrah Fawcett-
Majors). Agora é socialmente aceitável e há todas as chances de o gerente do seu banco se espremer em
um conjunto de roupas de couro mal ajustadas e andar em uma Fireblade. Isso não é um modelo para um
adolescente.

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Qual é o seu estado de espírito atual? Levemente estressado. Estamos atrasados ​com a edição de
novembro da Classic Bike e tenho muito o que fazer. Eu adoro fazer a revista.

Se você gosta de ler (e mexer em) motocicletas antigas, vai adorar a revista Classic Bike. Mime-se com
uma assinatura aqui .
ARQUIVADO EM ENTREVISTAS |POR CHRIS HUNTER

COMPARTILHE ESTE ARTIGO

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Mule − ⚑
12 years ago

Very interesting views. I disagree on the XZ550 "Vision", but I think Hugo is right on about the current
generation not being into bikes. I believe part of that is they have no real interest in actually working on
mechanical things or understanding what makes them function. Too bad. Classic Bike is a great
magazine too! Cool.

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KrookStreetRacing > Mule

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12 years ago

I'm with you on the XZ550 issue. Surely Yamaha has committed worse styling crimes than
that? The Virago and Drag Star bikes spring to mind...

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Accarmichael > KrookStreetRacing − ⚑

12 years ago

Having briefly campaigned an XZ550 that 'ran', I can assure you they are vague, ugly,
and poorly designed. Worst motorcycle I have ever owned, in fact the only one I
didn't like and wasn't sad to see go.
It was a lemon, and no amount of sugar could make it lemonade

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Mule > Accarmichael − ⚑

12 years ago

Well, I can't imagine actually "campaigning" one, but in 1982 they weren't a
bad running bike. Unfortunately Yamaha was married to the shaft drive
design and they made gearing changes impossible and made for a very
limited wheel selection on several models.

Styling wise, thats a personal taste issue. The fact that they had coolant
leaks and fried alternators didn't help, but they ran good.
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Den > KrookStreetRacing
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12 years ago

I concur, the cruisers are way uglier in my opinoin and now that everything eighties
is back, they do not seem to be looking so bad!

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Dennon Pike > Den

LONG − ⚑
12 years ago LIVE
Oh, love the mag', I buy it often! LONG
RIDES
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Mule > KrookStreetRacing

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12 years ago

I'm thinking the Ducati Apollo takes first place ugly bike so far ahead of second
place it's unreal!
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BrunoC > Mule

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12 years ago

Not all youngsters are like that! I'm 20 and have quite a lot of friends my age who ride
motorcycles, even stuff like the Yamaha RD250, SR500, BSA's and Guzzi's (I drive a modern
Suzuki). Most of us do our own maintenance as well.

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Mule > BrunoC ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS SOBRE

MOTOCICLETAS − ⚑
12 years ago
THE SNIPER: O NOVO KTM 990
You are the exception, not the rule. Good job though, welcome to the club.
DUKE APARECE NA EICMA
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Adam > Mule

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12 years ago

I agree with BrunoC. I'm 24, and I built my first bike at ten years old with my
dad (a Dexon Daredevil that we bought dead from a garage sale) and I've
been hooked ever since. I've owned trail and enduro bikes since then and
have done my own engine rebuilds, suspension work etc. I currently own a
KTM 300 EXC two stroke and can't get enough of the engineering side of
motorcycles. I stayed up 'til 3am the other night reading the workshop
MOTOCICLETA ELÉTRICA
manual for my KTM, for no reason at all. And most of my friends are
similarly inclined. CARREGADO: ZERO ESTREIA NOVOS
MODEL S, DS E DSR BÁSICOS
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Rebecca > Mule

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12 years ago

I'm 14 but I'm interested in motorcycles and cars.

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gillo > Mule

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12 years ago

you can blame the nanny state enforcers for the current generation not being into bikes, its
just too hard. I live in victoria, oz and its the nanny state of all nanny states...i did type a very
long rant but i deleted it because we all know the story...

doesnt like the xz550 but likes the GS? cool guy tho.

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Spurdog1 > Mule

ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS SOBRE − ⚑
12 years ago MOTOCICLETAS
I'm afraid I have to disagree with both Hugo and Mule onANÁLISE INICIAL: MOTO
your comments GUZZI
about V85
younger
bikers. I am very pleased to report a new resurgence inSTRADA
interest2024 E V85amongst
in bikes TT ATUALIZADO
the
teenagers here in England. Hugo may not see it at Classic events but our local bike cafes are
now filling with teenagers on 125's a lot of whom have come in to it via their dads being 'born
again' bikers. The cost of insuring a car is now having the pleasant effect of directing the
young towards learner bikes and hopefully will ultimately take them on to larger bikes.

Two 18 lads came over and started talking about bikes at the local cafe the other night. They
were very polite, enthusiastic and very keen to pass their tests and buy a big bike. They asked
me if it was OK to talk to the bikers there at the cafe and take pictures. I said they should go
ahead and talk as much as they wanted. I'm sure all of us oldies would be happy to
encourage them.
ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS SOBRE
MOTOCICLETAS
The thrill of speed and danger will always be there and young people will always be drawn to
PRIMEIRO
it. I agree the youngsters may not have the practical skills OLHAR:
to fettle A SUPERMOTO
their own bikes but with
DUCATIan
electric bikes around the corner they may not need to rebuild HYPERMOTARD
engine and at698 MONO
least there will
be jobs for mechanics. I'd quite happily put a picture ofDE 77,5 CV bike on my wall though it
a Mission
would be next to Lynda Carter not Farrah!
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BigPeeWee > Spurdog1

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12 years ago

glad you talked to a couple kids. Out of 30 million. I agree with M and H. Wish it
weren't so, but fraid it is.
We need a new contraption that intrigues them and requires them to get there hands
dirty. How bout ads in magazines targeting the yout markets? ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS SOBRE
MOTOCICLETAS
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Predican − ⚑
12 years ago

Hugo's bang on about the kids not being into bikes like they used to be but it's encouraging to see a
post from Bruno stating otherwise (there's hope yet).
I buy Classic Bike quite often I always find plenty of good reading and useful tips, there's a lot of
collective experience in the team that put it together (can't imagine what their combined age is ;) ) Nice
photography and a sense of humour too.
RECEBA AS MELHORES
I'm glad that in this online publishing age print mags like this are still going strong, I can read Classic
ALFÂNDEGAS DO MUNDO
Bike in the bath or flick through it with greasy fingers in the shed, try doing that with your iPad.

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Sparkshed ENTREGUES NA SUA CAIXA

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12 years ago

Classic Bike is my bible - Hugo you 'da man (but I still miss Badger).
DE ENTRADA.
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Wolfgang McGeorge Seu endereço de email − ⚑

12 years ago edited

INSCREVER-SE
For "worst styling crimes" I nominate the Honda Pacific Coast. Utter crap.

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LostCause > Wolfgang McGeorge

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12 years ago

haha

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Asheesh Mehra − ⚑
12 years ago

100 YEAR
Fantastic mag...run by an even better guy. Hugo you rock. Keep up the awesome work...looking

being
BMW R the
18 100 guys
JOY RIDE
forward to the november issue. You did and article on my dad sometime back. He rode down from UK
to India on his BSA Super Rocket. I agree with biking heroes THE YEARS that never stop eating living
and dreaming bikes...my dad is my biking hero...70 years young and still riding to Ladakh in the
himalayas every year. We plan to do the trip back to the UK in a year or two..dad on his beeper and me
on my Bsa golden flash plunger. Classic bike rocks and of course bikeexif ...you guys are
rockstars...love your snippets i get every day in the mail. Thanks guys

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Chris > Asheesh Mehra − ⚑

12 years ago

Thanks Asheesh, always good to read something positive in the comments! :-)

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Poorjohn1 − ⚑
12 years ago

ENVIE SUA BICICLETA SOBRE CONTATO KIT DE MÍDIA PRIVACIDADE TERMOS DE USO
I'll save this item for ever....because of the pic of the KTT. The most beautiful bike ever made!

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Clyde − ⚑
12 years ago

Has Hugo seen the Honda motorcycle/scooter whatever? 800cc DN-01 with the automatic
transmission.
Now thats a lessen in ugly.

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Vespamore − ⚑
12 years ago

Ironic as I'm saying this over the internet but as far as I can see young folks' general lack of interest is
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Ironic as I m saying this over the internet but as far as I can see young folks general lack of interest is
down to them being holed up in their bedrooms Facebooking each other or engrossed in the latest
games console offering. At 39 my generation had the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 etc but only a few.
Most boys were building their Airfix kits, Scalectrix & the like, leading to other interests like bikes etc.
NIce to see Bruno interested but reckon sadly he's a dying breed...

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Ccc40821 − ⚑
12 years ago

Maybe the interview doesn't show it well enough - so many short answers - but HW is a really nice
bloke: I once wrote to him pointing out a few minor errors in his book 'The Ultimate Motorcycle Book'.
Then a year later I recieved an example of said book, along with a nice letter excusing the late reply.

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Phil Minors − ⚑
12 years ago

Excellent magazine, about the only decent bike mag left on the shelves.

As far as younger folks getting into motorbikes i'd have to agree, though I (27) have friends who
ride, none save one service their own steeds or have any appreciation for the kind of creations we see
on bikeexif.

Having said that my young boy (only 10 months) joins me in the shed in his high chair and loves all the
filing, drilling, english wheeling, etc. Hopefully there is some petrol left for him to enjoy!

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Booboosplatters − ⚑
12 years ago

i love you hugo wilson. you are my average hero. tied with r.parkington. ive never had the $ to
subscribe to the mag but i think it is the finest old bike mag on earth. my local newsstand charges
11,95 for a copy, and it s worth it when i can find it!!!!

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Kiddo − ⚑
12 years ago

Hey Old Guys,

I'm young and into bikes and have been since I was 14. Three of my friends own bikes (Honda, Ducati,
Buell) and 3 others are looking to buy when they get the scratch.

Dotheton.com is riddled with young guys working on their old, new, and custom bikes.

I think the bottom line here is : Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it ain't there.

If you think young people don't want bikes, ride bikes, or think bikes are cool, you're simply wrong. Ask
yourself how many young people you've actually talked to, hung out with, or interacted with in the last
10 years.

I didn't make my point very well, but that's life. Either way, the state of motorcycling is A-Okay. Stop
fretting.

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Cleonarrey > Kiddo − ⚑

12 years ago

True, I'm on DTT aswell and a hand full of us are Sub - 30 years of age... I myself just turned
22.

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Bike EXIF admin Mod − ⚑

12 years ago

I think Hugo is probably referring mostly to the UK. I've noticed from the commenters that the UK
generally has an older bunch of readers, whereas mainland Europe seems to have younger readers. I'm
not sure why this is.

When I was last in the UK, about a year ago, I also noticed that bikers in general seemed to be a bit
older than the ones I see daily around Sydney. So maybe the profile of motorcycling is ageing in the UK
more than elsewhere.

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Spurdog1 > Bike EXIF admin − ⚑

12 years ago

Things are changing Chris. There seems to be more learner riders than ever here in the UK.
Men and women, young and old. A very encouraging trend.

There is such a great range of fantastic machinery around now it would be such a shame if
we didn't have new blood to buy them up. You have to struggle hard to buy a bad bike now. It
wasn't that difficult in the eighties when the XZ550 was around, although there was a lot of
development going on!

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Bksager − ⚑
12 years ago

Sorry Hugo, love the magazine, but the XZ550 was far from the ugliest bike of the 80's. Madura 700,
Virago 535, 83-84 GS550e with the bar mount fairing maybe? The XZ was just ahead of it's time (does
a mid sized, liquid cooled, 4 valve v-twin sport standard sound like fun? an NT or SV650 precursor?)
and just a few years ago the motor was turning respectable AMA flat track lap times at the tender age
of 25+...I liked the full-faired versions then and the naked ones actually look better now than they did
back when. JMHO...

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pete @ occhiolungo − ⚑
12 years ago

Nice interview. Thank you to Chris for the focus on Classic Bike and HW. It is always an interesting
topic to discuss the future of motorcycling and the next generation's involvement. I sure do hope that
we can get more kids into riding old bikes. I'm not worried about enough them riding new ones, that
will happen to some extent without any trouble. fast, cheap, shiny bikes will always attract riders. But
getting people onto old bikes is difficult. Especially really old bikes. I've thought about how to
encourage new riders onto old bikes, but there are a lot of obstacles such as high cost, low availability,
the required knowledge of repairs & maintenance, etc. How do we solve that? Hopefully we can.

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Alan − ⚑
12 years ago

He's GOT TO BE releated to Quentin Wilson, they could easily be brothers.

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Alan Sparlng − ⚑
12 years ago

hey hugo, I nearly killed myself in the IOM on your Triumph T-Bird at the MGP a few years back. Back
then, i loaned your my Moto Guzzi Le Mans but since got rid of it and today, I have a 93 fireblade and
it's great...it starts, it turns and it stops ! And I'm not a bank manager. Get that magazine of yours over
to Ireland in 2012 and we'll treat you to some real road racing in Skerries......Alan

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extrasherman − ⚑
12 years ago

I'm glad to see the support for the Yamaha Vision. I, along with a respectable-sized community at
Ridersofvision.net are keeping the Vision alive. I'm a younger rider, 28 years old and love my '82 Vision
(10,000 original miles). Out riding today, I was more than pleased with the handling around twists and
turns and responsive horsepower. It was a terrible bike off the showroom floor, but in the right hands
it's strengths become very apparent. Aesthetically, not my favorite in design, but cool nonetheless.

At any rate, that's my two-cents.

Keep the rubber side down.

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Maximiliano Ska − ⚑
9 years ago

My bike: Honda cub 90 1997 gold edition 0km. Can someone say to me that it costs?
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