The Classic MotorCycle

A brief chat with... Duncan Dunbar – race engineer and classic enthusiast

It is the dream of many to strike out on their own in this working world and in this respect, Duncan Dunbar is no different to a lot of people.

The difference for the man who runs Dunbar Race Engineering is his high level of academic qualifications in the subject which is backed up by practical experience gained in the hotbed of F1, British Superbikes and MotoGP racing. Such a track record alone would be good but, additionally, Duncan has a thorough grounding in the classic motorcycle world, which includes restoring and riding classic roadsters and racers.

It was perhaps inevitable Duncan

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