Sam Hewitt

Record turn-out for Llangollen Bike Festival

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd October 2017

When three of us friends met up to conceive LlanBikeFest, we decided to call it a festival rather than a show because festivals are celebrations – and LlanBikeFest is a celebration of everything we love about bikes, writes co-organiser John Hutchinson. Now in its third year, it has no single theme, but has developed into…
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: It’s a cover-up!

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd October 2017

Pete Kelly looks back to the motorcycle styling practices that led to the ‘bathtub’ era of the late 1950s and early 60s. Putting on my steam railway hat for a brief moment, in Victorian times many express passenger locomotives would have the top portions of their driving wheels hidden behind intricate splashers; safety valves would…
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Made to measure…

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd October 2017

Mick Payne looks at the pros and cons of ‘chairing up’ a motorcycle you already own rather than buying a whole new outfit in one go. The theme of last month’s column was how to buy a ready-made motorcycle and sidecar – but this isn’t at all the most popular option. “We assemble a lot…
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The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show gears up for another huge turnout

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Sam Hewitt

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27th September 2017

It’s just over a month until the world’s biggest and best celebration of classic motorcycles comes to Staffordshire County Showground. The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show takes place over the weekend of October 14-15 and it’s no exaggeration to say this year’s event may be the best ever. No Stafford show is complete without a…
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Suzuki Village at Stafford Classic Bike Show to display a whole host of rare machines

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Sam Hewitt

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26th September 2017

VISITORS to the upcoming Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show – October 14-15 – will have the opportunity to get up close to a variety of rare Suzukis, including the two RG500s which Barry Sheene powered to world championship success in 1976 and 1977. The iconic red, white and yellow machines will be joined by…
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170 riders enjoy sunny 25th Exmoor Run

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd September 2017

Taunton Classic Motorcycle Club’s 25th annual Exmoor Run took place in fine weather on Sunday, August 13 after 170 motorcycles gathered at Sheppy’s Cider ready for the 9.30am start. After the first stop in Exford for coffee, the riders continued across Exmoor, with the heather and gorse in full bloom, for lunch at Dulverton. The…
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Little-end trouble – and a weekend to remember!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd September 2017

Chris Dickinson recalls a hectic scramble to get his Suzuki GT185 back on to the road after a little-end bearing disintegrated as he rode home for the weekend from a summer job at RAF Marham. Although he was just 17, dogged determination ensured that he was back at work on the Monday morning. Pete Stevens’…
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Meet ‘Velo Knud’ Rasmussen – a Hall Green fan in Denmark

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd September 2017

Danish Old Bike Mart reader Knud Rasmussen, otherwise known as ‘Velo Knud’, tells of his passion for Velocette motorcycles which began with the sight and sound of a postman’s 1946 MAC. It was our country postman who first aroused my interest in Velocette motorcycles when I was 12 years old in 1950. He came to…
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The ‘build-it-yourself’ Excelsior

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd September 2017

The words ‘Popular’ and ‘Universal’ were once commonly used to describe a car, motorcycle or bicycle manufacturer’s cheap and cheerful bottom-of-the-range models. In 1962 Excelsior went a step further by offering its three-speed 150cc Universal in a box so that the customer could assemble it himself and thus avoid the payment of purchase tax, writes…
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A tongue-in-cheek (or is it?) look at the Trans-Irish Sea Match Race

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Sam Hewitt

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19th September 2017

Classic 50s are a big hit in the Isle of Man, and this year will see the Trans-Irish Sea Match Race return to the Island’s Jurby short track on Sunday, October 1 – in fact they’re so important that OBM’s Pete Kelly (good Manx name!) and his companion from Staffordshire (four-legged, that is) will be…
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