Sam Hewitt

Remembering Eddie Dow

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

One way and another, there’s quite a lot about BSAs in this issue – but one name that will remain indelibly linked to the marque is that of noted Gold Star specialist Eddie Dow, who passed away in March at the age of 92. Not only did Eddie Dow achieve a successful International Six Days’…
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Record crowd at Boston Bike Night

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

A record crowd turned out for the Boston Bike Night Classic & Custom Show organised by members of the Poachers section of the AJS & Matchless Owners’ Club on Thursday, July 6. Trophies for the winners of five classic bike classes were presented by Boston’s Mayor, Mr Brian Rush, and feedback on the event was…
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Kurland newcomers get a taste of Latvia

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

Ian Kerr joins three motorcycling colleagues in an eye-opening introduction to Latvia’s Kurland Rally Since the late 1970s, the name Juris Ramba has been synonymous with vintage and classic motorcycling. The Latvian collector has also become the man to go to when everyone else says something is unrepairable (ultimately proving them wrong in most cases!)…
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Those Beezas were at Dover’s Western Docks

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

The picture of a group of mostly BSA riders in your ‘Unidentical Twins’ feature in OBM (June) was taken just outside the Customs & Excise car hall at the Western Docks in Dover. The view over the low building in the foreground is towards the Dover-Dunkerque train ferry dock, hence the rail wagons at the…
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Moving house – with a sidecar outfit

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

A friend recently sent me a number of photographs of old motorcycles dating from the early part of the last century, some of which readers might find very interesting, as I certainly did. The photo of folk moving furniture with a combination is of particular interest – how times have changed! Several of the bikes…
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Recalling the National Rally of 1962

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

When I received last month’s OBM and saw the National Rally seafront scene at Rhyl, I was quite taken aback, thinking it was the same rally I took part in, but then I realised my own efforts had been in 1962. My machine was a 1957 Norton Dominator that I bought new and sold about…
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Those were the days – welcome to Rhyl, 1954!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

I recognised the photo on the front page of last month’s OBM as my old stomping ground of Rhyl promenade straightaway – not that I was lucky enough to have seen it in its heyday of the 1950s, because I didn’t come onto the scene until the early 1970s. We had a good go at…
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That’s one way to transport a vintage motorcycle!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

Your feature about the vintage reunion at Montlhery was most welcome. I’m sure many of your readers would love the event as it features only prewar machinery in two, three and four-wheeled form, making it an opportunity to view stuff never normally seen in the UK, with vehicles attending from all over Europe. Motorcycles are…
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My ‘tireless horse’ that just kept going

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

Reader Perran Newman fondly recalls his regular long-distance travels on a single-cylinder BSA. Although my dad had no interest in mechanical things, I have to thank him for arranging for me to learn some of the basic skills of motorcycle maintenance. A local garage in Bexley supervised me while I repaired a 1949 D1 Bantam,…
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Roaring Twenties in more ways than one!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

The fourth Roaring Twenties Day along the seafront at Bexhill-on-Sea was better than ever, even though it did start windy and chilly as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s East Sussex Section staked out the site on the promenade lawns at 6am, writes Keith Rhodes. Despite this, by 9am on Saturday, July 22, some interesting motorcycles…
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