Sam Hewitt

Normous Newark Autojumble to go ahead on August 16

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Sam Hewitt

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4th August 2020

THE biggest and best regular Autojumble in the UK is back with bang… but we’ll be making a few changes to keep you safe. How to get your tickets (safely). Buy your ticket in advance and beat the queues Buy your ticket with contactless card payment on the day Or, buy your ticket with cash……
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Happy feet as Alt-Berg sticks with tradition

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2020

Mick Payne visits a Yorkshire bootmaker with a proud tradition, after the very comfortable and practical boots they made for him 20 years ago were swiped from under his nose. During our recent Team Katy charity trip, after I’d left my boots outside the tent to air a bit, some light-fingered Herbert decided he’d like…
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Museum raffle tickets in this issue!

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2020

I’m sure that every reader and subscriber to Old Bike Mart knows that the National Motorcycle Museum is a vital asset to the work of classic, vintage and veteran motorcycling. However, maybe not everyone is aware that the museum receives no external funding whatsoever. What this means is that the museum exists on funding generated…
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MoreBikes relaunches with brand new website!

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Sam Hewitt

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1st August 2020

Bringing together the best of Fast Bikes, Motorcycle Sport and Leisure, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics and Back Street Heroes – MoreBikes.co.uk is about to get bigger and better than ever before. Motorbikes are awesome. And so are the people who ride them. That’s why the website for the world’s biggest motorcycle monthly bike title is getting…
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National Motorcycle Museum LIVE 2020 postponed

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2020

The National Motorcycle Museum has announced that their Museum LIVE event is postponed until October 2021. The event was due to take place on Saturday 31 October 2020, but issues revolving around social distancing requirements due to Covid-19 means Museum LIVE “simply isn’t possible”. James Hewing, Museum Director, thanked everybody who has supported the event since…
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Return of the prodigal police Thunderbolt

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2020

I am a retired police officer and a rider since 1966. I was looking for a classic when I saw a BSA Thunderbolt advertised near Taunton. The ad said it was an ex-police bike and I saw the number was KAX, which was a Monmouthshire number, where I live. I remember the BSAs in our…
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Return of the Flying Vicar… and it’s a basket case

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2020

Hello again chaps, well, another project by the Flying Vicar! When the nasty virus popped its head up, I thought, I felt another project coming on. Having built a Bantam Wasp, a bicycle trike with an engine, and a 175 Bantam with sidecar and trailer, all of which you may have seen in previous editions…
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DR identification

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2020

While having a VE Day WhatsApp chat with my sister, we got around to dad’s wartime service as a despatch rider with the 8th Army. Like many ex-servicemen, my dad, Horace, never spoke of his time as a DR, even when as a youth I was beginning a lifelong interest in motorcycles. I happened to…
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Ardingly brings light to the end of the tunnel

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2020

While we’re all having to wait a little longer for some of the planned 2020 events (many until next year), it seems that we can finally see an end to the restrictions which we’ve undergone over the last few months. While there’s still an element of uncertainty about things, the fact that certain events are…
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Gone missing

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Sam Hewitt

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25th July 2020

Tragically, even during the lockdown period, light-fingered ‘tealeaves’ abound in the shady underground world of bike thievery, and we’re still hearing about bikes being stolen… The two you see here were stolen, along with the Ford Transit van in which they were loaded, ready to be delivered the following day. The van went missing from…
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