Sam Hewitt

What's inside the June edition of Old Bike Mart?

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Sam Hewitt

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19th June 2020

Welcome to Old Bike Mart, the subscription-only newspaper with the UK’s largest selection of classic motorcycle classified ads. This month’s OBM, as always is the case, features the latest news, reports from the racetrack, part and tool reviews and ‘how to’ guides. Newly discovered historic machines are revealed in all their unrestored glory and there’s…
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From the archive: The ‘lightweights’ that time forgot

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Sam Hewitt

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18th June 2020

Time was slowly running out for Associated Motor Cycles when it launched its new-style 250cc overhead-valve singles in 1958 – but were the sturdy and neat-looking AJS and Matchless models the best they could have offered? asks Pete Kelly. By the time Associated Motor Cycles launched its apparently unit-construction 250cc overhead-valve Matchless G2 and AJS…
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Miller museum is restoration heaven

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Sam Hewitt

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18th June 2020

While the lockdown of shops and public traders has now begun to ease, we’ve yet to see any easing on the closures of public services such as libraries and museums, yet that doesn’t mean that they’ve been simply mothballed for the last few months. As an example, while the Sammy Miller Museum in the New…
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Raffle winners

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Sam Hewitt

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16th June 2020

Thanks to the Covid-19 lockdown, the National Motorcycle Museum’s winter raffle was drawn by John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper at his home in Derbyshire. The lucky winner of the top prize – a brand new factory-customised Triumph Thruxton – was Andrew Winscom of Worcestershire, while Anne Alexander of Berwick won the Sealey electro-hydraulic bike lift, and…
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Aiming for ultimate speed

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Sam Hewitt

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13th June 2020

Motorsport is moving closer to starting up again, and one of the new motorsport disciplines to be taking place in 2020 is the Straightliners Ultimate British Classic Bike Championship. As the name suggests, it’s all about top speed, although in a change to the Bonneville-style format of very long open spaces, this championship will also…
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Brand new Bonnie up for grabs!

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Sam Hewitt

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11th June 2020

Amazingly, those folk at the National Motorcycle Museum have managed to find another brand new old stock British twin for their 2020 summer raffle! The bike in question is a 1977 Triumph T140J, which as you’ll know, is the Silver Jubilee edition. It has never been run or registered and, as such, shows just four…
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From the Archive: Only the best will do – ‘Vincents are my life’

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Sam Hewitt

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11th June 2020

Andrew Kenningley, who’s built up a fine reputation as a skilled Vincent restorer, tells why he’ll be showing off his work atthe forthcoming Stafford Show. In recent years the word ‘iconic’ has been over-used almost to the point of becoming a throw-away cliché, but one motorcycle that truly merits the description is the Vincent. Andrew…
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Can you kick it?

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2020

With the popularity of BSA’s two-stroke lightweight seemingly growing by the week, especially within the twin-shock off-road trials arena, it’s little surprise that the aftermarket is expanding to suit. What you see here are folding kick-starts for the Bantam – for trials or road use – as supplied by Alan Wright at Trico Products. These…
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Classic TT cancelled

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Sam Hewitt

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6th June 2020

Following the cancellation of this year’s Isle of Man TT Festival due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, and the hope that many had held for racing on the world-renowned Mountain Circuit to take place later in the year, unfortunately the decision has been made to also cancel the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT, due…
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From the archive: Summat to be proud of – the Yorkshire legacy of Phelon & Moore

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Sam Hewitt

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4th June 2020

For more than 60 years P&M, whose well-designed motorcycles became known as Panthers in the early 1920s, provided sensible down-to-earth transport along with a surprising amount of innovation, particularly during the inter-war years. This is their story, with research and photographic material from the Mortons Archive. Renowned for decades for their tireless sidecar-lugging ability, the…
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