Sam Hewitt

Sharp-eyed!

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Sam Hewitt

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27th April 2020

Just a brief note to repeat what I’m sure many others of your readers will have noticed, with regards to page 22 of the March issue. The age of the outfit has been incorrectly judged on the passenger’s out-of-date headwear! The registration of the bike reveals that the more obvious dates of March 1932 to…
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92nd Anniversary Celebration of Speedway

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Sam Hewitt

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26th April 2020

A wildlife park complete with big cats – and other wild animals normally found at a zoo – is not somewhere you would normally expect to go for a celebration of 92 years of speedway. However, Ian Kerr finds that the explanation is simple, as the Paradise Wildlife Park near Broxbourne in Hertfordshire is also…
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First bike foibles

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Sam Hewitt

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26th April 2020

A few pics of my first bikes. I was the first generation to be made to ride mopeds at 16. I lived a two-minute walk from four dealers George Wards (Honda and Suzuki), Ron Daleys (Yamaha), Bennetts (Honda and Suzuki) and Thomas Garner (Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki). My mate Ken Green got an apprenticeship at…
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Telford Classic Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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25th April 2020

Regardless of how much of a show is held indoors, inclement weather will inevitably create issues, as Dave Manning found while surfing his way across country to Shropshire… Being held on one of the February weekends in which a storm of one name or another battered the British countryside meant that not only was travelling…
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Back seat bail-out

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Sam Hewitt

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25th April 2020

I thought I would tell you the often told tale of when my wife lost me off the back of my Bantam on the way back from the pub in 1971. When I was courting my now wife Pauline – when she was 16 in 1971 – it seemed a good idea that she should…
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Celebration of heroes

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd April 2020

While so many events are being cancelled and postponed, it still seems reasonably safe to consider that those towards the end of the summer will be taking place. So, it’s time to put self-isolation to the back of your mind, and think ahead to the time when we’ll be able to drag our classics out…
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Golden Era Run 2020

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Sam Hewitt

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21st April 2020

Now firmly established in the calendar for motorcycles and three-wheelers made before January 1931, the Golden Era Run, as organised by the North East Section of the VMCC, is set to hold its 12th run on Sunday July 26, virus permitting. This friendly, non-competitive event offers opportunities to ride in good company over carefully chosen…
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‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper appearing at the NMM

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2020

Somehow managing to take advantage of what little space is left in the many halls of the National Motorcycle Museum, there’s an exciting new display in Hall 2 of the museum, which will be available to see until the end of 2020. This new feature is dedicated to John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper and includes not…
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From the archive: Ariel factory prototypes – and a well-executed BSA/Leader special

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Sam Hewitt

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16th April 2020

A reader’s letter in last month’s issue about a fine BSA Bantam/Ariel Leader special brought two enlightened replies which, between them, lay all possible confusion about the legendary ‘Bleader’ to rest. The BSA/Ariel special pictured with Stewart McFadyen’s letter certainly isn’t a factory-made ‘Bleader’ and has nothing to do with Ariel or its parent company,…
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Off-road foot armour

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Sam Hewitt

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16th April 2020

As a pair of boots that suit classic road-riding, green laning, trails and scrambles, these TCX Terrain 3 boots are near ideal. They’re light, surprisingly comfortable and pliant, even when brand new, for a pair of heavily armoured off-road boots, and not with the garishbright colours that most modern off-road footwear is adorned with. Fastened…
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