Sam Hewitt

Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, October 25-27, 2019. The self-inflicted ordeal of leaving the comfort of one’s home and family to get astride a motorcycle and head for distant climes, this with the mount already having seen some 30 years of use and abuse, seems to retain a surprising following, as Nigel Stennett-Cox knows only too well. That’s…

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Popular Channel 4 restoration show Find It, Fix It, Flog It is looking for sheds across the country filled with vintage vehicles and automotive memorabilia ready for the next series. Following motorbike-obsessive Henry Cole alongside upcycling expert Simon O’Brien, the programme looks for vintage and unusual items gathering dust in people’s sheds, to restore and…

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Known to many as a successful racer of Triumph motorcycles in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Percy Tait was much more than that. Born on a farm close to Meriden and the Triumph factory, he was a farming boy through and through, yet after time in the forces, riding with the Army’s Royal Signals…

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As one of the greats of British scrambling/motocross during the Sixties, Vic Eastwood was part of the Team GB winning team at the 1965, ’66 and ’67 Motocross Des Nations, while 1965 saw Vic claim his highest finish in the World 500cc Motocross Championship, with fourth place on the works BSA, and in 1968 Vic claimed…

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Sprinting along the narrow and heavily-cambered access road to Hoghton Tower, near Preston in Lancashire, has been happening for many a year and, despite claims to the contrary, it’s still ongoing. Historically, the Hoghton Sprint has been in springtime, often close to Easter, yet, for 2020, there will be two dates on the calendar for…

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Sevenoaks and District Motor Club have announced that they will again stage their popular Crystal Palace Car Sprint, bike and car show on May 24 and 25, but unlike 2019’s return to the venue, this year will also feature classic and historic motorcycles performing high speed demonstration runs to recreate the period when bikes raced…

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Thanks to the fact that the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show is celebrating its 40th birthday in 2020, the focus for the show is going to be a light-hearted look back at the Seventies and Eighties. The organisers will be throwing a ’70s/’80s-themed birthday bash and dressing up is positively encouraged, with a cash…

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