Sam Hewitt

One of the oldest established motorcycle businesses in the UK, still using its original premises, is now under new ownership. Established in 1926, Wildmans Motorcycles in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, now has a new owner – 18-year-old Chris Lake, who is just finishing his motorcycle apprenticeship with the firm. Chris took over the business on May 1,…

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Furthering his development of his record-breaking Terrier, Chris Davis at Meriden Off Road had another successful trip to the sands of South Wales, with a Straightliners event at Pendine back in May giving him no less than an additional four new records in the Modified Pushrod Gas 250cc category! The records cover the flying start…

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Hot news coming in, just as we approached deadline, was that this year’s October Stafford show will be hosting the Bonhams auction – as usual – which will contain the bikes that are being sold off from the impressive and encompassing Morbidelli collection. Yes, the very same Morbidelli that dominated small capacity racing on the…

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A trip back in history to the time of board-tracking and concrete ovals was, for Colin West, just a trip over la Manche and a short run to the southern edge of Paris. You can almost hear the latent roar of the 1925 Grand Prix reverberating around the oval-shaped circuit – rather like whispers in…

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Spicer Auctioneers have moved the date of their next Classic Car & Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House to Saturday the 26th October, a week earlier than scheduled.

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