Sam Hewitt

West Indies Indian?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

After speaking to Dave at the Bike Shed Show in London, here’s the pic that I mentioned at the time. The photo was taken in 1934 in Aruba, in the Dutch West Indies, and I’m keen to find out the type of bike in the photo. On the bike is my grandfather who was a…
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Does this Velo still bellow?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

I would really like to find out if my Velocette still exists. The DVLA say it’s not on their records so, if it’s still around, it must be in a shed or garage. This is a picture of it circa 1967. It was fast in its day, beating many a 650. Me, my girlfriend Jane…
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Seventh Tour du Calvados

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2019

While international grumblings, mutterings and moanings continue in the political field, Ian Kerr headed on to mainland Europe before the EU elections threw further confusion into the chaos. It was somewhat fitting that, in the 75th anniversary year of the D-Day landings, that the Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Moto Club based in Luc-sur-Mer, close…
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A time to go Dutch

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

A personal invitation from fellow but ‘proper’ classic motorcycle journalist Steve Wilson of The Classic Motorcycle triggered off a trip to the Dutch Ariel Club Rally in St Oedenrode for Nigel Stennett-Cox, resulting in a very enjoyable long weekend in May. Having no Ariel on which to go, and memories of a mixed nature regarding…
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Yamaha DS6

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

Fifty years ago, Yamaha took one final roll of the dice with an engine design that had been part and parcel of their line-up since their very first twin had appeared back in 1959. Steve Cooper takes a closer look. Although part of the long line of YDS 250cc two-stroke twins, Yamaha took the slightly…
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Dresda’s Degens at Ardingly

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2019

West Sussex’s South of England Showground in Ardingly will welcome Dresda’s Dave Degens for the Summer Classic Show and bikejumble on July 14, with the café racer specialist and bike racer being interviewed by Brian Crichton in a question and answer session at high noon! Aside from building café racers for the boy racers of…
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2019 Tortoise and Hare Run

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2019

The morning of Sunday, June 2 dawned bright, and saw picturesque Wells Market Place full with motorcycles of all ages, plus many spectators viewing and admiring the fine array of machines that were entered for the ninth Annual Tortoise and Hare Run, as organised by Wells Classic Motorcycle Club, to raise much needed funds for…
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A Bantam in the Appenines

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Sam Hewitt

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27th July 2019

A chat between father and son leads to Richard Wyatt taking his Bantam into the hills of Central Italy for a tour that replicates the glory days of the Italian motorcycle industry It was August of 2018 when my son called me and asked where we might be going on the bikes in 2019. I…
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2019 Banbury Run

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Sam Hewitt

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27th July 2019

Although confusing climatic conditions prevailed countrywide, Martin Gegg headed to Oxfordshire for the 2019 Banbury Run. As I drove up to the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 71st Banbury Run, 600 people in Lincolnshire were being evacuated from their houses due to flooding; the sky was dark grey and there was a nip in the air.…
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Ten times World Champion to take star role at Stafford

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2019

The most successful sidecar racer of all time, Steve Webster, will be Guest of Honour at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October.
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