Sam Hewitt

‘Twitter’ like a ‘Goldie’, ‘thump’ like a Thruxton…

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2019

Pete Kelly forages through the Mortons Motorcycle Archive for comparison tests between two amazingly close-matched 500cc British pushrod sporting singles – the BSA Gold Star and Velocette Venom Thruxton. When comparing two of Britain’s best-loved 500cc overhead-valve sports singles – the BSA Gold Star and the Velocette Venom Thruxton – I’m hesitant to use the…
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Yamaha AS1

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2019

Yamaha have long been known for their two-stroke, twin-cylinder machines. Steve Cooper takes a look at a machine that kickstarted the trend In 1966, Yamaha produced an apparently inconsequential small-capacity machine called the AT90. With just 90cc, but two cylinders, this tiddler would go on to spawn a raft of similarly constructed motorcycles that would…
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Editor Intro

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2019

Taking a break from the monthly deadline panic and pressures, I decided to pop along to my local autojumble for a wander around and a look, with some spare change rattling in my pocket should a bargain appear. I’m lucky in that, where I’m currently living, there are a decent number of autojumbles within easy…
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JUly 2019 OBM – OUT NOW!

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2019

Welcome to Old Bike Mart, The subscription-only newspaper with the UK’s largest selection of classic motorcycle classified ads.
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Cadwell feedback

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Sam Hewitt

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28th May 2019

Colin Clark’s pictures of numbers 51 and 16 in the April OBM do not identify with any machines in my programmes for the years 1946 and ’50s at Cadwell. Number 40, however, is of the well-known Midland Sidecar Champion W (Bill) Boddice from Smethwick; very good riding a solo, but on an outfit he was…
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Flyers on the flyer

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Sam Hewitt

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27th May 2019

Just looking at the flyer for the April Stafford Show and would like to know where the picture is, it looks like a mass start of a road race but where? J Hoskison It is, indeed, a road race, the most famous of them all! As the Stafford Show celebrated 100 years of the Isle…
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Jarrow born, Southport raised

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Sam Hewitt

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27th May 2019

Ian Stallard regales the story of Richard Norman Wade, a Southport gentleman who had a positive effect on anyone he met, motorcyclists in particular Norman, as he was known, was born in Jarrow in the early Twenties and moved to Southport when he was 11. He cycled more than five miles to school, just to…
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More Fifties Cadwell

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Sam Hewitt

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26th May 2019

Here are some more images taken by Colin Clark at Cadwell in the early 1950s. Thanks to Dennis Prosser we now have names for some of the riders. It would be great if Dennis would be willing to help with identifying the remaining competitors. (As he indeed has, see his letter and photograph on this…
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Setting a milestone

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Sam Hewitt

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25th May 2019

In the April edition article on Ariel side valves there is a picture from 1931 of a painter highlighting a milestone. He obviously did a good job, as it’s still there in London Road, Andover! The area has changed though since his visit, as can be seen in the recent photo. Doug Hopkins Read more…
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Bonnie in hiding

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Sam Hewitt

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25th May 2019

I’m trying to somehow track down my father’s old Triumph Bonneville that he had to sell when he decided to have a family. As far as I can tell, it’s still registered on the road, but with data protection nowadays I think I’m going to struggle. Do you have any ideas of what I could…
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