Sam Hewitt

Electric is the way to go!

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd May 2019

Could we make one ourselves?
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Bianchi – an Italian motorcycling legend

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd May 2019

Pete Kelly delves into the Mortons Archive once again to recapture the spirit of the road and racing machines that were produced by one of the most famous names in Italian motorcycling history. Italian motorcycling pioneer Eduardo Bianchi, born in 1865 and brought up in an orphanage, was in business by the age of 20…
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1969 Kawasaki H1 500/3

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd May 2019

Creating a reputation for a factory with just one machine isn’t easy, yet Steve Cooper shows just how Kawasaki managed it. Whether you like two-strokes or loathe them, you need to give thanks to Kawasaki’s launching of their mad-as-cheese 500cc triple. This bike, above all others, marks a line in the sand whereby motorcycles cease…
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Moon Eyes – the John Cooper story

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd May 2019

Yet another fascinating read from the Mortons stable is this new bookazine, focussing on the road race legend, grand prix hero and motorcycling icon that is John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper. With an intro from International Race Teams Association’s CEO Mike Trimby, the bookazine’s contents revolve around an extensive question and answer session with Moon Eyes…
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Rubber side down

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd May 2019

While he’s not particularly weary, Mick Payne is getting tyred this month, as he takes a look at rubber options for sidecar combinations. It’s been a long time since tyres had names like ‘All Non Skid’ and ‘Grasshopper’ but in the 1950s these were the names given to Firestone and Goodyear products. Neither of those…
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Island Racer 2019 – The go-to guide for this year’s TT action

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Sam Hewitt

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1st May 2019

Discover 148 pages of incredible TT action in the upcoming Island Racer 2019 edition, on sale from May 16, 2019.
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Just Kop a load of this!

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Sam Hewitt

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1st May 2019

Organisers of the iconic Kop Hill Climb Festival are putting a call out to owners of interesting motorcycles to attend its 10th anniversary event over the weekend of September 21 and 22. The non-competitive hill climb, which is based in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, was resurrected in 2009, having lain dormant since the event was closed…
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Call to Arms for third classic show

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Sam Hewitt

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1st May 2019

Once again, the Clifford Arms public house in Great Haywood, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, will be holding a classic show – its third to date – on Sunday, May 19. As with previous years, the entrance price either to display a car or bike, or for public entry, is by donation to one of the charities…
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Hard-working ’ped

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Sam Hewitt

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30th April 2019

Hello again, France calling! I saw this contraption in Marciac in south-west France yesterday.
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Stopping a Comet

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Sam Hewitt

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30th April 2019

This could be useful to readers who, like me, own a James Comet or one of its many guises from the early Fifties.
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