Sam Hewitt

  • VIDEO: Take a tour of Verralls

    VIDEO: Take a tour of Verralls

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    We took a tour Verralls, the longest established dealer in veteran, vintage and classic motorcycles in England.

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  • Gloucester bikes reach auction

    Gloucester bikes reach auction

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    Those of you who follow classic motorcycle auctions will know that, of late, many of the high-profile auctions have involved motorcycle collections incorporating many machines that are being split into sales of single vehicles. Of course, this isn’t the case with each and every auction, as most still revolve around sale of single bikes owned…

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  • Bryan Reynolds

    Bryan Reynolds

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    The Rudge Enthusiasts Club announces with great sadness that Bryan Reynolds, a founder member of the REC, died at home on Thursday, January 31.  Bryan is probably best known to many folks through his books Don’t Trudge It, Rudge It! and Rudge-Whitworth: The Complete Story but he was also very active over the years within…

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  • Further Cadwell action

    Further Cadwell action

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    Rather than have these Colin Clark pictures just stored away, I am sending another set for inclusion in OBM.

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  • Two strokes, for a big cat

    Two strokes, for a big cat

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    I’ve just received my March copy of Old Bike Mart, and was delighted to see the Panther two-stroke photo on the front page. For your information I thought I’d let you know that the Panther models with Earles forks and twin cylinder engines were the Model 35, which was powered by the Villiers 2T 250cc…

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  • TriBSA Memories

    TriBSA Memories

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    How nice to see a couple of pages devoted to my old TriBSA scrambles bike which I built in 2003/2004. My good friend, Garry Bowden, in Patchway, built a new oil bearing frame including new yokes, engine box plates, air box, etc., the remainder was used from my old TriBSA. The wheels were built by…

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  • BRAND NEW BOOKAZINE TELLS THE STORY OF JOHN ‘MOON EYES’ COOPER

    BRAND NEW BOOKAZINE TELLS THE STORY OF JOHN ‘MOON EYES’ COOPER

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    Moon Eyes tells the remarkable story of this down-to-earth racing legend in his own words.

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  • The Shining

    The Shining

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    Bucks British & Classic MCC presents its annual Shiny Bike Night at The Plough at Cadsden, just two miles north-east of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday, June 19. There’ll be lots of prizes, good food, beer, music, raffle and a lovely country setting. This is an event purely for classic bikes, with no cars…

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  • Parallel world

    Parallel world

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    One of the best ways to ensure that your bike tracks straight and true is to have the frame geometry checked. Even standard frames, with no history of crash damage, have been found to be out of line, and some frames were even designed thus! Misalignment may not even be noticeable, particularly with a road-going…

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  • Charlie’s competition

    Charlie’s competition

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    In the current issue of OBM, you have published a super first part article on Charlie Bruce and it has jolted me to put pen to paper, giving some further background to Charlie’s early career in the early ’50s, which is when I saw him race. I have been in touch with one of Charlie’s…

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