Sam Hewitt

We have a few more details of ‘Gypsy’ John Newson’s forthcoming trip around the British Isles for you, as mentioned in the last issue. John’s impressive road trip on his 1954 Vincent Series C Rapide will cover about 2500 miles in 12 days, departing from his Oxney Motorcycles base in Kent and incorporating the four…

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The recent Dee Atkinson Harrison auction at Sledmere House was an outstanding success with 98% of all lots offered finding new homes for a house record of £460,000, including buyer’s premium. Of great interest was the amount of international bidders, from Australia, South Africa, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland and the Channel…

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The now very popular Sand & Motorcycles show in Pages Park, Leighton Buzzard, will this year be held on Sunday, September 29. Attendance over the last two years has almost reached 1000 motorcycles, so this year the organisers are aiming to crack the 1000 bikes mark! It’s also the 10th show this year and the…

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Harrogate Crematorium was packed to capacity as the motorcycling world paid tribute to Peter ‘Top Gear’ Gaunt on Thursday, March 7, writes Tim Britton. The 82-year-old fought a brave battle against cancer but died on February 20. Known throughout the motorcycling world as a talented engineer, and one not bound by convention, Peter’s innovative way…

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Focusing purely on the air-cooled twin, triples and fours that Kawasaki produced in the late Sixties and early Seventies, this book covers quite a short time line in the Japanese company’s history, yet one that proved to be vital for Kawasaki’s longevity. It begins with Kawasaki’s industrial heritage – of ship, train and plane building…

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The increasingly popular Classic Motorcycle Day at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, near Matlock in Derbyshire, will return this season on Sunday, July 7. The National Tramway Museum, set in the heart of Derbyshire, is a charitable organisation with a large number of volunteers, whose motivation is to preserve the history of the tram. The…

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While you might infer from the headline that it relates to some kind of speed record, it doesn’t. The barrier that has been pushed by this particular Brough is a financial one, set at the recent H&H auction at the National Motorcycle Museum – for this bike fetched an astounding sum of £425,000 at the…

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