Sam Hewitt
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The Royal Flying Corps
Following last issue’s ‘Frozen in time’ feature, Colin Rider digs out some old paperwork! I am always drawn to anything to do with the Royal Flying Corps, no more so than when I read your ‘Frozen in time’ article, especially the workshop photo – I could picture my Grandad Joe working in a workshop like…
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New fuels, old bikes
I have recently read in the French press that our fuels are to be relabelled, but the list accompanying the article said that they will henceforth all have some degree of biofuel. The 95 and 98 unleaded petrols will now be E10 and E5, for instance, where I believe the ‘E’ still refers to ethanol,…
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1968 Suzuki T500 & GT500
Half a litre Brit bike beater. Steve Cooper asks if you’re a fan of twins Suzuki’s largest motorcycle to date was launched in 1968, and what a class act it was. Five hundred cubic centimetres of best two-stroke allied to five gear ratios, so perhaps it’s not too surprising that it was billed in the…
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The Wall of Death book review
Read the Todd and Soutter families’ involvements in the wall of death between 1929 and the Sixties.
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The Ellis Journey To be held on June 29 and 30, 2019, the Ellis Journey is a re-enactment of the journey made on July 5, 1895 by the Hon Evelyn Ellis and his passenger Fredrick Simms. Setting off on Ellis’s newly acquired, French-built, four-horsepower Panhard et Levassor, from Micheldever Railway Station, near Winchester, at precisely…
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Steve Goddard – an obituary
The funeral of Stephen John Goddard – otherwise known as Herman – on Friday, November 16, 2018 was a major event in the old motorbike scene. Steve, who was about to go to the last Kempton Park autojumble with his stall the day he suddenly passed away, was cremated at Braintree. His funeral cortege was…
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Classic Dirt Bike Show 2019
Focusing on machinery from 50 years ago – 1969 being the year in question – the Classic Dirt Bike Show takes place at Telford’s International Centre over the weekend of February 16 and 17. The show’s headline sponsors are Hagon Shocks, who have themselves a great deal of historical involvement in classic off-road machinery –…
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Watsonian International
Originally launched in 1938, Watsonian’s lightweight International was a sidecar outfit primarily designed to be used off-road and in long-distance trials. Thanks to the outbreak of war, production of the original International was delayed until 1950, when it was raced in the International Six Days Trial at Llandrindod Wells. The Watsonian management team of Ron…
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Musee Entrevaux
After reading the article about this private collection museum, I decided to do a diversion on my way to Nice to take a look. I took with me the two pages from your article and showed them to the owner (Michel Lucani) who had no knowledge that his museum had been featured here in England.…
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Climb every mountain
This is an image familiar to the mountaineering fraternity, but I guess it is less well known to the classic motorcyclist. The pic shows Chris Bonington (now Sir Chris) on the pillion of Don Whillans’ Triumph Trophy at Hampstead in July 1962. They were off to climb the Eiger in Switzerland and rode all the way up the…
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