Sam Hewitt

Sunshine has been the default setting for most events this year, and the RSPCA Hull and East Riding Annual Motorcycle Show was no exception. A record turnout of bikes arrived, with competition entrants all bringing a tin or packet of dog or cat food, to keep the centre’s dependants well fed, with bikes being considered…

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The 2018 season of Poole Dream Machines ended on a high, with hundreds of bikes enjoying an epic season finale on Tuesday, September 25. Organised by Bournemouth and Poole Tourism, Dream Machines is part of Wave 105 Summertime in the South, Poole’s summer events programme. The final event of the Dream Machines 2018 season was…

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The latest in the ever-expanding range of Buyer’s Guides from Veloce, written by Chris Rooke (who has also written a restoration guide for the Brit triples, among others), as the title says, this is a guide to the three-cylinder 750s produced by Triumph and BSA between 1968 and ’76 (plus the Hyde Harrier, from ’87…

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Celebrating the venue’s involvement during the 1914-18 conflict, Martin Gegg heads to the Brooklands Museum for their Great War Day The Brooklands Museum held a special centenary event on September 30, commemorating those with Brooklands connections that supported the war effort during the First World War. Visitors were treated to a selection of aircraft and…

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As the days close in, and the clocks go back, periodicals of all types are inundated with press releases of calendars and diaries. Fortunately for us, the calendars that we get to see are far more interesting than the ubiquitous humorous pictures of kittens in baskets, as these calendars focus purely on motorcycles, and classic…

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Despite only being launched last year, Triumph’s Street Scrambler has proved incredibly popular, and the new model year sees a number of improvements and alterations to the bike that hark back to the halcyon days of the Bonneville T120TT and TR6 C. A nd these improvements also apply to the bike that many see as…

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Breaking the winter stalemate between the family-oriented festive period and the desire to get out and do the sort of stuff that we all really want to do, the Carole Nash Winter Classic at Newark Showground is the perfect way to ease your way from the comfort of the fireside and to burn off some…

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