Sam Hewitt

With this issue hitting your doormats on the 6th, you’ve just over a week before the Autumn Stafford Show (more correctly the 25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, at the county showground just to the east of the county town) and, consequently, Bonhams’ most focussed motorcycle auction of the year. Aside from some rather…

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Classic motorcycle enthusiasts will be counting down to the annual Stafford show – with something extra-special lined up for this year. The Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, held over the weekend of October 13 and 14, will feature a profusion of crackling two-stroke Grand Prix machinery, topped off for the first time in the…

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Ian Kerr MBE puts on his climbing boots, and goes on a hill climb pilgrimage. In the last few years, the two-day Kop Hill climb run has established itself as a Mecca for those keen on classic cars and bikes. Raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities, the event held each September is…

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There was no shortage of variety at the VMCC’s annual Stanford Hall shindig, this year held in late July, as James Robinson discovered… The Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Founders’ Day has found a long-standing home at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, for years the ‘go to’ place for many enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the older…

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While drag racing may be considered to be a forward-looking sport with ever increasing speeds and decreasing elapsed times, the more traditional form of the sport – sprinting – is sometimes unfairly seen as the more sedate option. This is at odds with the fact there are folk who only race in sprints who’re continually…

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