Sam Hewitt

Referring to your June editorial, one has only to look at the picture on the front of the July issue, and another on page 37 taken in Banbury itself, to see the reasons for the declining numbers taking part in events – pressure, density and intimidation by modern traffic. Only a few years ago, the…

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Through your columns, I’d like to say a big thank you to David Hailwood. He took time out to chat to me at the recent Withernsea Bikefest, then to my amazement invited me to sit on Mike’s fabulous 500/4. Thank you, David. You have made an old chap with a head full of fantastic memories…

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The Ariel Leader celebrated its 60th anniversary in July, but unfortunately I didn’t hear much about what was being done to celebrate the fact. The Arrow/Leader Club had a year-by-year line-up at Stafford, and a Leader was on show in a prominent position on the Ariel stand, although one member expressed the opinion that it…

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I’ve finally managed to catch up with the June issue of OBM and your request for thoughts about unused machines. For me it’s like this: I’ve had a 1964 Triumph Thunderbird with a slightly modified Watsonian Palma sidecar, first registered as an outfit on June 25 of that year, for more than 30 years now…

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