Sam Hewitt

You just can’t keep an old racer down – and Sammy Miller couldn’t resist giving his 500cc Gilera four and 1954 BMW Rennsport an outing on the High Street circuit at the 10th Anniversary Brackley Festival of Motorcycling over the weekend of August 11-12. Another legendary rider giving similar demonstrations was Freddie Spencer, who forsook…

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Time was when we’d ride our motorcycles day in, day out, all year long, no matter what the weather threw at us – but how times have changed! Although 105 riders pre-entered the 26th Exmoor Run of Sunday, August 12, teeming rain meant that only 29 of them turned up at the start, although a…

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David Myers visits a superb motorcycle line-up at a vintage event near Brno, and is surprised by the number and quality of machines on show. During a recent visit to the Czech Republic (more correctly ‘Czechia’ now) I went to the ‘Slavkov Veteranfest’ in South Moravia, near the second city of Brno, and was amazed…

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The Romney Marsh Classic Bikejumble, Spares Auction and Ride-In Show will take place at Hamstreet, near Ashford, Kent on Sunday, September 16. Cheap garage clear-out stalls are available at £10 for a 6×5-metre pitch, which includes admission to the event for two, so why not team up with a mate and move all that unwanted…

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This year’s four-day International Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire from November 1-4, held in partnership with oil and lubricant giant Motul, will provide trials action, mini-bike racing, quad bikes and moto football as well as showcasing the very latest off-road machines. Organiser Mortons Media Group plans to build on last year’s sell-out show…

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Ian Kerr sorts fact from fiction as he interviews London Motorcycle Museum founder Bill Crosby about the impending closure of his Reg Allen Triumph spares business while still keeping fingers crossed about the future of the museum itself. Way back in 1897, when motorcycles were in their infancy, the great American humourist and author Samuel…

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