Sam Hewitt

The wrong photo of a Ducati-mounted Mike Hailwood was used in last month’s story about ‘Mike the Bike’ being inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame. The picture actually showed him riding the 950 F1 machine in the 1979 race, in which he finished a disappointing fifth, rather than on the 833 machine which…

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Motorcycles for sale at Dee Atkinson and Harrison’s latest Classic Car & Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House on July 7 – held in glorious weather after the previous sale had been caught in the ‘Beast from the East’ snowstorm – ranged from a lowly BSA Winged Wheel at £630 and a 1947 Dot truck project…

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Carla McKenzie and Julia Diplock, two businesswomen in their fifties who just love riding bikes, are planning a London to Paris ride in September on two motorcycles that simply couldn’t be more different – a 500cc 1926 Model Q complete with hand-change and lever throttle and a state-of-the-art Zero electric machine that will restrict the…

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Many who remember the heyday of scrambling will be sorry to learn of the passing, after a long illness, of Ken Covell, who started competing in the mid-1950s and gained his international licence in the early 1960s. We are grateful to his son, Adam, for the following obituary. “Dad quickly developed a real passion for…

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RAY Waller, co-owner of Comet Classics, has now confirmed a show room visit/open morning will take place on Sunday, September 9 (10am-noon). Visitors are welcome to come and view Comet Classics’ current stock of classic bikes, inspect the workshop, and talk with  staff. Refreshments will be available. Riders can come and go between the proposed…

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The latest machine to be brought back to life by the Restoration Workshop at the Sammy Miller Museum at Bashley, New Milton, Hampshire B25 5SZ, is a 1913 TT Rudge donated to the Museum Trust by staunch supporter Bill McComb of County Antrim. After keeping the machine in a dismantled and poor state for many…

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Yet another attendance record was set when the second of this year’s Greetham Gatherings took place at the community centre in the Rutland village on Thursday, June 21. The 150 motorcycles and 400 cars that attended included an estimated 50 classic bikes and 200 classic cars, and more than 800 people turned out on a…

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