Sam Hewitt

A MOTORCYCLE ridden by silver screen icon Steve McQueen in The Great Escape will star at the Chubb Insurance Concours d’Elegance at Salon Prive at the end of August. Now on display at the Triumph Factory Visitor Experience at Hinckley, the 1962 650cc TR6R had not been shown publicly since the film classic was made…

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Competitors in this year’s Aberdare Park Road Races on July 21-22 would have been the first to benefit from a recent resurfacing of the historic track, which stands just half a mile from the centre of the South Wales town, thanks to funding secured by the organising Aberaman Motorcycle Club. The circuit first hosted motorcycle…

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Celebrating its 25th year, the Carole Nash Eurojumble, is returning to Netley Marsh, between Cadnam and Totton, Hampshire SO40 7GY, on Friday, August 31 and Saturday, September 1. It promises to be bigger than ever, so whether you need one particular part or just fancy a mooch through mountains of motorcycling memorabilia, put the date…

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With great weather, a great crowd and some great bikes, the Bike Life Classics Day at the Sammy Miller Museum on Sunday, June 24, surpassed all expectations, with almost 1400 bikes in attendance – the most ever. Renowned bike builders Don and Derek Rickman were presented with Bike Life Classics Lifetime Achievement Awards, and indeed…

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The 35th running of the Grampian Motorcycle Convention will take place on Sunday, September 9. It should have been the 36th, but sadly the 2017 event had to be cancelled after a fatal accident involving a car during a private track hire/test session at the venue. With the investigations continuing, the museum’s arena can be…

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Reader Arthur Pentney, after looking at last month’s front page photo, brings an interesting take on the declining numbers taking part in motorcycle events. “Just look at the picture on the front of the July issue, and another on page 37 taken in Banbury itself,” he says, “to see the reasons for the declining numbers…

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There will be plenty of high-octane action when the fourth Motorcycle Hill Climb takes place on a newly extended course at historic Leighton Hall, just half a mile from Yealand Conyers in Lancashire, on Sunday, September 23. Organiser Ian Sherrard, of Sherrard Classic Vehicle Events, has extended the climb from 220 metres to 268,with a…

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