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  • Quirky three-wheeler with an appropriate name

    Quirky three-wheeler with an appropriate name

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I was interested to see the article about Lomaxes, of which I’ve owned three, in the last issue. Are they a motorcycle, and if so, is my similarly converted but somewhat nippier ‘Tritanic’ Mini three-wheeler? B180 CGF started life as a 1985 998cc Austin Mini that was acquired by Anthony Anchors of Newbury. He built…

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  • First proper trail bike was a Greeves

    First proper trail bike was a Greeves

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After reading and thoroughly enjoying Steve Cooper’s piece about Yamaha’s brilliant 1967 DT-1 trail bike in the last issue, Colin Sparrow, author of the 2012 book Greeves – The Complete Story and an active member of the Greeves Riders’ Association, points out the pioneering role that the Essex firm played in the export of trail…

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  • From The Classic Motorcycle March 2018 issue: Five speeds in my Velo

    From The Classic Motorcycle March 2018 issue: Five speeds in my Velo

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    Sam Hewitt

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    What do you do if you want something that’s unavailable? Why, make it – then make it available for everyone else, too. Words: James Robinson Photographs: Gary Chapman It’s oft stated that necessity is the mother of invention and when Gerry Cain (with the help of ace fabricator Baz Moore, he’s keen to point out)…

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  • Ardingly event wasn’t just about Nortons

    Ardingly event wasn’t just about Nortons

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After three years of hard work, my partner and I finished our latest project, the rebirth of an old lady who’d been born in 1942 – an Indian motorcycle (or rather a collection of parts described as a motorcycle). We spared no effort in making this machine one of a kind, a bike to turn…

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  • A lovely green Velo

    A lovely green Velo

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I was very interested to see the article about the green Velocette MAC restored by Derek Manders in OBM (January), and initially thought it was mine! If you are able to forward it, I thought Derek might be interested in a photograph of my own 1955 green MAC which I bought almost six years ago.…

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  • To brake or not to brake – that is the question

    To brake or not to brake – that is the question

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Mick Payne opens up a discussion about the merits or otherwise of fitting a brake to your sidecar wheel – and he’d like to know more about your own preferences. Although the sidecar has been around almost as long as the motorcycle itself, there wasn’t a TT race for them until 1923, 16 years after…

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  • A picture from a different world…

    A picture from a different world…

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Sent in by reader Brian Reynolds, here’s another lovely old picture to ponder. It was taken outside the charmingly named Slaughter Pike Garage just outside Bourton on the Water on the Fosse Way around 1920, and belongs to the man who ran the garage a few years ago. Brian asks whether the motorcycle at the…

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  • A chat between races – those were the days!

    A chat between races – those were the days!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    After reading the exciting news about the Eppynt road racing circuit in South Wales being used again, Vince Chivers sent us this great shot of riders in their dark leathers having a chat between races at what he thinks was Aberdare Park. He can identify Mike Hailwood, Ray Cowles and Dan Shorey, but wonders if…

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  • Barry Harper, 1954-2018

    Barry Harper, 1954-2018

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Widely known on the classic bike circuit and at club runs and autojumbles, Barry Harper of Upminster passed away in January after being treated in hospital for a lung condition. His passion for bikes began when his father gave him rides around the garden on the tank of a single-seat 125cc Royal Enfield, and in…

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  • Death of Southern 100 stalwart George Costain

    Death of Southern 100 stalwart George Costain

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Colby, Isle of Man, road racer George Costain, whose main claim to fame was winning the 1954 Senior Manx Grand Prix just two days after Castletown’s Derek Ennett had won the Junior to make it the MGP’s first Manx ‘double’, passed away on Tuesday, January 9 at the age of 88. That ‘double’ was probably…

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