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Category: Blog

And Cadwell still rolls on!

17th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Blog

I have been most interested in the photos that you have been printing over the last few issues of Cadwell Park riders of the early days. Although I can’t with any certainty put names to

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Suzuki’s recreational vehicle

10th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Blog

I really liked Steve Cooper’s article on the TC range. As a bit of a side order I have owned RV 125cc sand bikes since 1974. They came in three sizes – 50cc, 90cc and

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Muc-off Star Letter: Cleaning up at the Scott

9th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Blog

At the celebratory dinner for the 105th anniversary of the Scott Trial at the Spa Hotel, Ripon, North Yorkshire, on November 16, Alan Lampkin was a superb Master of Ceremonies, while Nick Jefferies gave a

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Ipswich Contis?

30th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

I am writing regarding the photo on the front page of issue 412 of Old Bike Mart. Is it possible that the two lads are picking up their bikes from Boltons Motorcycle of Barrack Corner,

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The original Conti

28th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

In response to your Royal Enfield GT 650 report in the 2019 October Old Bike Mart, please find attached a couple of pictures of my much-missed 1965 Continental GT. The bike came my way in

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Blast from the past

20th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

I nearly choked on my Horlicks! On page 19 of the October issue H&H had an advert for the forthcoming auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on November 2. In the advert is a photo

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Different Ducati

5th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

Not many people associate Ducati with cameras and optical equipment, but that’s where they started out. I have a lovely 1951 Ducati Sogno, crafted and largely copied from a Leica but half the size. They

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Why I’m still wild about Wildmans

3rd December 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

The recent correspondence about Wildmans – Lincolnshire’s oldest motorcycle shop – prompts me to add my own recollections for the record. While in Daytona in 2004 I had a call to say that Wildmans was

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Honeymooning Shooting Star

30th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

In 1960 I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star registration number YTC 843. Later that year, my fiancée and I were married in Chester at Holy Trinity Church on July 23, followed by our wedding

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On The Side

26th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Blog

Each month I look forward to your A Bit On The Side articles and my normal regime is to scour the classifieds first, casually scan the other pages then focus on my real interest of

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