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  • From ‘Flying Flea’ to Turbo Twin, the two-strokes that Royal Enfield built

    From ‘Flying Flea’ to Turbo Twin, the two-strokes that Royal Enfield built

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Everyone remembers the Crusaders, Bullets, Meteors and Constellations that were the flag-bearers of Royal Enfield’s Redditch factory, but they also made some pretty decent two-strokes as well. In a 1963 road test report on the 249cc Royal Enfield Turbo Twin, The Motor Cycle’s late Midlands editor Bob Currie put his finger on it in the…

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  • The complete story of the Matchless Colliers

    The complete story of the Matchless Colliers

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Many TT fans will know that Charles R Collier, riding a Matchless, won the 1907 single-cylinder class over 10 laps of the original St John’s course, a distance of 158.125 miles, in 4hrs 8min 8sec on May 28, 1907, averaging a very respectable 38.21mph – but that’s where most people’s knowledge of the remarkable Collier…

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  • Talmag Trophy Trial – a thumpers’ paradise

    Talmag Trophy Trial – a thumpers’ paradise

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ian Kerr reports from a much loved four-stroke-only trial, the roots of which go back to a Territorial Army motorcycling club in the 1950s. In the 1950s, the Territorial Army (London) Motorcycling Club was formed and started running trials, effectively following on from the war. This mouthful of a name soon became abbreviated down to…

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  • Prized poster will always remind me of Ken

    Prized poster will always remind me of Ken

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Your tribute to Ken Hallworth on page three of last month’s OBM was of great interest to me. I’m not exactly sure when it was that I first met Ken, but it was very early in my interest in classic bikes. I’d bought a Tiger Cub basket case (a frame, engine, two wheels and a…

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  • Wartime competition was fast and furious

    Wartime competition was fast and furious

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Simon Warner’s recent article about the Bar-None Club was most interesting, and brought to mind memories of my father George Dudley. Born in 1921, he was a motorcycle-mad youngster and eventually raced Big-Port AJS and Excelsior-JAP machines on the grass at Layham’s Farm, Brands Hatch and others. He was a member of the OWLS (Oxted…

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  • Keeping it in the family!

    Keeping it in the family!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Old Bike Mart visits Classic Bike Shop in Redditch, where Mike Rogers, his wife Kerrie and son Archie are all part of the enthusiastic team continuing a long-established family tradition steeped in motorcycle dealing and bike jumbling – but in this internet age their business is sending quality-made spares for British motorcycles all over the…

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  • The world’s fastest Tigger?

    The world’s fastest Tigger?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Pete Kelly visits Chris Davies at West Midlands Triumph Tiger Cub specialists Meriden Off Road, to learn about his latest product plus preparations for his forthcoming speed record attempt on Pendine Sands in South Wales. Triumph Terrier and Tiger Cub machines must still be coming out of the woodwork, for ever since Chris Davies set…

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  • Dave Degens is star guest at South of England Classic Show

    Dave Degens is star guest at South of England Classic Show

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Guest of honour at the South of England Classic Show & Bike Jumble on Sunday, April 2, will be Dave Degens of Dresda Triton fame. He’ll be starting his rare 1958 Matchless G45 road race machine in the fire-up paddock at 11am and 1.30pm at the South of England Showground at Ardingly, west Sussex. He’ll…

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  • ‘Tea trailer’ completes Flying Vicar’s Bantam ensemble

    ‘Tea trailer’ completes Flying Vicar’s Bantam ensemble

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Some months ago, we published a photo of Sussex British Motorcycle Owners’ Club member Richard Bennett’s nice-looking BSA Bantam and sidecar combination, and the final sentence inferred that one day he might fit a ‘tea trailer’ too – and here it is, kindly sent to us by Malcolm Walter. Richard was nicknamed the ‘Flying Vicar’…

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  • The car the Roamer’s engine powered

    The car the Roamer’s engine powered

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I’m the editor of Freewheel, the bi-monthly magazine of the Rover Sports Register, a non-profit-making club that covers all Rover products from cycles to motorcycles and cars right up to the last 2005 models. One of our members has alerted me to the item about the Roamer, built around a 1920s 8hp Rover flat-twin engine,…

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