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  • Sunshine, smiles and poignant memories fill landmark Moidart Run

    Sunshine, smiles and poignant memories fill landmark Moidart Run

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With photos from Eric Kitchen and Mike Wylie, John McCrink reports on the landmark 10th anniversary Gwen White Memorial Moidart Classic Motorcycle Run. In dry and sunny weather, a large group of true enthusiasts descended on the Highland village of Kinlochleven in early May, to take part in the 10th Moidart Peninsula Classic Motorcycle Road…

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  • 34hp and 60 years of progress?

    34hp and 60 years of progress?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    If there’s one thing that classic motorcycling canteach us, it’s that the passage of time does not always equate with developments and improvements, as Chris Coote tells us. I own a 60-year-old Venom, which I built up from a number of large lumps and is known as my ‘Christmas Velo’ because it was completed and…

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  • The early years

    The early years

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Any of us who have been around motorcycles for any period of time will have some tales to tell of our fellow riders, and Ralph Ridley is certainly no exception… One of the benefits of owning a motorcycle is the way it can open a door to friendships and social activity. An interest in an…

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  • Winder and Wilson in dramatic clash at Woodford

    Winder and Wilson in dramatic clash at Woodford

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Report: Brian Crichton – Pictures: Michael Innes Arch rivals in the leading UK classic motocross championship series clashed at Woodford, Northamptonshire on Sunday, July 7, with a needle match that couldn’t have been closer, with both riders scoring equal points. In the first AMCA championship Pre-1974 race, local ace Ashley Wilson’s 380 CZ reared up…

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  • Scorching hot Tattershall Classic

    Scorching hot Tattershall Classic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Report and pictures: Brian Crichton It was the hottest day of the year so far and there were plenty of hot bikes to keep the temperature up at the second no-fees, invitation-only Classic Racing Motorcycle Show and Demonstration at Tattershall Karting Centre, Lincolnshire, on Saturday, June 29. This gentleman’s day out, in memory of Roger…

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  • The shape of things to come more than half a century ago!

    The shape of things to come more than half a century ago!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Pete Kelly raids the Mortons’ Archive once again to discover how the weekly motorcycling press reacted to a brace of 250cc Japanese twins in the early 1960s – Honda’s overhead-camshaft C72 Dream in 1961 and Suzuki’s 246cc T10 two-stroke in 1963. Sixty years ago, the attitude towards Japanese motorcycles – indeed anything Japanese – among…

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  • Outside assistance

    Outside assistance

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Regarding the front page photograph of Jim Sandford’s tyre repair in the 1971 ISDT on the Isle of Man. First the people from left to right, on bike number 999, is Ken Heanes, my friend Peter Thomas, then me (Keith Gush), the next is unknown, the next an East German observer, on his knees is…

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  • An H1 meets its end

    An H1 meets its end

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I was very interested to read in the May issue of OBM,, Steve Cooper’s article on the remarkable emergency development of the Kawasaki H1 500cc triple. Readers may be interested to recall that at the 1969 TT, an H1 was entered by Read Bros. in the Production Race, ridden by Tony Dunnell, one of the…

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  • Is anything new?

    Is anything new?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I was reading the letters in the latest OBM and something stirred when I read the letter titled ‘Nothing’s new’. Rummaging through my old motorcycle mags I came across the attached article. By modern standards it doesn’t look very impressive, but… Was this the first commercially produced electric bike?  Keep up the good work. Bill…

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  • Duking it out with a Goldie

    Duking it out with a Goldie

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Following the Gold Star vs Thruxton article (June 2019 edition), and my brother (Chris Briston) visiting us last week from the USA, and the June ‘Where are they now?’ letter, I was prompted to write this email. In the early 1960s my brother owned a 350cc Gold Star whose previous owners had been, in sequence,…

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