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Very acceptable

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

I enjoyed the article on the Ariel VA/VB. Enclosed is a photo of a 1939 Ariel VA that I found in Princes Risborough, approximately 1990. It was one owner and came with tax discs from May 1939 through to December 1968, but with only about 10,000 miles on the speedo. Being complete and not messed…
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Side valves as solos

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

I was pleased that the article on the Ariel VB (OBM April) did not concentrate solely on those old side valves as just being able to pull a heavy sidecar around, but were also capable of a useful performance when used in solo form. How do I know? Because over the years I have owned…
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Roadburners to torque about!

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

Pete Kelly buries himself in the Mortons Motorcycle Archive to learn how the road testers of old viewed the lusty performances of the 998cc Vincent Black Shadow and 692cc Royal Enfield Constellation. This month we’ve taken two British roadburners with completely different specifications and characters as the subject of our Mortons Motorcycle Archive feature –…
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Vintage Revival Montlhery

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Sam Hewitt

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1st August 2019

A trip back in history to the time of board-tracking and concrete ovals was, for Colin West, just a trip over la Manche and a short run to the southern edge of Paris. You can almost hear the latent roar of the 1925 Grand Prix reverberating around the oval-shaped circuit – rather like whispers in…
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Spicer Auctioneers move Classic Car & Motorcycle auction date

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

Spicer Auctioneers have moved the date of their next Classic Car & Motorcycle auction at Sledmere House to Saturday the 26th October, a week earlier than scheduled.
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West Indies Indian?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

After speaking to Dave at the Bike Shed Show in London, here’s the pic that I mentioned at the time. The photo was taken in 1934 in Aruba, in the Dutch West Indies, and I’m keen to find out the type of bike in the photo. On the bike is my grandfather who was a…
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Does this Velo still bellow?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

I would really like to find out if my Velocette still exists. The DVLA say it’s not on their records so, if it’s still around, it must be in a shed or garage. This is a picture of it circa 1967. It was fast in its day, beating many a 650. Me, my girlfriend Jane…
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Seventh Tour du Calvados

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2019

While international grumblings, mutterings and moanings continue in the political field, Ian Kerr headed on to mainland Europe before the EU elections threw further confusion into the chaos. It was somewhat fitting that, in the 75th anniversary year of the D-Day landings, that the Retro Moto Cote de Nacre Moto Club based in Luc-sur-Mer, close…
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A time to go Dutch

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

A personal invitation from fellow but ‘proper’ classic motorcycle journalist Steve Wilson of The Classic Motorcycle triggered off a trip to the Dutch Ariel Club Rally in St Oedenrode for Nigel Stennett-Cox, resulting in a very enjoyable long weekend in May. Having no Ariel on which to go, and memories of a mixed nature regarding…
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Yamaha DS6

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

Fifty years ago, Yamaha took one final roll of the dice with an engine design that had been part and parcel of their line-up since their very first twin had appeared back in 1959. Steve Cooper takes a closer look. Although part of the long line of YDS 250cc two-stroke twins, Yamaha took the slightly…
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