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Chair rubber

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Sam Hewitt

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9th July 2019

Here is a photo, above, of the Norton Dominator 99 that Roger Maughfling built for me in 1964. I soon found that the 16” tyres did not last long (500 miles for the rear) and Owen Greenwood put on a used sidecar racing tyre for 10 shillings (50p to youngsters). From then on I’ve used…
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Made in Japan: Yamaha DS6

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Sam Hewitt

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8th 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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Poetic licence

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Sam Hewitt

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5th July 2019

I’m enclosing a little poem I wrote about a project I’ve recently completed. I’ve been restoring Triumphs for quite a number of years now and I have to admit, believe me, this was some project. I am the owner of seven classic Triumphs and never had one in such a bad state. But it’s been…
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Colin Clark’s Cadwell continues

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2019

Thanks again to Dennis Prosser in helping to identify riders from Colin Clark’s images from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s. I will include any details that Colin may have added to these pictures, but notes are few and far between. The images this month show a Norton outfit (number 92), with some exuberant riding…
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Sidecar tyres

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

Having studied with interest Mick Payne’s article ‘Rubber Side Down’ in the May 2019 OBM I’d just like to add my £2.20 pence worth. Obviously, as you indicate, the practice of fitting car tyres to motorcycle rims is a practice that, in theory and due to difference in rim design, gives cause for concern and…
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So Cal society

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Sam Hewitt

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30th June 2019

I send my Old Bike Mart papers to my friend in San Diego, US, and he’s replied as follows…
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Heading downhill

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Sam Hewitt

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29th June 2019

There have been several recent issues of Old Bike Mart featuring DMW motorcycles.
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Roadside refreshment

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Sam Hewitt

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28th June 2019

While foodstuffs aren’t normally the nature of conversation within the news pages of Old Bike Mart, the problem of carrying easily manageable snacks while on a bike does.
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Classic sprints for your diary

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Sam Hewitt

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26th June 2019

Those of you with an interest in perhaps the purest form of motorcycle sport – sprinting – might like to put the following dates in your diary.
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Cadwell sidecar revival continues

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

With this year seeing the second running of this unique event at Lincolnshire’s Cadwell Park, the weekend of June 22-23 also marks the 70th anniversary of the FIM World Sidecar Championship, which is the longest surviving road racing championship that actually remains in the same format as it was in its year of introduction, 1949,…
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