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Flyers on the flyer

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Sam Hewitt

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27th May 2019

Just looking at the flyer for the April Stafford Show and would like to know where the picture is, it looks like a mass start of a road race but where? J Hoskison It is, indeed, a road race, the most famous of them all! As the Stafford Show celebrated 100 years of the Isle…
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Jarrow born, Southport raised

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Sam Hewitt

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27th May 2019

Ian Stallard regales the story of Richard Norman Wade, a Southport gentleman who had a positive effect on anyone he met, motorcyclists in particular Norman, as he was known, was born in Jarrow in the early Twenties and moved to Southport when he was 11. He cycled more than five miles to school, just to…
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More Fifties Cadwell

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Sam Hewitt

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26th May 2019

Here are some more images taken by Colin Clark at Cadwell in the early 1950s. Thanks to Dennis Prosser we now have names for some of the riders. It would be great if Dennis would be willing to help with identifying the remaining competitors. (As he indeed has, see his letter and photograph on this…
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Setting a milestone

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Sam Hewitt

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25th May 2019

In the April edition article on Ariel side valves there is a picture from 1931 of a painter highlighting a milestone. He obviously did a good job, as it’s still there in London Road, Andover! The area has changed though since his visit, as can be seen in the recent photo. Doug Hopkins Read more…
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Bonnie in hiding

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Sam Hewitt

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25th May 2019

I’m trying to somehow track down my father’s old Triumph Bonneville that he had to sell when he decided to have a family. As far as I can tell, it’s still registered on the road, but with data protection nowadays I think I’m going to struggle. Do you have any ideas of what I could…
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Cadwell sidecar revival continues

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Andy

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24th May 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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Modern classics getting practical

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Sam Hewitt

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24th May 2019

With so many manufacturers now producing a modern alternative to what amounts to the ‘classic Brit twin’, it’s little surprise that the aftermarket industry is starting to catch on. With many modern machines also relying on the manufacturer’s own range of bolt-on parts, there is, however, the issue that they’re perhaps not quite as practical…
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Sidecar Scrapbook

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd May 2019

While there are many books discussing the subject of sidecars that are available – and even though several of them are no longer printed, they’re easily available via the like of Amazon – very few go into the real technicalities of outfits in any depth. Matt Little was very aware of this fact, and realised…
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Get Blasted in the Midlands

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Sam Hewitt

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21st May 2019

One of the most tedious jobs in the renovation or restoration of a project bike is ensuring that all the components to be checked and repaired need to be cleaned. And cleaned without causing them any damage. While it may be easy enough to take your frame and engine cases down to your local industrial…
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Not so easy riding

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Sam Hewitt

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19th May 2019

An intrepid group of UK-based NVT Easy Rider owners are proposing to take on the world at Bonneville Speed Week Challenge in the US during August 2020. They will use two specially prepared NVT (Norton Villiers Triumph) Easy Rider 50cc mopeds launched in the 1970s. The NVTBSAEROC team will use a standard Easy Rider, and…
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