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The DMW network

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2019

I have been reading with interest the article by Pete Kelly on the Villiers 2T and saw the picture, in the February edition, of Brian Tilke on his DMW Dolomite II De Luxe. I inherited my dad’s 1954 DMW P200 about five years ago and spent two years restoring it. The bikes are very rare and…
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Remembering dear old James…

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2019

If we could turn back time to our teenage years, would we? Mike Hornegold gave it a try! I wonder if you would like to include my account of an old boy’s dream, or is it a mere folly? As, no doubt, many of you of a certain age will identify with my experience! In…
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Not just a Flash in the pan

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2019

Martin Spicer’s life with his BSA Golden Flash not only spans 55 years, but also involved it going halfway around the world with him… My story starts in 1948 when I was born in South London. The year before, my mum and dad went on their honeymoon to Hastings riding their tandem bicycle, so when…
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Meriden’s best

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

Having just picked up the latest OBM, I was somewhat taken aback to see what I thought was a picture of my first ‘big bike’ on page 6. My Tiger (where are you now WGH 882M?) served me well, and for a short while mine even had crash-bars as per the bike shown in The…
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Dread not the Bamburgh Run!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd March 2019

Making its debut at this year’s Bamburgh Run, held in the beautiful village of Etal in Northumberland, is the Vintage Motorcycle Club’s iconic Dreadnought. Regular readers of Old Bike Mart will know of the Dreadnought’s history, of how it was built by Harold ‘Oily’ Kerslake in 1903 and how it covered something in the region…
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Mecum’s record breaker

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd March 2019

As part of the 235 bikes that had been part of the MC Collection in Sweden that were sold at the Mecum auction in Las Vegas back in January, this ‘Big Tank’ Crocker sold for a frankly amazing $704,000! Yes, folks, that’s over half a million quid! I think we can safely say that the…
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Museum Live!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd March 2019

Another date for your diary, as the National Motorcycle Museum has released the date for its annual Museum Live event, which is Saturday, October 26 this year. As in previous years, the museum will have free entry for the day, with not only the museum’s exhibits being free to view, but with the added bonus…
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Lighthouse family

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd March 2019

Some time ago I read an article about the OK Supreme Lighthouse engine. It had a vertical camshaft on which the cams were fixed at the top and therefore worked horizontally. But there was no detailed explanation of how the lateral motion of the cams was converted to vertical motion to operate the valves. Please…
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BRAND NEW STRATFORD AUTOJUMBLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

May 12 and September 15 are the dates for your diary to browse for bits and bobs – or maybe bolts and belts –for your unfinished automotive project.
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Banbury 2019

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2019

While entries for this year’s Banbury Run will undoubtedly have reached the 500 entry level by now, the event is still very much open and welcoming to all the folk who aren’t riding a machine in the run itself. After all, aside from the spectacle of 500 veteran and vintage motorcycles taking to the highways…
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