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Setting the standard – Honda’s benchmark four-stroke twin

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Sam Hewitt

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1st November 2018

Solid, reliable and supremely efficient – Steve Cooper reflects on how the K series Honda CB250/350 twins were so important for Honda in 1968 Not every anniversary is, by default, a momentous one. Some can see little or no worth in celebrating anything less than another ‘fastest bike on the planet’ moment. If that’s your…
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Just one more. Just the one…

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Sam Hewitt

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29th October 2018

You know how it is – you agonise about acquiring a ‘new’ bike (in my case a 1973 Triumph Adventurer TR5T) and eventually succumb and push the ‘Buy it Now’ (or whatever) button, convincing yourself: “That is it; no more. I’ve got everything I’d ever need/desire/covet,” and…the very next day there’s another ‘must have’ morsel…
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Do exactly as I say!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th October 2018

As a trainee mechanic, Colin Evans was as green as any apprentice, and it was only a matter of time before he was sent for a ‘long weight’, a ‘left-handed screwdriver’ or some ‘tartan paint’… I just love reading your regular ‘Pete’s Prattle’ and often I feel the urge to put pen to paper in…
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Get your motor running, head out on the highway

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Sam Hewitt

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29th October 2018

For most classic enthusiasts, seeing a standard Brit classic modified to within an inch of its life is sacrilege, but when that bike was only worth a paltry sum when it was bought, is it really such a crime? Roger Loxley stands in the dock. While having a quick skim through the September issue of…
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Appointment only exemption!

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Sam Hewitt

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24th October 2018

A rare opportunity was given to members of local bike clubs in the Portsmouth area last month (September) when Ray Waller, co-owner of the Comet Classics Showroom, near Emsworth, Hampshire, invited them to view his current stock at a Sunday ‘open morning’. Generally, viewing of the Comet collection is strictly by ‘appointment only’ and ever…
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Big cats, and travelling in chairs

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Sam Hewitt

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24th October 2018

Recently I travelled from the north east to Lancashire to visit my cousin, Laura Yates, who is not in the best of health, and during the visit her daughter got some old photos out. Among the photos was one of her late husband on a motorcycle and, like myself, he was a keen motorcyclist. Anyway,…
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Of Lodolas & Lake Como

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Sam Hewitt

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24th October 2018

I read with interest, in OBM recently, the excellent article about the Moto Guzzi museum in Mandello del Lario on Lake Como. I have been a keen admirer of the Guzzi motorcycles since the ’50s, especially the racing machines that had many original features that appealed to me. My first motorcycle was a Moto Guzzi…
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Entrevaux memories

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Sam Hewitt

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24th October 2018

I read with interest the article by Ian Kerr on page 37 of the August OBM and would like to add to it. Michel Lucani, the owner of ‘Musee de la Moto Entrevaux’, in the ‘good old days’ when old motorcycles were two a penny, was following a lorry which was heading for the rubbish…
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Pinhard Trophy – encouraging the youth in motorcycle sport

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

Created in 1950, the Pinhard Trophy celebrates the achievements of young riders in motorcycle sports of all types. Set up by the Sunbeam Club – and, as an aside, remember that the club doesn’t just focus on Sunbeams, but on all early motorcycles, and organises pre-1940 events such as the Pioneer run, as well as…
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Diamond week for Brough club’s anniversary ride

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

In a celebration of their 60th year of existence, the Brough Superior Club organised an across-Britain ride, with the destination being Sammy Miller’s museum in Hampshire. But rather than it being a simple point-to-point ride out, the club spent a full week traversing the country, visiting important places in Brough’s history. The route started at…
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