Old Bike Mart

A quest for information

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

My son found an old photograph album and in it were the enclosed photos of people on motorbikes. I wonder if the readers can identify the makes of the bikes and where the letter ‘A’ registrations area was? Ted, Sunny Scarborough The accompanying newspaper clipping, marked as being from 1907 (which, to my eye, seems…
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Details from Down Under

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

The bike requiring an ID on page 20 (OBM Readers’ Letters, September), featuring the parents of Hugh MacKenzie, is a 1926 Triumph Model Q. The Model Q was the up-market Model P, with additional nickel plating and polished carb, crankcase and gearbox, plus an aluminium piston instead of the cast-iron piston of the standard Model…
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Is smoking unsociable now?

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

I read with interest Arthur Pentney’s letter (OBM September). There is no doubt that there are changing attitudes towards old bikes on our roads. One in particular concerning riders of two stroke machines. I am finding that the smoke trail left by my Greeves is causing annoyance to other drivers. Last year I was subjected…
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Before the wall came down

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd October 2018

A motorcycle view of East Germany in 1989, as undertaken by John and Kath Robinson. But why East Germany? This was a question they would be asked by lots of people… including the East Germans! Having read an article by the late Terry Martin in the VMCC journal, detailing a tour of the Harz Mountains,…
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Hidden pleasures

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

Last month we made the enquiry about what machinery you have in your garage, shed, lock-up or lean-to that you may not have openly admitted to, and we’ve already had a couple of folk admit to some bikes that are most certainly pleasures, and they really shouldn’t be hidden! Doug McGarvie sent us a pic…
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Eight decades of AMC, one day of jumble

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

The South of England Classic Bike Show & Jumble celebrates 80 years of Associated Motor Cycles at the event on Sunday, October 28. Being formed from the amalgamation of Matchless and AJS in 1938, AMC produced machines at its factory in Woolwich which, after 1963, included Nortons. Guest of honour for the weekend will be…
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Stamped and delivered

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

The Isle of Man Post Office has continued its traditional love of motorcycles with a new range of stamps, entitled Great British Motorcycles – A Celebration of Innovation. The new range of stamps focusses on a selection of the most significant and ground-breaking motorcycle engines in the golden age of the last century. The stamps…
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RECORD BREAKERS: Triumphs grab the glory

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

While the factory had no involvement (and probably isn’t even aware of the event taking place) Triumph is back in the UK records books, after the recent Speed & Wheelie Records meeting at Yorkshire’s Elvington airfield. The event saw Bob Cornforth (above) keen to best his own record of 128.569mph in the M-AG-1350 class (Modified…
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National Motorcycle Museum Live

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

October 27 sees the National Motorcycle Museum’s fifth annual free open day at the venue in Solihull, at which not only do all and sundry gain free access to the UK’s most expansive motorcycle museum, but the venue also plays host to a variety of extra attractions, not least of which are a large indoor…
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Classic style, modern mechanics. Is this the future for us all?

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Sam Hewitt

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13th October 2018

I have noticed in motorbike advertisements, elderly men are seeking to sell them because of difficulties brought on by age. My sympathies are with them and I parted with my BSA Shooting Star when pulling up on the centre stand and kick starting became a problem. The good news is that we can extend our…
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