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And Cadwell still rolls on!

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Sam Hewitt

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17th January 2020

I have been most interested in the photos that you have been printing over the last few issues of Cadwell Park riders of the early days. Although I can’t with any certainty put names to pictures, they certainly depict that great period when the very ordinary chap, with a bit of ingenuity, could put together…
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Vic Eastwood RIP

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Sam Hewitt

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15th January 2020

As one of the greats of British scrambling/motocross during the Sixties, Vic Eastwood was part of the Team GB winning team at the 1965, ’66 and ’67 Motocross Des Nations, while 1965 saw Vic claim his highest finish in the World 500cc Motocross Championship, with fourth place on the works BSA, and in 1968 Vic claimed…
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From our archive: The BSA Bantam: something worth crowing about

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Sam Hewitt

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15th January 2020

Hands up all those who’ve never owned or ridden a BSA Bantam! Even if your arm’s in the air, you probably know someone who did or still does! With the help of the BSA Bantam Club and photos from the Mortons Archive, Pete Kelly recounts the history of one of the most popular lightweights of…
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Hoghton Sprint

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Sam Hewitt

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13th January 2020

Sprinting along the narrow and heavily-cambered access road to Hoghton Tower, near Preston in Lancashire, has been happening for many a year and, despite claims to the contrary, it’s still ongoing. Historically, the Hoghton Sprint has been in springtime, often close to Easter, yet, for 2020, there will be two dates on the calendar for…
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The Carole Nash MCN London motorcycle show returns to Excel!

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Shannon Butcher

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13th January 2020

London’s largest motorcycling event, the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show, roars back into the capital February 14-16 to celebrate all things two wheeled.
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Racing bikes return at the Palace

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Sam Hewitt

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12th January 2020

Sevenoaks and District Motor Club have announced that they will again stage their popular Crystal Palace Car Sprint, bike and car show on May 24 and 25, but unlike 2019’s return to the venue, this year will also feature classic and historic motorcycles performing high speed demonstration runs to recreate the period when bikes raced…
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Flares in fashion for a classic Bristol Show!

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Sam Hewitt

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11th January 2020

Thanks to the fact that the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show is celebrating its 40th birthday in 2020, the focus for the show is going to be a light-hearted look back at the Seventies and Eighties. The organisers will be throwing a ’70s/’80s-themed birthday bash and dressing up is positively encouraged, with a cash…
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Suzuki’s recreational vehicle

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Sam Hewitt

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10th January 2020

I really liked Steve Cooper’s article on the TC range. As a bit of a side order I have owned RV 125cc sand bikes since 1974. They came in three sizes – 50cc, 90cc and 125cc – and I think the first came into the UK in 1973. My wife Kay took her test on…
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Muc-off Star Letter: Cleaning up at the Scott

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2020

At the celebratory dinner for the 105th anniversary of the Scott Trial at the Spa Hotel, Ripon, North Yorkshire, on November 16, Alan Lampkin was a superb Master of Ceremonies, while Nick Jefferies gave a superb speech with a response by John Moffat. Maurice Newsham gave me a lift to this event, and we got…
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From the archive: What happened to this much-travelled AJS?

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Sam Hewitt

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8th January 2020

Mark Gooding tells the story of his late father-in-law’s 1952 350cc AJS, OMA 859, now thought to be fitted with a 500cc engine, and wonders if any Old Bike Mart reader can help him trace its whereabouts. Sadly my father-in-law Graham died last year. I knew him for 30 years, and in that time he…
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