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My ‘tireless horse’ that just kept going

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

Reader Perran Newman fondly recalls his regular long-distance travels on a single-cylinder BSA. Although my dad had no interest in mechanical things, I have to thank him for arranging for me to learn some of the basic skills of motorcycle maintenance. A local garage in Bexley supervised me while I repaired a 1949 D1 Bantam,…
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Roaring Twenties in more ways than one!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

The fourth Roaring Twenties Day along the seafront at Bexhill-on-Sea was better than ever, even though it did start windy and chilly as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s East Sussex Section staked out the site on the promenade lawns at 6am, writes Keith Rhodes. Despite this, by 9am on Saturday, July 22, some interesting motorcycles…
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Winners all in baking Banbury Run

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

The Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s sweltering 69th Banbury Run of Sunday, June 18, took place only four days before the last issue of Old Bike Mart went to press, enabling us to bring you just a short report and photo selection, so here we follow it up with the full list of results from the…
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‘A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows’

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

The words come from St Francis of Assisi, but seem perfect for Tony Page’s report on the Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region’s Summer Run around Windsor The Marston Sunbeam Club and Register’s Southern Region, whose members meet quarterly in Windsor, organises summer and autumn runs around the back roads of the town that…
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We might even have had the Fairy and Trixie!

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

Recalling his days at the BSA Group’s Umberslade research centre, reader David Myers – not, incidentally, the Hairy Biker – reveals some of the things that went on there, and after reading our recent Last Drop Saloon feature, concludes that the group had proved itself perfectly capable of incompetence long before the establishment opened. I…
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Buying a brand- new sidecar outfit

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

You could buy a car for the same price – but would it be as much fun? Mick Payne discusses the choice that’s now available in off-the-shelf combinations. Not so long ago, it was just as easy to buy a ready-made new outfit as it was to buy an off-the-peg suit. In the home town…
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The pros and cons of absolute originality

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2017

If you actually ride an old Japanese motorcycle rather than simply show it off, there are plenty of good reasons not to keep it absolutely original, writes Steve Cooper. In some areas of the classic world there’s a slavish desire to stick with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components, and sometimes such a stance is quite…
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Italian beauty parade at Sammy Miller Museum

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2017

The Italian Ride-In at the Sammy Miller Museum on Sunday, July 16, brought a feast of around 120 beautifully-crafted motorcycles, varying from a classic Moto Guzzi horizontal single to a stunning MV Agusta F4 and everything in between. A little red and white Bianchi single, with its swirl-pattern tank and lovely fishtail-style silencer, was a…
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‘Walk through time’ theme at Waterlooville Club’s big show

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2017

Reflecting the Waterlooville Motor Cycle Club’s formation in 1928, the theme of its biennial show at Horndean Technology College on Sunday, June 18, was motorcycling through the ages. Guest of honour Sammy Miller MBE opened the show at 10am, and in the reception area visitors got a taste of what was inside the main hall…
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Bike Life Classics Day gets better all the time

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2017

Well over 500 motorcycles of all makes turned up for the third Bike Life Classics Day at the Sammy Miller Museum on June 25, raising more than £1000 for The Stars Appeal charity at Salisbury Hospital. Six trophies were presented – four chosen by independent judges for the best bikes, and two by Bike Life…
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