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  • Straight-line thrills in store at Brighton

    Straight-line thrills in store at Brighton

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Bike entries in the Brighton and Hove Motor Club’s Brighton Speed Trials along Madeira Drive on Saturday, September 2 are being organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Sprint Section. Details can be found on the section’s website, www.vmccsprint.co.uk/vintage_classic_modern_motorcycle_sprint_racing/Welcome.html or the vmccsprint Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vmccsprint/ RIGHT: During the Brighton Speed Trials on Saturday, September 2,…

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  • Unidentical twins

    Unidentical twins

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Although different in appearance, the 650cc BSA A10 Gold Flash and Ariel Huntmaster FH parallel twins offered identical performance as their engines were the same unit produced at BSA’s Small Heath factory in Birmingham, making them equally proficient at fast two-up touring or lusty sidecar lugging. Pete Kelly explores the Mortons Archive to compare the…

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  • Pete’s Prattle

    Pete’s Prattle

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Sometimes a letter or email arrives that’s truly humbling, such as the one I recently received from Richard Illingworth, the son of retired and well-respected journalist David (Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Westminster Press and Yorkshire Post) who I remember well. David took him to all kinds of motorsport events in the late 1960s, including those…

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  • JUNE 2017

    JUNE 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    [su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: June 2017 – Next issue: July 2017 – On sale: July 1[/su_note] NEWS PENDINE LAND SPEED WEEKEND READERS’ LETTERS FROM OUR ARCHIVE DIARY DATES MADE IN JAPAN A BIT ON THE SIDE UNEARTHED FEEDBACK CLUB CALL CLASSIFIED SERVICES            

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  • What happened to my once-beloved ’Schmitt?

    What happened to my once-beloved ’Schmitt?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    My heart skipped a beat and I spluttered an expletive when I saw the photo of the Messerschmitt bubble car RTK 873 on page 40 of OBM (April) because I was once the proud owner of that very machine, a KR200, back in 1968/9 when I was 17 or 18 years old and lived in…

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  • Cleckheaton Über Alles!

    Cleckheaton Über Alles!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Last month Mick Payne told about Bill Moore’s abiding love affair with Yorkshire-built Panther motorcycles and here he continues the story. According to popular reason, “Panthers have got that enormous cylinder because they have such a long stroke.” True, but not true, if you know what I mean! Certainly they do have a stroke/bore ratio…

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  • Face to face

    Face to face

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    Sam Hewitt

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    All Brit bikes leak oil… but they don’t have to, writes Tim Britton. There is no real reason why an old motorcycle should leak oil. Lots of them do, though, and perhaps a run through the possible causes and what to do about it isn’t such a bad idea. Yes, I know there will be…

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  • South Yorkshire Sidecar Club plans diamond occasion

    South Yorkshire Sidecar Club plans diamond occasion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    With a history stretching back to 1958, when the roads swarmed with sidecar outfits, the South Yorkshire Sidecar Club has clung to its existence through good times and bad for 59 years. John Askham tells the story. The South Yorkshire Sidecar Club was formed in February 1958 by six people who met at 25 Stanhope…

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  • FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Square Four evolution

    FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Square Four evolution

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    Sam Hewitt

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    While little cannot already have been written about the Ariel Square Four, it takes only a brief look through the Mortons Archive to reignite the intrigue this distinguished British design has always generated, writes Pete Kelly. To say that the public unveiling of the overhead-camshaft 500cc Ariel Square Four in the autumn of 1930 caused…

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  • ON THE UP…AND UP! Taking on the Red Marley challenge

    ON THE UP…AND UP! Taking on the Red Marley challenge

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ian Kerr reports from a historic hill climb in Worcestershire that’s been going great guns since it was revived 17 years ago. Since the beginning of this century, the place for all classic bike enthusiasts to be on Easter Monday has been the Red Marley Hill Climb in Worcestershire. Here can be seen an eclectic…

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