Sam Hewitt

Ten times World Champion to take star role at Stafford

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2019

The most successful sidecar racer of all time, Steve Webster, will be Guest of Honour at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October.
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Holy TT relic

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2019

As hoards of TT fans make the mass exodus off the Isle of Man after this year’s races, a 250cc Rex-Acme affords the opportunity to step back to the 1923 Lightweight TT. Words and photographs: RachaEl Clegg Archive photographs: Mortons SOME things need to be seen in their proper context, so with the mighty Lightweight…
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Five things you didn’t know about Apollo 11’s return

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Sam Hewitt

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24th July 2019

Fifty years on, the programme to take the first humans to the moon is arguably our single greatest achievement.
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Pressed into service

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Sam Hewitt

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24th July 2019

The BSA Fleet Star was one of a number of smaller capacity modified ‘civilian’ machines that were used by the police. Words: ROY POYNTING Photographs: TERRY JOSLIN Mention of police motorcycles tends to conjure up images of Triumph, BMW and Velocette twins, but a surprising number of other manufacturers managed to get a toehold into…
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Electrifying?

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd July 2019

Dismissed by some, derided by many, Norton’s 400cc push-button start and indicator-equipped Electra was nonetheless a valiant effort by the British motorcycle industry at competing with the Japanese. Words: Phil Turner Photographs: Gary Chapman Berliner Motor Corporation was the US distributor for all but a handful of European motorcycle marques from the 1950s right through…
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History is made

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Sam Hewitt

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21st July 2019

Dan Thorpe joins his dad on the Challenge Trophy and they become the only father/son winners of the pre-65… so far. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: FIONA WATSON That the hills and fells surrounding Kinlochleven are home to one of the greatest trials riding experiences in the world is a given thing – there are few…
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High point

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2019

From the veteran days through to the 1920s, the Zenith marque possessed a deserved reputation for excellence – it’s not hard to see why. Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN A ‘revolutionary in motorcycles’ was the way the period press described the new hub-steered ‘Bi-Car’ when it was launched at the Crystal Palace show in…
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With due reverence…

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Sam Hewitt

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19th July 2019

The Ixion Run is becoming an established event in the calendar and it is a fitting tribute to a remarkable man. Words and photographs: ALAN TURNER On Sunday, May 5, around three dozen prewar solos and sidecar outfits lined up in the car park of St Barnabas’ Church in Bexhill, Sussex for the Ixion Run.…
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Speeding Dominator caught by Dart

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Sam Hewitt

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17th July 2019

I found the letters by Bruce M Bennett (July 2019) very interesting as that was the era I started riding and his mention of his employment at Thornton Heath depot reminded me of the following: My cousin Alan ‘Johnny’ Johnson was a sergeant in the Met based at that depot, riding Triumphs. When the Daimler…
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The unloved: Part 1

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Sam Hewitt

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15th July 2019

This collection of British ultra-lightweight losers should have been depressing – but putting them through their paces proved a right hoot! First off, the BSA Dandy and Beagle… Words: STEVE WILSONPhotographs: JONATHAN FLEETWOOD Ken Powell is a welder from the Isle of Wight and the Other Island seems a suitably eccentric time-warp for his extensive…
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