Sam Hewitt
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Keep awake!
Sleep deprivation is a fact of life for the parents of small children – and long distance trials riders – who keep going through the night as the rest of the world slumbers. Words: Richard Rosenthal Photographs: Mortons Archive Friday, May 20,1904, saw the first competitor, Mr C W Brown, 2¾hp FN, await the starter’s…
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No hill left unclimbed
In the pioneer days of motorcycling, hill climbs – and hill climbing – were popular proving grounds. Words: Rachael Clegg Photographs: Gary Chapman/Mortons Archive Hunter House Road, Sheffield, is not a place that is synonymous with motorcycles. The street is home to umpteen students, several Green Party activists and the cause of many parking-related headaches.…
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Velocette GTP appreciation
I was pleased May’s Restoration Guide highlighted the often-overlooked Velocette GTP. More and more of these stylish, practical lightweights are coming out of the woodwork. Over the last few months I have been in touch with owners in Japan, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and the US, as well as those in the UK. Royce Limb…
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Hub centre machines
As usual, I read with interest the You Were Asking column in May’s TCM, as always nicely written by Richard Rosenthal. Regarding my dad’s contribution to the hub centre alternative steering system for motorcycles, and only for the sake of historical accuracy, please may I make a couple of slight corrections to Richard’s excellent appraisal?…
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Bonnie search
I’m hoping you or your readers might be able to help. My dad died 23 years ago, aged 53. I would love to see his 1961 Triumph Bonneville or at least an up-to-date pic of it. My dad had to sell his pride and joy to start a family, so it’s my fault! I’m sure…
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“That’s not a real Harley…”
The somewhat surprising collaboration resulting from the Harley-Davidson purchase of Aermacchi actually produced a raft of good motorcycles. Words: James Adam Bolton Photographs: Sara Zinelliand James Adam Bolton It would be reasonable enough to expect that an engineering company originally founded in 1912 to manufacture aeroplanes and then turned its hands to building motorcycles 40…
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Sketchbook stock photos
Martin Squires, the author and illustrator of the Sketchbook Travels articles, has just released a new series of prints featuring various stock motorcycles. These are available through his website as a print to order service, in A4, A3 or A2 sizes. All prints are high quality on 310gsm paper and signed by the artist. Details…
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SAINT sibling
Further to the feature on Terry Smith’s SAINTs in the April 2019 issue, I have owned my example for 11 years and prior to that there were only two owners. The bike is unrestored and I still have the single seat, panniers, pannier frames, leg shields and bars. It was great to see the article…
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LE ‘motorcycle for everyman’
I was pleased to see that Steve Wilson polished his shoes before taking a ride on Alex Taylor’s LE (The Ugly Duckling, TCM, May 2019). Motor Cycling correspondent George Beresford did the same when he tested Velocette’s uprated 200cc LE model in late 1950. He wore his best trilby too, but all that sartorial effort…
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Whatever happened to Baby Triumphs?
Although there were around 11,600 lightweight Triumph two-strokes made in a production run of a dozen years, survivors are now rarities. Words: ANDY WESTLAKE Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN If you are someone who gives your motorcycles a name, let me introduce you to ‘Hugh’ (Hughie to his friends), a 1924 Triumph Junior now belonging to West…
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