Sam Hewitt

Austrian expedition

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2018

The Norton Owners’ Club Austria – Sulzbach Branch – is organising this year’s Norton Owners’ Club International Rally at the campsite next to the Red Bull Racing Circuit, Spielberg, Styria, Austria from August 15 to 20, 2018. There will be guided rideouts and special routes suitable for the speed and brakes of vintage motorcycles from…
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Morini 3½ Sport

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Sam Hewitt

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12th June 2018

Gilding the lily The Morini 3½ Sport is a fabulous machine in standard form, so more performance and better brakes just adds to a superb motorcycle. Words and photographs: James Adam Bolton What can be sweeter than thrashing what at first glance would seem to be a beautiful Moto Morini 350 Sport around tight and…
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NMM summer raffle

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Sam Hewitt

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10th June 2018

Following on from the above draw results the National Motorcycle Museum is pleased to announce the details of its next raffle. Museum director James Hewing said: “For our summer 2018 raffle the museum’s own restoration team has carried out a complete rebuild on a Royal Enfield Interceptor Series II, which we are offering as an…
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AJS 500

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Sam Hewitt

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7th June 2018

One for the road This modest-looking late AJS 500 twin from 1959 ticks almost all the boxes for a really satisfying ride. Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN This is one of the most difficult tests I have ever had to produce – because I could find so very little wrong with the motorcycle! Okay,…
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Editor’s welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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5th June 2018

We hope you enjoy our Norton supplement included with this issue. It’s been good fun putting it together, while it – of course – made me once again start pondering Norton twin ownership. I did have a Featherbed Dominator for a couple of years, though I can’t remember what provoked its sale, usually it is…
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Brough sold for benefit

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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2018

The top lot of Bonhams’ April Stafford sale was this 1931 Brough Superior 981cc SS100, which sold for an impressive £264,700, well above its pre-sale estimate of £170,000-220,000. The machine sold to a bidder in the room after an intense six-way battle. The proceeds of the sale are to benefit three charities – the Search…
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NMM ride a bike

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Sam Hewitt

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28th May 2018

Riders in the stormDespite rain and the threat of snow, the NMM’s training day went ahead as planned. Words: Rachael Clegg Photographs: Dean Atkins ALMOST four years ago National Motorcycle Museum director James Hewing said: “We have tremendous plans over the next few years to make the National Motorcycle Museum a truly dynamic resource for…
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Filling in the history

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd May 2018

I enjoyed the feature on the Johnny Brittain Bullet (May 2018), particularly as I found and restored it. I was variously on the staff of The Motor Cycle or MCN during the 1950s and early 60s and also a trials rider myself with a penchant for trials Royal Enfield, so most weekends were spent following…
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Range of products on offer at Whengparts

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd May 2018

Whengparts offer a range of weather vanes, key racks, helmet holders and signs, laser cut from steel or aluminium. This BSA Bantam key rack (right) is particularly eye-catching. Custom parts can be cut too; any flat shape can be produced or replicated. Whengparts also produces a range of clothing under its Kustom Shack brand and…
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BSA WD M20

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Sam Hewitt

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21st May 2018

South Island warrior This wartime BSA WD M20 is not memorabilia but a working motorcycle, and one which its owner rides frequently, and alarmingly fast!\ Words: STEVE WILSON Photographs: JONATHON FLEETWOOD Jonny the photographer and I let out the equivalent of “Cor!” simultaneously, as ahead of the car, Ken Powell treated us to a virtuoso…
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