Sam Hewitt
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Baton reaches top of the UK
A group of enthusiasts, led by Shetland VMCC members Joe Gray and Frank Johnson, took the VMCC’s 70th Anniversary baton to the top of the UK in Unst, Shetland. On Sunday, August 14, the duo set off from Lerwick in the company of 10 fellow members of the Shetland Classic Motorcycle Club to take the…
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White collection makes £3 million
The Robert White Collection auction, held at Bonhams’ HQ in New Bond Street, London on Monday, September 19, hammered at £3 million, with 99% sold. The late Robert White bequeathed the collection’s proceeds to fund advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment in his home county of Dorset. Motorcycle highlights included a lovely, unrestored, fully documented…
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Another star for Stafford
One of the most exciting motorcycles to grace Stafford for many a year will be at the show on the Mortons stand over October 15-16, in the form of this sensational MV four ‘special.’ The breathtaking cafe racer was created by Massimo Tamburini, one of the three founders of Bimota, and was the basis, in…
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A day in the studio
At TCM HQ we have a full photographic studio… the ideal place for taking pictures of motorcycles in a controlled environment. We’re now planning more of our successful studio days, when readers bring their machines to our base at Horncastle in Lincolnshire (postcode LN9 6JR) where the motorcycle will be photographed, we’ll ask you a…
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More on the Model X theme
I read with interest the write up on a standard Model X in the September 2016 issue. I agree with everything you said, having previously had two Model Xs. I have included a photograph of my Model X SS100 project. Although I have now covered 500 miles since its completion, I’ve had a few teething…
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Different era
Words: Roy Poynting Photography: Terry Joslin This British four-stroke trials iron came from a period when two-strokes – predominantly Spanish – ruled the roost. Those of us who were around before the British motorcycle industry imploded in the mid-1960s, will need little reminding of the big-name London area dealers. Top of the list was Pride…
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Star crossed
Words and photography: Steve Wilson Eighty years ago BSA hit the sporting singles market with a ‘one-two’ – first, the charismatic Empire Star, and then a complete redesign and a range of high-quality, precedent-setting sporting singles. My young friend Ed Batty is impulsive – but in a cautious way. This chimes with his somewhat contradictory…
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Best After Tests
Words and photography: Phillip Tooth This 1913 90-Bore Bat-JAP offers staggering performance, but that’s not surprising considering its pedigree. Stephan Friedl sets the needle valve of the drip feed on the Best and Lloyd oil pump to number two. Then he releases the clip that holds the plunger down, and as the internal spring pushes…
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A tale of Two Inters
Words: JAMES ROBINSON Photography: GARY CHAPMAN/mortons archive This pair of International Nortons both have a 1950s Clubman TT history and share an engine, but they are from different ‘generations’. Stood alongside one another, what is most obviously apparent about this pair of International Nortons, built just two years apart, is the differences, rather than the…
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Fabulous four
Vic Willoughby is taken for a ride by the runner-up in The Motor Cycle’s 1962 ‘Specials’ competition. The Motor Cycle ran a competition in 1962 where readers could submit their ‘specials’ to be judged by a panel of experts – which included prolific special builder Bob Collier – in the quest to win a £25…
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