Sam Hewitt

Commuting with style

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

In Germany in the 1950s and 60s, Zundapp was one of several companies to manufacture high-class ‘commuter’ machines. Commuting with style Above: Despite the KS100 being half the engine capacity of the other, it is only about 5mph slower. Just like a certain savoury spread, people either love two-strokes or loathe them, and those in…
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Club stand success for DOT at Stafford

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The 36th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle show took place over April 23/24, 2016. Club stand success for DOT at Stafford Among the award winners were the DOT Owners Club, which picked up the award for Best Club Stand, while Sean Kelly’s gorgeous 1928 Model 90 Sunbeam was Best in Show. Read about the show…
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Guy in Scotland

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

TV and TT star Guy Martin took to the hills, rocks and mud of Scotland, to take part in the Scottish Pre-65 Trial, aboard an Ariel. He gamely battled on to the finish, classified as the final (157th) finisher in the results. Guy in Scotland Winner was Dan Clark. A notable performance was the ninth…
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Time machine

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

This staggering motorcycle, built in 1935, is based on a Henderson Four. It takes its styling cues from the art deco period from whence it came – and it couldn’t have come from any other era. Time machine The compact dimensions of the riding position are clear to see. Most motorcycle design doesn’t represent a…
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Sixth Ixion Cavalcade

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

On Sunday May 1, 2016, the Sunbeam MCC held the Sixth Ixion Cavalcade, to commemorate Canon Basil Davies, who wrote for The Motor Cycle under the pseudonym of ‘Ixion’ for many years from the earliest days of motorcycling. Sixth Ixion Cavalcade Once again the cavalcade started from Saint Barnabas’s church on Sea Road in Bexhill…
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Foggy at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

Carl Fogarty will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 23-26 for the first time in eight years as he prepares to celebrate Triumph’s heritage. Foggy at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Representing the Triumph brand, Foggy, will ride two of the British marque’s current bikes, two supplied by the National Motorcycle Museum,…
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The camera does lie

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The start of the 1967 Ulster Grand Prix. But all is not, perhaps, as it seems The camera does lie Every picture tells a story, right? So, here we have the start of a race and Giacomo Agostini, on the MV, right, is streaking away into an unassailable lead, probably on his way to a…
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Bigger than ever!

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

The ASI MotoShow is a real celebration of motorcycling, with a hugely diverse amount of stunning machinery taking to the track. Bigger than ever! Sunbeam Model 9, dating to 1927, being ridden stylishly by Luca Boccardo. Kork Ballington drifted his 1981 lime green Kawasaki KR500 around the outside of Danilo Gardella’s Ducati Mike Hailwood Rep,…
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Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

LEADING European oil and lubricant specialist Motul is to be the official partner of the 2016 International Dirt Bike Show, the two parties have announced. Motul joins forces with the International Dirt Bike Show The manufacturer has teamed up with the premier indoor off-road motorcycle exhibition as it reveals the launch of 13 new bespoke…
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Two careful owners

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

That’s all this beautiful 1956 Tiger 110 Triumph has had. Though its original owner sold it in 1961, it was left to him in the second owner’s will. Two careful owners Lovely 1957 picture of Roy and Doreen touring on the Triumph. Here, they”re at Land”s End. I didn’t regret selling the Tiger One-Ten at…
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