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Precision identification

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Sam Hewitt

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9th December 2018

As always, I am thoroughly enjoying the November 2018 issue. However, one caption on page 15 mentioning Chris Tullet on his 1938 Panther Redwing outfit is why I’m bothering you. To me, it looks more like the vice-president of our Belgian BSA Owners’ Club Peter Bondue (also present on the West Kent Run) on his…
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Editor’s welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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7th December 2018

Welcome to the first issue of the 2019 series – so it’s time to wish one and all a good riding (and reading) year to come, indulging ourselves in this classic motorcycling world. This month, I’ve been intrigued by Norton ES2s plus spent far too long looking at the picture of the Crocker…
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Remembering the Hitchcocks

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Sam Hewitt

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30th November 2018

Memories came flooding back when I read the feature ‘Triumphant lives’ about Jock and Don Hitchcock in the September edition of The Classic Motor Cycle. In the mid-1960s I worked for a specialised engineering company in Guildhall Street, Folkestone, about 100 yards along from J.A. Hitchcock & Son, Triumph motorcycle dealers. Despite his reputation, it…
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Editor’s Intro

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd November 2018

Some say there’s no such thing as coincidence, and, really, I suppose there isn’t, but just sometimes you think, ‘Wow, really, that’s a bit too much.’ I’ve had two such instances this month, one of which was particularly close to home. First was the case of the Lamacraft Mk.VIII KTT, the motorcycle sold by Bonhams…
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Editor’s welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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5th October 2018

My cousin Pete came over from Australia to ride with dad and I in Ireland for the ‘National’, which necessitates a whole, horrid, long van journey, during which of course we talk about all sorts, though often back to motorbikes. I invariably say: “I’d quite like one of them” about pretty much anything motorcycling, as…
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Brightly coloured Ajay info sought

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Sam Hewitt

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24th August 2018

Brightly coloured Ajay info sought Once again, congratulations on another great issue with the July number. Although I have never owned one of the AJS or Matchless twins they have always interested me. I was particularly intrigued by the G45 racer which Bob McIntyre once rode. You did a picture feature on the G45 a few…
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EDITOR’S WELCOME

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Sam Hewitt

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24th August 2018

Firstly, an apology; we’ve not included the Morini OC Track Day in this issue, the simple explanation being we ran out of space after being presented with the opportunity to go and have a closer look at the historic Beart Manx Norton (featured on page 40). As you’ll read it had a massive personal appeal…
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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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30th July 2018

This was always going to be the busiest period of the year, what with events every weekend, and so it has proved. The Flywheel Festival kicked things off, a superb weekend down there, which afforded the opportunity to exercise the KTT too, though I also took the Rex-Acme and gave that a run. It was…
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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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6th July 2018

This year, I decided against riding at Banbury, instead going along purely in an observatory capacity without the added complication of trying to ride as well as undertake my other duties on the day, which basically entail note-taking, pictures and talking. Lots of talking. I arrived there at 9am, left at 4pm and save for…
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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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