The Classic MotorCycle

TCM’s tribute to legend Surtees

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

Following the death of John Surtees, we’ll be celebrating the life and achievements of the two and four-wheeled world champion with a special 32-page supplement, free with our next (June) issue. It will draw heavily on the Mortons archive, featuring a plethora of pictures of the great man in action on board the machines upon…
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Silver Hawk sold

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

The V-four Matchless featured in our last issue, and auctioned by Dee, Atkinson & Harrison at Sledmore House in Yorkshire on March 4, realised a premium inclusive (10% plus VAT) £48,160. The venue’s next auction will be on July 29; submit entries by contacting Andrew Spicer 01377 253151 or [email protected] Read more News and Features…
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Remarkable Vespa auctioned

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

The oldest known extant Vespa, one of the first series (‘0’) scooters, came up for sale with Dutch online auction site Catawiki. With prototypes one and two gone, this, the third, is the oldest. At the time of going to press, it had been bid to over £123,000! Have a look at www.catawiki.com Read more…
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Ulster Grand Prix appreciation

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

Thanks for a fantastic article on the Ulster Grand Prix’s formative years by Richard Rosenthal (TCM April). I grew up on the A26 just north of Aldergrove (Belfast International Airport) on what was known as the Long Clady circuit. Being much too young to have witnessed racing there, my late father, himself a motorcycle enthusiast,…
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Classic Archive – Tribute: John Surtees (1934-2017)

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

Star on two and four wheels, who died on March 10, 2017 Unique’ is an oft-overused word, but that is the only fitting term to describe the achievements of John Surtees, the only man to be world champion in the blue riband category on both two and four wheels. Born on February 11, 1934, in…
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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

For no other reason than my own amusement, I’ve been collating a few photographs of some of the motorcycles I’ve been privileged to ride over the years. There are quite a few, and most were memorable for the right reasons, though some of course weren’t quite so pleasant. But what really set me on this…
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May 2017

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: May 2017 – Next issue: June 2017 – On sale: May 5, 2017[/su_note] Archive photograph 6 News 8 Letters 14 BSA A65 Firebird Scrambler 18 Subscribe and save 24 Pioneer Run 26 Ariel KHA 32 Second World War dispatch riders 40 Gnome et Rhone 46 Keith Hickman profile 52 Wanderer V-twin 60 Closer look –…
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Born in the USA

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Sam Hewitt

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6th April 2017

The next edition of The Classic MotorCycle, the May 2017 number, has a cover feature which details BSA’s handsome and unusual BSA A65 Firebird Scrambler. In the 1950s and early 1960s, desert racing was big business in America – and BSA, along with fellow British maker Triumph, was, for the most part, the ‘weapon of…
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You were asking: Scaldis and service motorcycles

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Sam Hewitt

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24th March 2017

Interested in First World War history and as a motorcyclist myself, I’m always attracted to any mentions of dispatch riders and their machines. ‘The diary of a dispatch rider attached to the Belgian General Staff’ by E van Isacker, in ‘The Sphere,’ December 12, 1914, informs: “Van Isacker was attached to the Belgian General Staff…
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A lick o’ paint

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Sam Hewitt

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24th March 2017

With the Panther pulled apart and engineering work completed, Steve wanted some paintwork doing on the cycle parts. Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: STEVE PARRISH The world of refinishing motorcycle parts has moved on a long way since the early days of the British industry, and the early days of the restoration hobby too for that…
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