Sam Hewitt

  • Motorcycles and physics together

    Motorcycles and physics together

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    Just a quick note to thank you for a great magazine! As a motorcyclist I look forward to every edition of CBG and enjoy it so much from cover to cover. As a motorcycling physicist I was even more overjoyed to find in the May edition the usual array of interesting subjects plus in the…

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  • Flashback: Howard R Davies' story

    Flashback: Howard R Davies' story

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    Howard R Davies was born in 1895 and he quickly showed a love of life and excitement, riding horses and hunting as a child. However, racing motorcycles was what he wanted to do. Davies worked for AJS and Sunbeam, competing in both the ISDT (International Six Days Trial) and the TT, but he constantly suffered…

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  • Hislop vs Foggy: Best battle in TT history?

    Hislop vs Foggy: Best battle in TT history?

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    Hislop got the Norton over the line in 1st position. Arguably the Norton Rotary racer’s finest hour – Steve Hislop winning the 1992 Senior TT. It has gone down as one of the most famous battles the Island has seen, Hislop on his ABUS-backed Rotary and Carl Fogarty on his Yamaha Loctite OW01. Neither rider was…

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  • Royal enfield turbo twin: Smooth as a sixties crooner

    Royal enfield turbo twin: Smooth as a sixties crooner

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    In 1961 the UK motorcycle learner laws required manufacturers to take the 250cc market seriously, so in 1964 one manufacturer with a prestigious past offered a model with its name embedded in the future This model’s futuristic name was an unusual choice for the Redditch-based company, as the word ‘turbo’ was not very common in…

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  • A light touch for your interceptor

    A light touch for your interceptor

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    ELSEWHERE IN THIS month’s magazine you will find an article on cable making. If you don’t want to make them yourselves, Royal Enfield Interceptor owners who are finding the clutch a little stiff are being thrown a lifeline by cable specialists Venhill. Designed and made in Britain, the ‘Featherlight’ cable provides a lighter, smoother action,…

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  • Call for motorbikes to be post-lockdown travel solution

    Call for motorbikes to be post-lockdown travel solution

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    FOLLOWING PROTESTS FROM riders’ rights groups, the Government has backed the use of motorcycles for day-to-day travel rather than public transport as the nation emerges from lockdown. The Coalition of Motorcycling Organisations had criticised the omission of motorcycles in Government thinking around transport post-lockdown. Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps suggested that encouraging people to commute by…

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  • What's inside the July issue of Classic Bike Guide?

    What's inside the July issue of Classic Bike Guide?

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    Check out this BSA flat tracker built in a lock-up during lockdown in the brand new July issue of Classic Bike Guide magazine – on sale now! Stuck at home and don’t want to miss out on the latest issue of Classic Bike Guide? Get the magazine delivered to your front door by heading to…

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  • Bike T-shirt to back NHS

    Bike T-shirt to back NHS

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    SPARES SPECIALISTS WEMOTO are backing the NHS with this year’s charity T-shirt. For the last five years, the profits of Wemoto’s charity T-shirts have been destined for the Manx Grand Prix Supporters’ Club, a charity Wemoto has wholeheartedly supported for many years and will continue to raise funds for. However, in light of recent events,…

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  • Srm are rolling again

    Srm are rolling again

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    BRITISH ENGINE SPECIALISTS SRM have reopened their Aberystwyth workshops and are taking webshop orders. In line with Government guidelines, the company have to operate using social distancing and so work may take slightly longer than usual to pass through the workshop. Because of travel restrictions in Wales, any items requiring work should preferably be sent…

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  • From the archive: A little luxury

    From the archive: A little luxury

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    Meet the Triumph twin that time forgot WORDS & PHOTOS BY Richard Jones IN 1938 TRIUMPH revealed the engine that would dominate the British motorcycle industry for the next 40 or more years – Edward Turner’s parallel twin which powered the 5T Speed Twin. It brought the marque critical acclaim and commercial success. After the…

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