Sam Hewitt

  • world’s biggest classic motorcycle publisher, Mortons Media Group, unleashes new website and app

    world’s biggest classic motorcycle publisher, Mortons Media Group, unleashes new website and app

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    That’s right, classic bike fans – we’ve been busy during lockdown and May 8 will see the launch of the Classic Bike Hub.

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  • Can you help find this wedding BSA Shooting Star?

    Can you help find this wedding BSA Shooting Star?

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    Classic Bike Guide reader John King is trying to track down his old BSA for a romantic reunification. Could you help him? John writes: “I’m hoping for readers’ help. In 1960, I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star and later that year my fiancé and I were married, on July 23, 1960, in Chester. Following the…

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  • Vecta key safe

    Vecta key safe

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    The average burglary takes just 45 seconds. And most of us apparently leave our keys by the door – makes sense – but also makes it easy for a scumbag to grab them on the way out. But there’s now another problem. More modern cars and bikes are using keyless ignition, where the key operates…

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  • From the Archive: Trading Post – YAMAHA SR500/SR400

    From the Archive: Trading Post – YAMAHA SR500/SR400

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    Still Running, Still Riding: The traditional half-litre single is still on sale! Yamaha’s SR road banger has been in production since 1978. That is a very long time indeed, so it must be something special… Words by Steve Cooper Photos by Stu Ross, Andy Leicester, Marcus Rex When Shiro Nakamura and his team sat down…

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  • COOPER’S PLACE OF HONOUR AT THE NMM

    COOPER’S PLACE OF HONOUR AT THE NMM

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    THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM is currently closed, but when visitors are welcome again, there will be a new attraction. This new feature is dedicated to racing legend John ‘Mooneyes’ Cooper and includes not only his famous Agostini beating F750 BSA, but also a live interview conducted with John by the museum’s archives and collections assistant…

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  • From the archive: War Baby

    From the archive: War Baby

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    Not everyone loves dogs, but this little Corgi is one that some folk might like to have yapping at their heels WORDS BY MARK WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY ALEX RAMSAY Funny things, wars. They can cause human suffering on a massive scale, invariably have consequences on the disastrous end of the unexpected spectrum and often presage…

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  • Tune in to Motorcycle Views: A magazine with a voice

    Tune in to Motorcycle Views: A magazine with a voice

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    A NEW RADIO show and podcast about the world of motorcycling has been launched. Motorcycle Views is on the online streaming radio service FAB Radio International at fabradiointernational.com. Presented by Kawasaki classic four guru Dave Marsden from Zed Power, Motorcycle Views is a magazine type show, covering all aspects of motorcycling, along with guests, motorcycle…

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  • APRIL STAFFORD POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST

    APRIL STAFFORD POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST

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    THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK has cut a swathe through the events programme for the spring and summer of 2020. From high profile events like the TT to the smallest club meet, rally, AGM or bike night, pretty much the whole classic calendar is off until August as the Government’s advice to stay indoors bites. The biggest…

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  • Saving a church with a Norton

    Saving a church with a Norton

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    Oli speaks to an ex-RAF pilot, ex-motorbike racer who has been selling some of his bikes to help his community buy an old church. WORDS Oli Hulme PHOTOGRAPHS courtesy H&H Auctioneers A RARE NORTON racer is to be sold to help save a listed building and arts centre for a west country village. Classic biker…

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  • Tiddler’s delight! But a few points…

    Tiddler’s delight! But a few points…

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    I bought Classic Bike Guide as I thought it was a very good idea to have a lightweight guide; i.e. 125cc bikes. I started riding in May 1977 on an SS50ZB2 Honda. In the 1990s I rode a Norton Rotary followed by a 1991 Trophy 900 triple, which I have not ridden in 15 years!…

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