Sam Hewitt

NEW DESERT GEAR FROM FUEL

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Sam Hewitt

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4th December 2019

A NEW COLLECTION of quality motorcycle clothing inspired by the early Paris-Dakar Rallies in the 1970s proves that you aren’t stuck with black waxed cotton or old school leather to get a stylish period look and quality motorcycle clothing. Fuel Motorcycles’ ‘Rally Raid’ collection is inspired by the endurance off-road legend Thierry Sabine and the…
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Alf Hagon: When Rab Cook met Mr Success

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Sam Hewitt

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30th November 2019

He’s not very tall, is quiet spoken, wears spectacles and doesn’t seem to dash around in a panic but my goodness, what Alf Hagon has done in his 30 years!
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John Cooper: The rising star

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Sam Hewitt

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29th November 2019

Motorcycle racer John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper found fame and success during the golden age of road racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Black Friday sale: 10% off ALL show tickets!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th November 2019

This weekend only, take advantage of our Black Friday sale and get 10% off all 2020 show tickets!
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From the archive: Ducati Silverstone: Bevel Heaven

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Sam Hewitt

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27th November 2019

Ducati’s first production bevel-drive bike was hot stuff in 1956. And, phew, it’s still a little scorcher… WORDS BY Frank Melling PHOTOS BY Carol Melling AT AGE NINE, I was in love with a Ducati Silverstone Super. Forget being a cowboy out on the range or a Spitfire pilot battling the Nazi hoards, I went…
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Allen Millyard to take star role at London Classic Bike Show at Kempton

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Sam Hewitt

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27th November 2019

It’s the turn of rare bikes, a bustling autojumble and a very special guest at the London Classic Bike Show in Kempton on December 7.
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December issue on sale!

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Sam Hewitt

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27th November 2019

We have a cracking BSA Lightning special in the December issue of Classic Bike Guide magazine as we find out if it really is the perfect Café Racer!
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TIME TO SHOW OFF AT NEWARK

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Sam Hewitt

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27th November 2019

WHEN THE LAST of the Baileys has been drained and the turkey carcass is festering in the food recycling bin, you can comfort yourself with the knowledge that we can all get back to the serious business of classic biking. And a good way of getting the restoration and winter project juices flowing is a…
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Products: 34 Years in Hell, by Jamie Morgan Kane

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Sam Hewitt

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26th November 2019

This biography was sent to me as the author is a British bike enthusiast and used to own Sunrise Cycles, a pre-1960 motorcycle shop; but it seems life had a different path for him. Ending up in some of the nastiest prisons in the US, Jamie Morgan Kane’s story is hard and at times, dark.…
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Products: Sena Savage Bluetooth helmet

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Sam Hewitt

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26th November 2019

This helmet is a comfortable and well made – if basic looking – open face helmet. It comes with a long and short visor, though the three poppers can also hold a bubble visor or the like. But, and it’s a big but, it has a Bluetooth 4.1 system built in with stereo speakers and…
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