Sam Hewitt

Wander through 200 acres of classics

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Sam Hewitt

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16th July 2019

MORE than 200 bikes dating back to 1911 will be on display at the Stroud Vintage Transport and Engine Club’s show this summer. The event at South Cerney Airfield in Cirencester, Glouc over the weekend of August 2-4 is now in its 45th year and is one of the biggest steam, vintage transport and countryside…
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‘One-off’ Rocket Gold Star prototype set to go under the hammer

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Sam Hewitt

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14th July 2019

BSA ROCKET GOLD STAR factory prototype ‘985 FOC’ will be sold at the next H&H Classics auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on July 30. This piece of motorcycling history was built at the BSA factory in Birmingham in January 1962 and was used for the development and evaluation of the Rocket Gold Star. Copies…
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Royal Enfield’s Trials tribute

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2019

ROYAL ENFIELD HAS launched a new dual-purpose version of its Bullet 500 single in tribute to the company’s success 70 years ago in ISDT competitions between 1948 and 1953. The Bullet Trials 500 uses the same 499cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke engine used on the standard bikes. The Trials produces 27.2bhp at 5100rpm and up to…
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Bike Shed show 2019

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Sam Hewitt

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10th July 2019

Tobacco Dock, London The seventh year running of the best UK custom bike show was bigger and better than ever. And the classic and vintage theme was everywhere. The Bike Shed started as an internet blog, following a modern sportsbike rider, Dutch, through his change to custom bikes and the scene that he found. It…
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Arai SZ-R VAS helmet

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Sam Hewitt

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10th July 2019

I’VE spenT most of my life riding in full face helmets, and more recently in open face lids. I always disliked the flip-up types as they were neither one thing nor the other, but I appreciate they have their uses. But full faces don’t give the classic experience, while open face lids do, but also…
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Bigger and better Stone Circle show proves a real classic

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Sam Hewitt

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9th July 2019

WHETHER IT WAS due to the location, the time of year or hard work of the organisers, the second Stone Circle Classic and Custom Ride-in Bike Show was a roaring success. Hosted by the Wiltshire branch of the BSA owners’ club at Avebury, visitors arrived in large numbers from early on despite a chilly start.…
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BMW’S bobber goes big

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Sam Hewitt

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8th July 2019

BMW IS GOING into the bobber business. With many manufacturers going down the bobber route and launching lean, low, cut down motorcycles that ape the American cruisers of the 1950s, the German automotive giant has gone bigger than most with its Motorrad Concept R18. The machine features a newly designed, two-cylinder 1800cc boxer engine. Visually…
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WIN an unused T160v with the Nmm

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Sam Hewitt

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6th July 2019

A UNIQUE EXAMPLE of one of the greatest late British bikes is up for grabs in the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle. Following the success of the winter raffle for an unused Norton Commando, the summer offering is for an as-new 1977 Triumph Trident 750. Museum director James Hewing stated: “We have a stunning prize…
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Motorcycles that matter: Silver machine

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Sam Hewitt

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5th July 2019

For this month’s Machines That Matter, Rachael Clegg delves into the history of the National Motorcycle Museum’s sensational Grindlay Peerless 498cc record-breaking machine. IT’S hard to believe that Shakleton Road, Coventry, was once home to one of the most formidable motorcycle marques of the prewar era. Here, in the 1920s, among row upon row of…
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‘Oi! Get off that bike when it’s on the stand – you’ll bend it!’

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Sam Hewitt

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4th July 2019

Over 100,000 examples of the Norton 16H were supplied to the war effort. Simple, easy to maintain and reliable, the side-valve was essential. And it made a reasonable coffee table. Read more News and Features in the July 2019 issue of CBG –on sale now!
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