Sam Hewitt

Enjoy what you have

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2019

THE Weather’s been kind recently, so I hope you’ve been making the most of it. I’ve been sneaking out when I can on the B31. It’s starting well, running fine and is such a hoot, until the front brake cable snapped chasing a modern CCM. Mental note to self – live within your limits and…
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JULY ISSUE ON SALE NOW!

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Sam Hewitt

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26th June 2019

BSA Rocket Gold Star! Ducati Desmo! Kawasaki W800! July’s CBG has everything you need to buy, sell, ride and restore your classic bike!
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Project Norton ES2: This is getting complicated… Part Six

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Sam Hewitt

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25th June 2019

Stripping our ES2 bottom end reveals problems not easy to answer Among the boxes of bits our 1956 Norton ES2 came in the form of, the bottom end basics seemed in one piece. I got knowledgeable friends, Neville and Hutch, to feel the con rod for big end play and mains bearing noises and they…
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Rebuilding our Matchless: Run in a new engine – Part 4

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

In our final chapter of the G3L rebuild, we look at how to treat a freshly rebuilt engine without the risk of having to fix it all again! Words, hassle and impatience by Matt Wisdom and patience by Hutch Tea and wheel-building skills by Shelley Matchbox genie After much more time, effort and money than…
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Restoration: 1967 Yamaha YDS3 250cc Twin, five-speed

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

Brave are those who take on the projects others shy away from! Words by Rob Davies photography by Rob and Pete Who can deny the usefulness of a fitting workshop manual in the restoration of a classic motorcycle? And yet – in the early days of the Japanese invasion, the manuals were somewhere between useless…
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How’s that work? Finding the right Fred

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd June 2019

By Hutch We talk about our old nails in terms of aesthetics and ergonomics, power and torque, character and looking like it’s doing 100mph standing still; but when it comes down to fixing and keeping the things running it’s more tolerances, limits and fits, bearings, nuts and bolts. The mechanics of a bolted joint are…
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Harley Norton Café Racer: Special Brew

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd June 2019

Some things look like they were always meant to be. Shane Venn shows us around his remarkable special; a modified wideline Featherbed frame housing a Harley Sportster motor, built by Dave Degens. Words and photography By Adam Bolton Café racers, rock ’n’ roll and the resulting counter culture are all steeped in a long and…
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MAGNI MV AGUSTA 750S TRIBUTO TEST: Timely Tribute

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Sam Hewitt

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21st June 2019

The names Magni and MV Agusta are well acquainted, but only now are the two united in one bike – the 750S Tributo Moto Magni celebrated its 40th birthday in 2017, but it’s only in the past six years that its small but well equipped factory, run by Giovanni Magni, 59, has started using the…
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Mike Hailwood’s Machines: Part 10

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Sam Hewitt

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19th June 2019

In the final part of Mike Hailwood’s Machines, we look at one of the greatest TT races ever – Hailwood’s Comeback – and how it almost didn’t happen WORDS: RachAel Clegg Photography: Mortons archive/DON MORLEY IT’S SATURDAY, June 3, 1978 and a young man is dispatched to buy a tennis ball and a sponge. It’s…
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THE 77TH GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING: Hunting, shooting and – racing

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Sam Hewitt

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12th June 2019

Hosting both the Goodwood Revival and Festival of Speed in 2014, the Duke of Richmond decided to stage a more low-key season-opening two-day historic race meeting at the Motor Circuit in March each year, with a cap of ‘just’ 33,000 paying spectators, over the 2.367-mile circuit opened in 1948 by the Duke of Richmond, and…
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