Sam Hewitt

MOTUL JOINS FORCES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DIRT BIKE SHOW

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2016

LEADING European oil and lubricant specialist Motul is to be the official partner of the 2016 International Dirt Bike Show, the two parties have announced. The manufacturer has teamed up with the premier indoor off-road motorcycle exhibition as it reveals the launch of 13 new bespoke products for the dirt bike market. Motul brand manager…
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Mystery Solved

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

I’VE BEEN LOOKING at the mystery bike photo in April’s issue. Not very good is it? However, to me the bike is not a Cotton, but a New Imperial. You can clearly see the almost-meeting pushrod tubes of New Imperial’s distinctive own engine produced from 1926. If this bike did not have a high level…
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American Triton

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Yankee cafay. Too strong a brew for British taste? Out for a sunny Sunday morning ride on a snooker-table smooth back road, lined with hedges, stone walls and barbed wire fences, the characteristics that define a Triton are felt through the seat of the pants. The road meanders through mile after mile of lush green…
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Smooth Operator

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

IF YOUR HEAD was turned by the new Norton Dominator featured in this issue there’s a good chance that you’ll be a fan of the original Norton twins too. Gary Thwaites won all seven UK 1300cc classic races in 2012 on a 1007cc Seeley fitted with JSMotorsport components There’s certainly a lot to love –…
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ISDT ’73

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Sam Hewitt

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14th June 2016

I really enjoyed your article and photos in CDB on the 1973 ISDT. It brought back many memories for me as I was there as a member of the RAF team alongside Jonathan Tye and Ashley Wirdnam. No doubt we are somewhere in the background at the time your photos were taken. I well remember…
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BSA Unit Singles: Much of a good thing…

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Sam Hewitt

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14th June 2016

TRADING POST: MODEL HISTORY BSA SOLD A VAST number of ride-to-work utility motorcycles. Most of these were of relatively low capacity, sturdily built and ideal for their intended commuter role. That is actually to say that their performance was adequate for the urban and country roads of the time, but would be rather lacking on…
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Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Show

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Sam Hewitt

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14th June 2016

STAFFORD always comes up trumps as the top classic event of the season, and this year was no exception. Sunshine on Saturday made for a great turn-out, and a vibrant autojumble à l’exterieur. Oh, and some old bikes found in a Cornish barn smashed the Bonhams’ auction record, netting £331,900. Traders too enjoyed a bumper…
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Custom classics in Coventry

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Sam Hewitt

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14th June 2016

YOU CAN’T PUT a price on ingenuity or expertise. Among the 150 or so hand-crafted motorcycles on display at Stoneleigh in April, some were pretty obviously assembled in a shed, at weekends through the winter, using trial and error methods on a tight budget. Other machines were no-expense-spared specials, constructed from scratch in fully equipped…
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Back To Life

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Sam Hewitt

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14th June 2016

Loads of ancient Brits have returned from overseas, ripe for a rebuild. This T160 Trident was an easy job A cleaned wiring loom, now re-wrapped, and new HT leads Produced between 1968 and 1975, some say that the Trident – the last big throw of the dice from the British Motorcycle manufacturer NVT (Norton Villiers…
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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2016

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