Reviews

XS650 Performance Portfolio

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Sam Hewitt

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21st August 2020

Compiled by R M Clarke AS A YAMAHA XS650 owner struggling to keep my recalcitrant but beloved mount rolling over a 25-year period, I’ve often been frustrated by the lack of information available about the model, apart from my grubby Haynes manual, which can lack important information. So, when I was made aware of the…
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Bookworm: Lockdown library

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Sam Hewitt

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16th August 2020

This month, our resident bookworm, Oli, has been swatting up on MZs and XS650s. MZ By Mick Walker WRITING ABOUT A motorcycle that has a wide reach, while at the same time has a passionate and dedicated following, is a minefield for the author. It’s even trickier when most of the information available is in…
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Bookworm

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2020

Recently there’s been plenty of opportunities to catch up on your reading. I’ve been given a large collection of copies of The Motor Cycle, 1956-59, that I’ve been devouring, while my shelves already groaned with reference volumes and other tomes found at shows and jumbles. Books by Roy Bacon and Bob Currie are regularly perused,…
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Bookworm

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd July 2020

Recently there’s been plenty of opportunities to catch up on your reading. I’ve been given a large collection of copies of The Motor Cycle, 1956-59, that I’ve been devouring, while my shelves already groaned with reference volumes and other tomes found at shows and jumbles. Books by Roy Bacon and Bob Currie are regularly perused,…
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Bookworm

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Sam Hewitt

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20th July 2020

Recently there’s been plenty of opportunities to catch up on your reading. I’ve been given a large collection of copies of The Motor Cycle, 1956-59, that I’ve been devouring, while my shelves already groaned with reference volumes and other tomes found at shows and jumbles. Books by Roy Bacon and Bob Currie are regularly perused,…
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Racing Classic Motorcycles – First you have to finish

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Sam Hewitt

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16th June 2020

By Andy Reynolds I really enjoyed this book by Andy Reynolds. I met Andy for the first time last year, when he was scrutineering at a damp and cold Classic Racing Motorcycle Club meet at Snetterton. He was informative, energetic and thoroughly friendly. His book sums this up – it is an account of his…
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Book Reviews: The Flying Penguin:

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Sam Hewitt

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31st October 2016

More stories of a freelance motorcycling journalist IN THIS SECOND part of his autobiography, Frank Melling continues telling the ripping yarns which he started in A Penguin In A Sparrow’s Nest. The Flying Penguin takes the reader on a personal journey through a remarkable and highly eventful life. There are plenty of near death stories,…
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Vincent Motorcycles: The Untold Story since 1946

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Sam Hewitt

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7th October 2016

GIVEN THE VINCENT’S reputation as one of the most remarkable motorcycles ever manufactured, any book which attempts to cover the subject needs to be similarly accomplished. This massive hardback, which runs to 400 fact-packed, full-colour pages, is the most comprehensive volume currently available. It discusses why and how the brand declined into bankruptcy, and why…
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