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Side valves as solos

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

I was pleased that the article on the Ariel VB (OBM April) did not concentrate solely on those old side […]
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West Indies Indian?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

After speaking to Dave at the Bike Shed Show in London, here’s the pic that I mentioned at the time. […]
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Does this Velo still bellow?

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Sam Hewitt

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31st July 2019

I would really like to find out if my Velocette still exists. The DVLA say it’s not on their records […]
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Lowe not Rowe

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2019

I have just realised that there is a small, but significant, error to the write-up to the Morton’s Archive picture […]
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Chair rubber

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Sam Hewitt

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9th July 2019

Here is a photo, above, of the Norton Dominator 99 that Roger Maughfling built for me in 1964. I soon […]
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Poetic licence

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Sam Hewitt

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5th July 2019

I’m enclosing a little poem I wrote about a project I’ve recently completed. I’ve been restoring Triumphs for quite a […]
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Colin Clark’s Cadwell continues

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2019

Thanks again to Dennis Prosser in helping to identify riders from Colin Clark’s images from the late ‘40s and early […]
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Sidecar tyres

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

Having studied with interest Mick Payne’s article ‘Rubber Side Down’ in the May 2019 OBM I’d just like to add […]
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So Cal society

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Sam Hewitt

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30th June 2019

I send my Old Bike Mart papers to my friend in San Diego, US, and he’s replied as follows…
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Heading downhill

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Sam Hewitt

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29th June 2019

There have been several recent issues of Old Bike Mart featuring DMW motorcycles.
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