Editor’s intro

Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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11th October 2017

From the latest incoming mail, the tempo in the discussion about the merits or otherwise of Meriden and Hinckley Triumphs […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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19th September 2017

Nightmare bike journeys: we’ve all had ’em, and we all love hearing about them from fellow riders, so what are […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2017

When a motorcycle manufacturer comes along and acquires the right to use a long-cherished name for its products, exactly what […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

Sometimes a letter or email arrives that’s truly humbling, such as the one I recently received from Richard Illingworth, the […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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1st April 2017

It was only three issues ago that John Surtees CBE, who sadly passed away on March 10, sent an email […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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4th March 2017

With its huge sprawling factories and heavy industries, Britain was once rightly known as ‘the workshop of the world’, and […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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7th February 2017

We never appreciate how good something is until we lose it – perhaps that’s why there’s such a big interest […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2017

There are two reasons to reflect this month, as I devote this month’s ‘Prattle’ to two of my Old Bike […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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7th December 2016

From the moment I first opened a twist grip – quite illegally, on a Post Office BSA Bantam – motorcycles […]
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Pete’s Prattle

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Sam Hewitt

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9th November 2016

In a world where investing through banking institutions is rapidly becoming a waste of time – and eventually might even […]
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