Sam Hewitt

2020 AMCA/Classic Dirt Bike: BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

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Sam Hewitt

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24th February 2020

This year sees the 25th anniversary of this series. Although changes have been made over the years it is still basically a championship series which allows the best riders to race against each other. There are separate results on the day and awards down to sixth place are made at the end of the series…
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Sammy to be guest of honour

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Sam Hewitt

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20th February 2020

The Pre-65 Scottish Trial Committee is very excited to announce that Sammy Miller will be the guest of honour at its May 1/2 trial. A spokesman for the committee told CDB: “We are very privileged to have Sammy this year and look forward to him sending our competitors off with his wise words and best…
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What’s inside Issue 54 of Classic Dirt Bike?

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Sam Hewitt

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15th February 2020

Welcome to Classic Dirt Bike magazine, where we celebrate the best in older off-road motorcycles and showcase those who ride them… both now and back in the day.
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CDB show dinner with special guests

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Sam Hewitt

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14th February 2020

We all like a bite to eat and if there’s a chance to enjoy some food in good company and listen to some tales teased from the star guests by Jack Burnicle, then so much the better. The two guest stars at this year’s Classic Dirt Bike Show, Bryan ‘Badger’ Goss, 1970 British MX champion,…
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Great selection of goodies lined up for Telford

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Sam Hewitt

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13th February 2020

Depending on when you’re reading this spring issue of your favourite magazine, the Hagon Shocks sponsored Classic Dirt Bike Show is either upon us or already over for 2020. Make sure you check out the next issue for the show report if you missed the event. As we went to press some superb, tasty treats…
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Hub of the matter

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Sam Hewitt

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11th February 2020

On ‘You need…’ page 16/17 in issue 52, Cecil Pearson says he doesn’t know what the hub fitted to his JAP is, only that it was available and looks right. I can confirm it is a front hub from one of the Sprite models Frank Hipkin built in the Sixties and Seventies, so is a…
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Wrong one

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Sam Hewitt

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8th February 2020

I enjoyed the archive feature in issue 52, the motorcycle shows in those days really were multi-discipline and the top off-road riders of the day would go along as guests. The early electric bike trials on an indoor course created from a few yards of dirt, some rocks and shrubs from the local garden centre,…
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HL lore

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd February 2020

With reference to your Curtis story, Yamaha were never intimately involved in the HL project. Hallman and Lundquist initially experimented with a Husqvarna frame and a standard XT engine before having Profab build them frames and Tom White supply them with a White Bros engine performance package. After Bent Aberg had proved the concept worked,…
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Elsinore more

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd February 2020

Thanks for the Elsinore Honda piece in issue 52, which I enjoyed. I thought you would like to see my 1974 Elsinore which I found amongst loads of other off-road machinery at AP Incorporated in Ashbourne. The Rickman reunion was also covered in the same issue and in a previous life I worked for Rickman…
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EVENTS: Vets Motocross des Nations (MXDN) – Fabulous Farleigh

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Sam Hewitt

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29th January 2020

The ‘Vets’ ups its game in Noyce’s anniversary year. Words and Pics: Nick Haskell This year’s Vets Motocross des Nations (MXDN), held at Farleigh Castle in September, commemorated the 40th anniversary of Graham Noyce’s 500cc world championship victory, when the then 22-year-old Hampshireman took the world by storm on his factory Honda, clinching the premiership…
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