Sam Hewitt

Montesa Cota

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Sam Hewitt

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30th August 2017

I read the last Classic Dirt Bike and liked the short story about the Montesa Cota 310, also as the bike had quite a unique colour scheme. Thank you very much for showing up with that interesting bike. I would love to see more tests and articles about air-cooled monos as these are, in my…
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To maintain forward motion

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Sam Hewitt

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30th August 2017

I’ve pretty much kept out of this whole ‘stop’ ‘no-stop’ debate where trials riding has been concerned, but have been goaded into placing my opinion on record… it is my opinion rather than that of CDB. To recap, the whole trials thing didn’t start out as a sport, but as a method for…
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Bultaco Revival Nostalgia Trial

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2017

A casual comment led to a large part of the 1970s and 1980s Bultaco works trials team assembling near Kendal for the Westmorland Club’s special trial, to celebrate not only the marque but to raise funds for Cancer Care. Trials fans from the Seventies won’t need to be reminded that Martin – youngest of the three…
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Hawkstone festival of legends

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2017

Hawkstone Park and MX go together like bread and butter – if you’ve not been to the Shropshire circuit then you’ve missed out. Luckily, the Hawkstone Legends MX gives you the best reason of all to go to the circuit – some fabulous MX racing. Last year’s inaugural event laid the foundations for bigger and…
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WEIGHT A MINUTE…

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2017

How light is too light and what is needed to create such a light bike? The first question is a difficult thing to quantify, as general thinking in the classic period had it that bikes were becoming too light, yet weighing in at nearly 300lb – 136kg give or take a gram. Once two-strokes hit…
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Super Stafford

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

The Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show is a fixture on the classic scene… … so much so that to enthusiasts far and wide the Carole Nash-backed classic shows at the Staffordshire County Showground are referred to as ‘Stafford’, secure in the knowledge that fellow enthusiasts will know which show is being referred to. So,…
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Old Knobblies Trail Challenge

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

March 28-30, 2017: Llandovery, Wales Much more sport happens in our world than we could possibly hope to fit in one magazine. We’re expecting big things of the revamped website to be useful as a place where the sport can be placed… hopefully we’ll be under way soon. Right, you’ve been seduced by the enduro…
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CDB Classic Championship

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

Words and pics Andy Withers at AW Sportsphoto The Classic Dirt Bike sponsored AMCA British Classic Motocross Championship got off to a cracking start at Yatton Keynall near Bath on April 23. The Pre-65 and Pre-74 classes were run as one race which produced close racing throughout, particularly in race one. Kris Winder on his…
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CDB Classic Championship

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

Words and pics Andy Withers at AW Sportsphoto The Classic Dirt Bike sponsored AMCA British Classic Motocross Championship got off to a cracking start at Yatton Keynall near Bath on April 23. The Pre-65 and Pre-74 classes were run as one race which produced close racing throughout, particularly in race one. Kris Winder on his…
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Anatomy of a winner

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2017

Words: John McCrink Pictures: John McCrink and Eric Miles What does it take to win the Pre-65 part of our sponsored scrambles series? John McCrink investigates. When Liston Bell won the Scottish Classic Racing Motorcycle Club’s Pre-65 Over 350cc Scrambles Championship back in 2011, everyone agreed that the lad could really ride a bike. However,…
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