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Lito X-cam

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

This bike created a sensation at Earls Court Motorcycle Show in 1966. In a world in which two-strokes suddenly had taken the lead in motocross, there were still lots of sympathies for classic four-stroke machines. Could the Lito X-cam have rewritten history? Lito X-cam To people with a special interest in Swedish half-litre four-stroke motocross…
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That was the year… Les Archer became European MX champion

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

Though history records Les Archer as being European motocross champion in 1956, results, or lack of, at the start of the season suggested a different outcome for the series. That was the year… Les Archer became European MX champion Les could well have graced the tarmac scene, he was certainly good enough. In an interview…
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Gone but not forgotten

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Sam Hewitt

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11th July 2016

Time and time again proof arises that the British industry wasn’t short on ideas or talent. Finance on the other hand… Colin Sparrow looks over the Greeves 500. Gone but not forgotten Former Greeves race series champion Greg Radley shows the 500 can go… By the beginning of the 1970s clouds were gathering for the…
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Manx Classic Trial

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

One of the most popular events on the trials calendar is the Manx International Classic Trial. A two-day affair, held latterly on September 5-6, it took riders all round the Isle of Man and provided a variety of terrain to test the skills of all entrants. Rob Bowyer, former winner of the Pre-65 Scottish, concentrates…
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Martin Lampkin: 1951 – 2016

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Having achieved so much in motorcycling, Harold Martin Lampkin – ‘Mart’, ‘Big Mart’ or ‘H’ depending on who you talk to – is the subject of many images in our archive. We hope this small selection of pictures goes some way to show the impact that this true legend – who died earlier this spring…
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Manx Classic Trial

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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3rd June 2016

Rob Bowyer, former winner of the Pre-65 Scottish, concentrates hard at Sloc Corner. There was a slight hiccup to the route on the first day when a traffic incident, unconnected with the trial, caused a road closure and needed a hasty bit of re-routing by the organisers. None of this affected James Harland, who could…
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Martin Lampkin: 1951-2016

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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3rd June 2016

It may look as if Martin is giving Vic Hanby a kick in the 1971 Scott trial, but his boot is on the rock. Mart is on his way to a Scott Spoon, as first class awards are known, and would win the event in later years. The trials world gathered at St James’s Church…
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Gone but not forgotten

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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3rd June 2016

Former Greeves race series champion Greg Radley shows the 500 can go… By the beginning of the 1970s clouds were gathering for the British motorcycle industry and by the end of 1970 Royal Enfield and Velocette had gone, soon to be followed into mergers and eventual oblivion by all the great names. The hitherto successful…
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That was the year… Les Archer became European MX champion

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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29th February 2016

Les could well have graced the tarmac scene, he was certainly good enough. In an interview with Ralph Venables, published in The MotorCycle in September 1956, Archer admitted his season had started badly, something backed up by the reports of the first three events. Not that these reports were in-depth, as for some reason despite…
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Lito X-cam

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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29th February 2016

To people with a special interest in Swedish half-litre four-stroke motocross machines from the late Fifties and early Sixties names like Monark, Husqvarna and Lito will sound familiar. These brands of bikes came in different colours but in many respects they were quite similar in their basic outline. Most typical was perhaps the fact that…
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