Sam Hewitt

Photo: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive YEAR: You Tell us // LOCATION: A rock in the middle of the Irish Sea Attention paddock, attention paddock, time to get pushing… The Mountain calls and the men line up to test themselves and their motorcycles on it. That clock ticking by, egging them on. Number 5…

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Photograph: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive YEAR: 1969 // LOCATION: Isle of Man On a day much like any other, one rider gracefully gets out of the way for another coming through on a faster lap. On this particular day though it was W T Lindsay doing the honourable thing as Hailwood, M, made…

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Words: Chris Pereira Michael was born on April 11,1931 in Plumstead London and the family later moved to Camberwell. His father Bill was a butcher by trade, but he was also a grasstrack rider so as a boy, Mike inevitably spent most of his weekends at grass meetings. He eventually made his racing debut at…

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We’re shining a light on some of the biggest and best players in the Classic Racing world and this timewe’ve been speaking to Louigi Moto’s Richard Llewellin. WHAT’S LOUIGI MOTO? Based down in the South West, Louigi Moto is the UK’s number one independent Ducati specialist. Specialising in race bike preparation, suspension set-up, fault finding…

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Despite the interest from Yamaha and Honda, it was Suzuki who John lined up with in 1976 and it saw John and wife Margaret give up the life of the privateer, replacing it with the more luxurious comforts of a factory-backed rider. He also had an eye on his future though and included a gents’…

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