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TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

Anywhere in the world of motorcycling, especially where racing has been popular, there comes a day when people start to wonder where their friends, heroes or fellow competitors have gone. Sadly, we usually know the fate of those lost on the track, or in some off-track accident. But what became of those who slipped quietly…
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McIntosh: The machines

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

Aucklander Dave Morley is now onto his second immaculate McIntosh Manx Norton 500. McIntosh: The machines Lucky boy Terry Stevenson gets to canter the McIntosh Manx. His other race bike remains a ‘work in progress’, an ex-Norris Farrow twin shock McIntosh Suzuki GSX1100 F1 machine, which won the Bike of the Show award at a…
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Bob Smith: the peoples’ champion

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

EVERY now and again there arises a rider who could hop on any bike and blast the hell out of his peers. Mike Hailwood was one, Bill Ivy another. But there’s another example – albeit a much lesser known one – who shared the majestic two-wheeled prowess of both Hailwood and Ivy – Bob Smith.…
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Hurley Wilvert: From mechanic to the world stage

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Sam Hewitt

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12th July 2016

Hurley Wilvert was a mechanic and amateur racer who earned his shot at the big time in the early 1970s. By 1974, he was on the podium of the Daytona 200 with Giacomo Agostini and Kenny Roberts. Norm DeWitt tells his fascinating story. Hurley Wilvert: From mechanic to the world stage Hurley Wilvert in the…
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Hurley Wilvert: From mechanic to the world stage

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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22nd June 2016

Hurley Wilvert in the winners’ enclosure after finishing third in the 1974 Daytona 200 looks on as paddock announcer, Roxy Rockwood, interviews an exhausted winner, Giacomo Agostini. Hurley Wilvert was born in Pennsylvania, one of many in the immediate post Second World War generation who was constantly being relocated, his father being in the Army.…
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Bob Smith: the peoples' champion

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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22nd June 2016

Bob leads into Scarborough’s Esses on the Suzuki RG 500, ahead of Steve Henshaw, Mark Salle Bob Smith was every part the gritty rider. He was a self-employed diesel fitter throughout the week and he raced at the weekend. Unlike the likes of Hailwood, however, Smith’s apprenticeship wasn’t on ex-works machines on race circuits, it…
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McIntosh: The machines

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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22nd June 2016

Lucky boy Terry Stevenson gets to canter the McIntosh Manx. His other race bike remains a ‘work in progress’, an ex-Norris Farrow twin shock McIntosh Suzuki GSX1100 F1 machine, which won the Bike of the Show award at a recent Auckland motorcycle show. Many of the external frame components and engine covers have been machined…
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Ken McIntosh – the legend lives on

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

980 was a time when big-bore Formula One racing was catching on worldwide, and the crowds loved it! The bikes were big, made lots of noise and in the right hands they could sometimes take on production GP machines. Cameron Donald, racing the 25th Anniversary McIntosh to another victory, at Hampton Downs 2015. It was…
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TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Anywhere in the world of motorcycling, especially where racing has been popular, there comes a day when people start to wonder where their friends, heroes or fellow competitors have gone. Sadly, we usually know the fate of those lost on the track, or in some off-track accident. But what became of those who slipped quietly…
Continue reading »
TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Classic Bike Hub UK

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27th April 2016

Early day photo of Trailblazers founder A.F. Van Order and his family. Such was the case almost 80 years ago in Southern California, when people involved in racing there wondered what had become of some of the greats of the sport who had thrilled them years before as they sped around the legendary board tracks…
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