Sam Hewitt

Turning Japanese: Honda’s XBR500

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

Scoop rides the very British take on Honda’s XBR500.
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Bob and his 1972 Yamaha YD57

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Sam Hewitt

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12th January 2019

Check out Bob Davis on his 1972 Yamaha YD57 ‘Cafe Racer’.
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Show Us Yours: Suzuki T500

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Sam Hewitt

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11th January 2019

Tim Hart has sent us a photo of his ‘07 Suzuki 4 T500. “I thought I’d send Rod a picture of my latest project to help speed his recovery,” emails Tim Hart. How about this for a tasty-looking machine? “[It was] built in the style of Frank Whiteway’s TT-winning Crooks Suzuki production racer, with a…
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Show Us Yours: Tim’s 1979 Honda CBX 1000Z

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Sam Hewitt

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10th January 2019

Tim from Churchdown, Gloucestershire has recently converted to CMM and sent us this photograph of his pride and joy. Tim has a 1979 Honda CBX1000Z in Candy Glory Red. It has been fitted with aftermarket Marvic wheels, a braced aluminium swinging arm, Superbrace fork brace, Rickman engine bars, Power Flow stainless steel exhausts and ‘upgraded’…
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Show Us Yours: Matthew’s 1985 Suzuki RG250

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2019

Matthew Marling of Perth, Western Australia has sent us this picture of his 1985 Suzuki RG250 which he has been rebuilding for the last eight months. “I’m painting all the decals myself using masking tape and spray cans,” he writes, “It takes a lot of time, but the end result is well worth it.” Matthew…
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Shadow Boxer: Suzuki’s GT550J

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Sam Hewitt

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7th January 2019

“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride”; If you’re into 1970s classics then that phrase may strike a chord with you when run alongside Suzuki’s GT550. For reasons that are as biased as they are inaccurate, the middleweight triple has perpetually lived in the shadow of the Kawasaki H1 both then and now. Back in the…
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Show Us Yours: HONDA 550 F1 SUPER SPORT

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

Stefan Maslaczyk of Kendal, Cumbria, has sent us this picture of his 1976 Honda 550 F1 Super Sport looking over the Lythe Valley en route to the Lake District. “I bought it nearly four years ago from the Bristol Show,” he writes. “The tank panels have been resprayed but the bike is otherwise unrestored, and…
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Show Us Yours: 1971 Suzuki T500R

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

Back on the road and looking great in Candy Lavender is Mark McKinney’s 1971 Suzuki T500R that’s just been restored with parts sourced from New Zealand, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the USA. “The Visa card got a real thrashing through eBay,” says Mark, from Christchurch, NZ, “and from this I encountered…
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Show Us Yours: KAWASAKI GPZ500

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

10 years ago, Steve sent in his Kawasaki GPZ500! Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages? Then fill in the form here>> Steve Powroznyk, who’s already had two pictures of his bikes published, bought this 1989 Kawasaki GPZ500S for next to nothing as the…
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Show Us Yours: Suzuki GS550E

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Sam Hewitt

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20th December 2018

Steve Durham of Richmond, North Yorks picked up this GS550 January of 2006 after it had been standing in a friends drive for six months. “As you can see, the bike is very original, even the exhausts. Only the shockers and mirrors have been changed.” The bike is an import with 74,000km on the clock,…
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