NEWS AND COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS

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Dear HOC Member,

HOC Camping Weekend at Kelling Heath, Norfolk - 17-19 September 2010

 After some very successful events over the summer period is now time to draw and end to the HOC display season; therefore, a planned weekend has been established to do just that and, more importantly, to entice all HOC members and their families to spend a relaxing weekend socializing with other members.  The emphasis is on the members not the bikes.  Whether you have a bike (running or otherwise) or not, this should be an ideal weekend for all club members. 

If you so wish, there are plenty of local attractions to visit during the days whether by bike, car, public transport, pushbike or foot, or you may wish to take advantage of the facilities at Kelling Heath itself - www.kellingheath.co.uk. A get together will be held each evening to catch up on the days' events. 

As previously mentioned, the Club has secured the 'rally field' and a cabin for six people - from Friday until Monday (approx £125 per room) - of which there are two twin rooms left.  There is plenty of room for caravans and tents at a reduced rate for the event (approximately £12 per tent/caravan per night).

In sum, this is a great location and will be an excellent opportunity to meet up with other HOC Members and conduct many different activities available either on site or in the surrounding area to meet all tastes and interests.  And if this proves successful - I need your support - then I hope to make this an annual event but at different locations throughout the country.  Unfortunately, there has been little interest from members thus far, which is a great shame! 

 

Please get in contact with me if you are at all interested in this fantastic occasion.

Regards,

Scott Greig

Social Sec

07740 964568



 

 

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March 2010 - The Hesketh Owners Club has launched a fund raising project for

Riders for Health. This is a first for the club and is called the HOC 2010 Alphabet

Challenge. For more info go to Alphabet Challenge from our Home Page index.

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Hesketh owners club index of magazine and titles

Magazine

Title

Month

Year

BIKE

BRITAINS V-TWIN REVEALED.

MAY

1979

MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS

COULD DO 160MPH

JUNE

1980

MOTORCYCLE WEEKLY

TO THE MANOR BORN

APRIL

1980

BIKE

MOCKETT'S SIX WEEK BABY

JUNE

1980

BIKE

DECISIONS DECISIONS

JUNE.

1980

CYCLE WORLD

A VEE FOR VICTORY

SEPTEMBER

1980

WHICH BIKE

HAIRY HESKETH

JUNE

1980

THE BIKER

UNDER THE PEER

JUNE

1980

BIKE

A NEW BRITISH VEE-TWIN

JUNE

1980

SUPERBIKE

THE ARISTOCATI

JUNE

1980

CLASSIC BIKE

NEW BRITONS

JUNE

1980

MOTOR CYCLE WEEKLY

TOOLED UP AND READY TO GO

MAY

1981

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

HESKETH A SUPERBIKE

AUGUST

1981

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

HESKETH LISTEN TO PRESS CRITICS

AUGUST

1981

MOTOR CYCLE NEWSCASH

CRISIS AT HESKETH

SEPTEMBER

1981

MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS

BRITAIN SAVING GRACE

SEPTEMBER

1981

SUPERBIKE

LAND OF HOPE AND HESKETH

OCTOBER

1981

MOTORCYCLE SPORT

HESKETH TWIN MAKES A BOW

OCTOBER

1981

WHICH BIKE

PREMATURE BIRTH

NOVEMBER

1981

TWO WHEELS

HESKETH V1000 REMINDERS OF EMPIRE - ROAD TEST

DECEMBER

1981

MOTOR CYCLE WEEKLY

HESKETH 1,000ccVEE-TWIN

APRIL

1980

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

HESKETH GETS INTO GEAR

JANUARY

1982

MOTOR CYCLE WEEKLY

A MAGIC CARPET RIDE

FEBRUARY

1982

MOTOR CYCLE WEEKLY

UPMARKET ATTACK

MAY

1982

MOTOR CYCLING

THE HESKETH REVISITED

MAY

1982

MOTOR CYCLE WEEKLY

TAINTED LOVE

JUNE

1982

SUPERBIKE

THE VOYAGE OF THE TITANIC

SEPTEMBER

1982

MOTORCYCLE SPORT

HESKETH WHAT WENT WRONG

SEPTEMBER

1982

MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS

CHROME HERESY

OCTOBER

1982

CYCLE WORLD

HESKETH A TRAGEDY IN TWO ACTS

FEBRUARY

1983

BIKE

THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH

MARCH

1983

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

FIRST BLOOD TO THE VAMPIRE

JUNE

1983

THE CLASSIC MOTOR CYCLE

VAMPIRE AND THE BEAST

OCTOBER

1983

SUPERBIKE

HESKETH VAMPIRE

NOVEMBER

1983

MOROR CYCLE WEEKLY

FANGS FOR THE MEMORY

JULY

1983

WHICH BIKE

POSH TORQUE

OCTOBER

1983

CYCLE GUIDE

HESKETH V1000

NOVEMBER

1983

BIKE

HESKETH VAMPIRE

DECEMBER

1983

BIKE

HEROES OR VILLAINS

FEBRUARY

1983

SUPERBIKE

BUSINESS AS USUAL

MARCH

1984

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS. BOOK OF BIKES

HESKETH VAMPIRE

???

1984

MOTOR CYCLE SPORT

HESKETH'S BORN AGAIN VAMPIRE

MAY

1984

THOROUGHBRED & CLASSIC CARS

DIVERSE EXPERIENCES

FEBRUARY

1986

PERFORMANCE BIKES

READERS SPECIAL

JULY

1986

SILVER MACHINE

HESKETH V1000 & VINCENT SERIES D

JULY

1989

CLASSIC BIKE

OVERWEIGHT ARISTOCRAT

APRIL

1990

CAR & BIKE CLASSICS

HEAVEN IS HESKETH

FEBRUARY/MARCH

1991

BRITISH BIKE MAGAZINE

V2 VORTAN

JULY

1991

BRITISH BIKE MAGAZINE

THE BIG TRIP

MAY

1992

BIKE

HIS LORDSHIPS FOLLY

MAY

1993

MOTORCYCLE

BRONCO BUSTING

JUNE

1993

CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE

BRITAINS OTHER V-TWIN

JUNE

1993

OLD BIKE MART

NOW-WHEN WAS IT THAT. HIS LORDSHIP MADE A SUPERBIKE

DECEMBER

1995

MOTORING

HIS LORDSHIP RETURNS

JULY

1998

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

OUT OF THE ASHES

DECEMBER

1982

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

V-TWIN REVIVAL

JULY

2008

ENGINEERING TODAY

WILL ANYONE BUILD THE HESKETH SUPERBIKE

APRIL

1980

MOTOR CYCLING

FEEDBACK

JUNE

1980

THE ENGINEER

HESKETH SUPERBIKE SHOWS A TOUCH OF CLASS

APRIL

1980

THE BIKER

UNDER THE PEER

JUNE

1980

DUCKHAMS QUEST

DUCKHAMS SPRING MOTORCYCLE SHOW

JUNE

1980

BIKE SOUTH AFRICA

A NEW BRITISH BIKE

JULY

1980

CYCLE

HESKETH HIS LORDSHIP WILLED IT SO

APRIL

1982

CLASSIC MECHANICS. INDUSTRY YEAR

HESKETH TOO MUCH, TOO LATE?

???

???

CLASSIC MECHANICS. INDUSTRY YEAR

THE WESLAKE CONNECTION

???

???

???

PIPELINE WHEN THE DREAMING STOPPED

JANUARY

1982

SUPERBIKE

THE HOMEGUARD

JUNE

1983

CYCLE GUIDE

HESKETH V1000

NOVEMBER

1983

RIDER

BRITISH SUPERBIKE

AUGUST

1983

MOTORCYCLIST

HESKETH VAMPIRE - ROAD TEST

MARCH

1984

TWO WHEELS

HESKETH VAMPIRE - A BLOOD SUCKER WITH STYLE

MAY

1984

CAR AND BIKE CLASSIC

TWENTY GRAND TOY

???

???

CYCLE WORLD

ROUNDUP MOVE OVER ROLL'S,HESKETH'S BACK

AUGUST

1991

CYCLE WORLD

ROUNDUP THE LAST, LAST HESKETH, WE PROMISE

SEPTEMBER

1991

CLASSIC & MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS

HIS LORDSHIPS FOLLY

MARCH

1997

OLD BIKE MART

FROM THE SADDLE

DECEMBER

1998

CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE

LORDY LORD:HESKETH V1000

DECEMBER

1997

ESSAI ???

HESKETH V1000 LA NOUVELLE VINCENT

???

???

FAST CLASSICS

LORDING IT UP

APRIL

1995

RIDER

YOU CAN RUN A TANK WITHOUT COMING OFF THE WIRE'

OCTOBER

2000

CLASSICBIKE

THE DREAM THAT TURNED SOUR

MARCH

2001

THE CLASSIC MORORCYCLE

A HANDSOME HEAVYWEIGHT

OCTOBER

2001

CLASSICBIKE

NEW 2001 HESKETH

FEBRUARY

2001

RIDER

HESKETH V1000 VAMPIRE

???

???

WHICH BIKE

MARK WILLIAMS RUNNING OUT OF ROAD

JUNE

???

USED BIKE GUIDE

HEAVYWEIGHT HESKETH

???

???

REALCLASSIC

A LIVING LEGEND

THE FIRST ISSUE

2004

CLASSICBIKE

FAREWELL TO EASTON NESTON

SEPTEMBER

2005

CLASSIC BIKE

GOOD LORD, A HESKETH

AUGUST

2006

CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE

HESKETH OPEN DAY

NOVEMBER

2006

CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE

A WEEK WITH A HESKETH, LORDING IT ABOUT

MAY

2007

OLD BIKE MART

HESKETH MOVES ON

OCTOBER

2008

MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

BUY HESKETH FOR £250.000

SEPTEMBER

2008

MOTOR CYCLE MONTHLY

HESKETH BUILDER SEEKS BUYER TO PUT NEW 1200 VULCAN ON SALE

OCTOBER

2008

REAL CLASSIC

HESKETH'S VEE. A TOUCH OF CLASS

OCTOBER

2008

THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE

GRAND DESIGNS

DECEMBER

2008

THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE

A GRAND INHERITANCE

JANUARY

2009

CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE

HESKETH OPEN DAY

DECEMBER

2008

Dave Hartell Secretary Hesketh Owners Club, with Graham Fisher OBE.

Photo taken after Graham did interview with Dave on radio.

Click "the Bridge" for Interview.

"the bridge"

With Thanks to Ken Frances.