Issue 44 Autumn 2017

Classic Dirt Bike

The magazine for fans of classic and twinshock trials, motocross & enduros

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To Maintain Forward Motion
I’ve pretty much kept out of this whole ‘stop’ ‘no-stop’ debate where trials riding has been concerned, but have been goaded into placing my opinion on record… it is my opinion rather than that of CDB. To recap, the whole trials thing didn’t start ou
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Holiday Time
Words and pics: Tim Britton Due to one thing and another cropping up at various times, my own collection of dirt bikes has been neglected a little recently. Like most enthusiasts I’ve a few bikes in the shed and they’re there for reasons which will b
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Bultaco Revival Nostalgia Trial
Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson Acasual comment led to a large part of the 1970s and 1980s Bultaco works trials team assembling near Kendal for the Westmorland Club’s special trial, to celebrate not only the marque but to raise funds for Cancer
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DIRT Products
It’s doubtful BSA ever expected their motorcycles to still be in use 50 or more years after their manufacture, as they were in the market of selling new bikes each year, so hopefully the old ones would be traded in. However, the fact is, thanks to th
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DIRT News
As the countdown begins to the opening of the Dirt Bike Show on October 26, 2017, the latest news from organisers Mortons Media Group (publisher of CDB) heralds a few changes as they seek to continue growth of the show. The aim of providing the best
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The Superswede Hakan Carlqvist
Words and pics: Nick Haskell The world of motocross was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of former double world MX champion Hakan Carlqvist at the beginning of July. According to reports, ‘Carla’ suffered a stroke at his home in the South of F
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The Winner
Words Tim Britton Pics Tim Britton The aim to produce the lightest possible competition bike has always been high in the priorities of any trials rider, balanced of course with the need to make the bike strong. Top line riders such as Sammy Miller, G
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Bigger Balls
Words and pics: Tim Britton When looking to make any improvements, you will need a few bits. As standard, the military Rotax engine Can-Am has a fairly simple method of actuating the clutch. Inside the case there is a ramp cast and this has three pid
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DIRT Talk
The winner of Star Letter will receive a prize from the Bel Ray catalogue Write to us at: ClassicDIRTbike, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6LZ. CDBeditor@mortons.co.uk I enjoyed the piece on Jim Sandiford’s Cheney, but a couple of things stoo
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You need Joel Robert’s CZ
Words: Tim Britton Pics: Mortons Archive, Nick Nicholls collection The Sixties hadn’t quite got to the Summer of Love or even started swinging when 20-year-old Belgian Joel Robert made his first of many indelible marks in the history of motocross. In
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On The Trophy Trail
Words and pics Tim Britton Those of us who were youngsters in the early Seventies and reading the motorcycle press of the day had absorbed everything about the ISDT, the long distance trials where Triumph had exceeded all expectations and produced wi
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A Velo For The Rough
Words Tim Britton Pics Mortons Archive The way of the magazine world is fascinating in many respects, especially where an archive is involved. Here at Mortons the archive is probably the company’s most valuable resource and also its most enticing dep
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Comeback ‘King Of The Castle’
Words: Tim Britton Pics: Nick Nicholls Collection, Mortons Archive As history will record, American Suzuki rider Brad Lackey would finish the season as world champion. However, at this stage in our story that was still to come and the motorcycling pr
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Giving It The Works
JOHN DICKINSON Despite being a bit of a Luddite I do occasionally take a break from etching type on wood blocks in order to check out two-wheel stuff on that there interweb. And amongst the reams of total tosh there is actually the occasional snippet
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Weight A Minute...
Words and pics: Tim Britton It is the task of feature writers to attempt an explanation of complex physics and automotive dynamics in as few words as possible. While weight reduction is a desirable aim for a competition bike designer there are differ
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Kia Twinshock Series Round 2
Words and pics: Tim Britton and Fiona Watson There’s a bit of personal involvement in this event as the Castleside Trials Club is ‘my’ club... and if I’d not ridden this one there would have been raised eyebrows from the committee. The Kia series is
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Don Godden
For an engine designed in the 1930s to still be the choice of a racer determined to win in the then ‘modern’ era of 1968, the basic concept of that engine must have been pretty good. At that time, The Motor Cycle’s man VicWilloughby visited multi-tim
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Red Marley Hill Climb
Words and pics: TimBritton and Fiona Watson Sometimes an event is so simple it takes your breath away… take Red Marley Hill Climb for instance. There’s a start line, then 400 yards or so away there’s a finish line. Four riders line up at a time, the
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Scottish Classic GRAND NATIONAL
Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson Word going round the paddock at the Scottish Grand National MX was along the lines of “what a fantastic setting…” and it certainly was a great place to hold a scramble. Laid out by the Scottish Classic Racing Mot
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YOUNG GUNS Having Some Fun
PART ONE The schoolboy movement of the late Sixties revolutionised the sport of motocross and a few years down the line would produce world champions in Graham Noyce, Neil Hudson and Dave Thorpe. But long before these superstars materialised, tearawa
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Highland Classic Two-day Honda Edition
Words and Pics: Alan Te lford Media Ltd The idea of a themed event isn’t a new one, but it is a credit to the organisers and the Inverness and DMC Ltd that they pull out all the stops and have such notable guests at The Highland Classic Two-Day Trial

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