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  • Apico Putoline British Trial GP only weeks away

    Apico Putoline British Trial GP only weeks away

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    Last year some 5,000 people came to the World Round, held over two days at the Cumbrian venue for the fourth consecutive year. Toni Bou won the round beating Raga then spent time with the Apico team, signing autographs and chatting to the fans. This year Putoline has joined forces with Apico and become title…

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  • In the frame

    In the frame

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    That’s Rob in the middle, with Alan Whitton on the left and Paul Ridgard on the right. The trio are collaborating on producing Bantam frames and rolling chassis like the one they’re standing behind. Rob’s been involved in frame making for some time, since the 1960s actually when he did grasstrack chassis under the Sigma…

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  • Classic Dirtbike on sale – issue 31

    Classic Dirtbike on sale – issue 31

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    New Classic Dirtbike’s out! UK readers, please see note below… IMPORTANT MESSAGE! From our next issue Classic Dirtbike will be available in the UK by subscription only! REGULARS • Editor's intro Tim Britton sets the scene • In Balance The editor’s view of the scene as he sees it… usually from underneath a bike in…

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  • Dusting off the opposition

    Dusting off the opposition

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    Since the contest started in 1947 it attracted the best of the best to come and do battle for their country on classic scrambles tracks throughout Europe and the spectacle of the world-renowned greats doing team duty in 1964 was one to behold… if they could be seen. The 1964 contest was a dusty one…

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  • Classic Dirtbike to go subscription only

    Classic Dirtbike to go subscription only

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    Yamaha TY So, that means there’ll be no popping to WHS or your corner shop on the third Thursday of every February, May, August and October; instead, to get your copy, you’ll need to subscribe, sit back and watch it drop through the letterbox. While if you’re wise enough to be a current subscriber… you…

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  • Classic Dirtbike trials, Stafford 2014

    Classic Dirtbike trials, Stafford 2014

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    CDB editor Tim Britton looks at some of the trials action at the show.

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  • 1983 Husqvarna CR500

    1983 Husqvarna CR500

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    Finlay originally bought the bike in 1996 as a non-runner. The seller was a local motocross racer, Davie Lawson, who had had the bike lying in his garage for more than four years just gathering dust. Finlay says, “When I first laid eyes on the bike I thought ‘oh my God look at the state…

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  • Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

    Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

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    Well, when we say ‘we’ pull a Villiers apart we mean someone who knows more about them than us and can actually put it back together correctly (Steve Gollings, Villiers Services). Along the way we’ll tell you something about these engines and how to look after them, what bits wear, what bits don’t wear and…

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  • Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

    Workshop: Iconic engines: Villiers 37A

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    Well, when we say ‘we’ pull a Villiers apart we mean someone who knows more about them than us and can actually put it back together correctly (Steve Gollings, Villiers Services). Along the way we’ll tell you something about these engines and how to look after them, what bits wear, what bits don’t wear and…

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  • Changes for Classic Dirtbike

    Changes for Classic Dirtbike

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    CDB changes are planned… Having just released its 30th issue, the move is being made amid increasing growth in subscriber numbers with the team behind the publication saying it will allow them to further concentrate efforts on making a magazine that best speaks to the off-road community. Dan Savage, Classic Dirtbike publisher, said: “The continued…

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