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  • Festival of Legends at Hawkstone Park – with Cumbria Twinshock

    Festival of Legends at Hawkstone Park – with Cumbria Twinshock

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    Sam Hewitt

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      Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson 10/11 September, 2016 The weather is a major concern for any event organiser and the track record for the UK recently hasn’t been that good and as CDB pitched the gazebo and set up the stall for the Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends, the conditions were looking distinctly…

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  • On the weekend: 2016 Vets MXdN

    On the weekend: 2016 Vets MXdN

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Words: Vets MXdN and Pics: Nick Haskell A victorious Team Belgium celebrated a sensational double victory at this year’s Vets MXdN at Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire on September 3-4, as they claimed top honours in both Twinshock and EVO MXdN team events. An elated Jan Geboers, clutching the prestigious Georges Jobe Trophy, made the most…

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  • New championship sponsor

    New championship sponsor

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The CDB/Rockoil backed Northern British Bike Championship has a new sponsor. Rockshocks have joined the list of businesses prepared to put their names to our traditional trials series. It helps of course that Gary Fleckney at Rockshocks is a Pre-65 trials competitor and many riders use Rockshocks on their bikes. The presentation of awards for…

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  • Showtime just around the corner

    Showtime just around the corner

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Yes, our show is almost here and I know it seems a mere blink of the eye since February when the Hagon-sponsored extravaganza kicked off our season, but it will soon be time to again head for the International Centre in Telford for the Classic Dirt Bike Show for the best in off-road bikes and…

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  • NSU project

    NSU project

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Having had a chat with you at the recent Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh, about the motorcycle built for me when I was a wee lad, here’s a pic of me, my dad Robbie and uncles Jim and Vic at a scramble. I got quite excited about getting the little cut down NSU Quickly sorted.…

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  • An hour with…Rob Edwards

    An hour with…Rob Edwards

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Words: Rob Edwards and John Moffat Pics: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive Stalwart of the Montesa trials team Rob Edwards got his break with a semi-official AJS, John Moffat has an hour with the modest Tees-sider. On a slightly misty morning, I venture into the spacious marquee erected by the Richmond Motor Club for…

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  • King of the IT crowd

    King of the IT crowd

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Put two off-roaders together and the first question is generally “what’ve you got on the go at the moment?” – often followed by “you’re doing a what?”. Occasionally it is “oh, one of those…” but more often it’s “you must be mad.” You choose which statement applies as we head into act six of the…

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  • Rebuilding the legend

    Rebuilding the legend

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    Sam Hewitt

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    No question about it, factory team bikes have a hard life but their prototype predecessors have an even harder one. CDB checks out a 1970 370RN Suzuki development model. Looking at the machine it was obvious the Japanese company had come to play seriously in this off-road lark and clear too was Pettersson’s influence. Now,…

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  • Spirit of adventure

    Spirit of adventure

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    Sam Hewitt

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    At one time all motorcycling was an adventure, but as roads improved the adventurous had to look elsewhere… There is little doubt adventure biking has taken hold of public perception and big trail bikes are part of many makers’ ranges as enthusiasts clamour for machines which emulate the Paris Dakar mounts thrashed across remote desert…

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  • First & Last in Line

    First & Last in Line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman When Honda debuted the 1981 CR250 they launched many firsts – liquid cooling, Pro-Link suspension – but it was the last to have the Elsinore designation. Cast your mind back to the MX world of the Seventies and early Eighties when development seemed to happen at a phenomenal pace;…

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