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With reference to your Curtis story, Yamaha were never intimately involved in the HL project. Hallman and Lundquist initially experimented with a Husqvarna frame and a standard XT engine before having Profab build them frames and Tom White supply them with a White Bros engine performance package. After Bent Aberg had proved the concept worked,…

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I have just read about the IT465 update and the sensible decision to fit new rims to the bike. Here are photos of my CR250R original DID rear rim and what happened when I removed the spokes. All it took was a tap with a hammer and the rim sprung apart quite viciously. The front…

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As a seasoned IT owner and restorer/collector, (I’ve only been without an IT between the ages of 21 and 24, I’m now 53!), I can add a few pointers to the latest edition of your build in issue 51 of Classic Dirtbike. The 1981 465 did not have a boost bottle but the 1981 250…

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An anniversary that seems to have been forgotten is Roy Peplow’s win in the 1959 SSDT, the first win of such a major event for a lightweight motorcycle. The accepted wisdom of the time said only a big bike could win such an event as the SSDT, as the smaller machines, such as Peplow’s 200cc…

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I just want to comment what a great read the mag on Alf was. I’m disappointed I had no idea what a legend he was when I meet him several times as a 20-year-old. I ordered my copies direct from the UK but whilst in Margaret River over Easter – this is the wine region…

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I see in the news last issue the IT465 is back on the go – you don’t say what the issues with the halt in proceedings were but we’re glad it’s sorted out, as the enduro world is looking forward to seeing you on it. For such a short-lived production run the 465 gained many…

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Having just flicked through the latest CDB, it seems we have another favourite bike in common, or nearly the same. I’ve got the XR200R’s younger brother, a CRF230F, and similarly it is much more than the sum of its parts. An air-cooled, low-powered engine, drum rear brake, goes absolutely anywhere a lot easier than some…

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My Triumph started life as a bathtub T100A from 1961, polychromatic blue.

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