A typical riding day in the Mojave Desert… Everyone who has ever ridden a motorcycle for the sheer pleasure of it has recollections of their own golden days – periods and places where, in retrospect,
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Team player
There is a similar photograph to this, taken in the BSA comp shop, which features Graham Horne and his boss Brian Martin with this very machine. Vic wanted to recreate the shot. The life of
Read moreChamp’s bike
Erik Stenlund is a double champ. A fact that might puzzle many readers of CDB, at least the ones who feel they are reasonably familiar with classic MX heroes from Sweden. They know the likes
Read moreIt's the right break for 147
All nice and neat, very little sticking out, just as a trials bike should be. The worst possible finish to a day’s riding is to be carted off to hospital with a broken leg, but
Read moreA walk in the woods with world champions
Memories are jogged as to where the course went in the now picturesque woodland, where once the sound of MX monsters roared. For several years before the Autodromo’s construction began, Club Romagnolo (now known as
Read moreTop TriBSA
Mike Curtis: A happy man, or at least he was as soon as the pic was taken. Though BSA’s Gold Star had a brilliant reputation in scrambling, not everyone could get on with it, nor
Read moreGraham Wiggins: The story of number four
The world experimented with colour for Graham Wiggins’ Greeves era. Legendary journalist Ralph Venables, in his weekly column in the Green Un in 1958, sang the praises of five young West Country men who he
Read moreISDT: The Manx Decade
Tarmac, rain and off-road tyres is an interesting mix at the first bend. Given the size of the Isle of Man it seems incredible that an event noted for long distances could be held there
Read moreGoing Dotty
The Theobald bike would have been pretty close to what David would have ridden. There’s always been an aura surrounding works bikes – no matter what name was on the petrol tank, they had to
Read moreAn engineer’s Goldie tribute
Members of the Gold Star Owners Club are well used to my comments of ‘not got any proper Goldies then?’ when on their stand at shows and my theatrically OTT displays of searching for singles
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