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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 a motocross GP motorcycle bears many similarities to that of a pop star, both have lots of attention lavished on…

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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 of Sten Lundin and Hakan Carlqvist. But Erik Stenlund? Erik lives in Uppsala, a prominent town north of Stockholm in…

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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 that’s just what happened to Yorkshire electrician James Noble in the 2014 Pre-65 Scottish – a couple of sections from…

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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 Club Romagnolo Auto e Moto d’Epoca – CRAME for short) was running international MX on the heavily wooded hillside that…

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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 was it particularly easy to look after. If you don’t believe that check out our Iconic Engines series a couple…

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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 predicted were stars of the future. One of these was Graham Wiggins; a then 18-year-old from West Wiltshire who, in…

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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 once let alone three times and, conveniently for us it was nicely bracketed in one decade. Even better from our…

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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 be special didn’t they? The evidence was there for all to see, the factory riders were winning weren’t they? Well…

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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 with ‘proper tyres’ and ‘bars’ is tolerated in good humour. Earlier this year, at the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle…

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Author’s passion for two wheels shouts from every page His self published book – 100% – takes its title from the author’s belief that, in order to be successful it takes 100% effort. This ethos is evident right through the book be it in connection with his business dealings or his motorcycle sports activities. Nev’s …

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