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Do you make, import or otherwise supply bits and pieces, clothing or other stuff the world of off-road motorcycling needs to know about? If so, then your product could be on pages 50/51 of CDB Issue 51. Contact Helen in advertising on 01507 529574 or Tim Britton on 07739 615605 or [email protected] Top tank The…

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As CDB isn’t a monthly mag, rebuilds happen at a glacial pace,so we’ve changed things about this time… Words Tim Britton and Jerry Thurston Pics Tim Britton, Fiona Watson and Jerry Thurston Meet Jumbo An evening or two rooting through the pile of bits to check what was missing or damaged revealed that the catalogue…

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Bultaco’s Mk3 Matador put up impressive medal-winning performances when introduced in the Sixties and this one is still winning in 2019. Words and pics: Tim Britton Media Ltd As we photographed his bike Damon Wood confessed he hadn’t actually restored it and the credit for the majority of the work had to go to Philippe…

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If your 410 MXer isn’t doing the job… go to 500. Words and Pics: Peter Henshaw Terry Pickering, it’s fair to say, has a thing about AJS Stormers, owning several of the two-stroke 250s and 370s. Growing up with AJS development engineer David ‘Fluff’ Brown as a friend of the family, it could hardly be…

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…screamed the headline, but Dave Watson pulled the Brits up to fourth in the 1980 MX d’Nations. Words: Tim BrittonPics: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive Choosing material from the vast archive at the CDB head office is a monumental task, not because it’s difficult to find images to put in the magazine, but because…

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We continue our series where the editor dishes out the orders as to what you should have in your shed… which should be pretty full by now if you’ve taken our advice! Words and pics: Tim Britton In paying tribute to Johnny Brittain, who passed away in March, we say you need a works Royal…

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When building a Pre-65 trials bike, a Velocetteengine perhaps isn’t thefirst which springs tomind as a starting point. Words and pics: Tim Britton Anyone who has ridden at or been to either the Pre-65 Scottish or our CDB Northern British Bike Championship trials will have seen Chris Haigh’s superb Velocette. In a scene where excellent…

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Some nations seem to exude certain qualities almost as a national stereotype…

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