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When Suzuki took so much care creating its team MXers it is only right anyone recreating one should be equally exacting in their efforts. Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman For those of us reading the UK press in the Seventies the names making the headlines were mainly European – with Suzuki’s Gaston Rahier a…

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In what can be described as fabulous weather – for the Highlands in Spring – Dan Thorpe put his name on the Challenge Trophy. The weather was kinder in 2019 than it had been the previous year, the sections were as tough but not as trick, yet last year three riders went clean, one of…

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Three halls of stupendous dirt bikes and a dinner to boot! Words Tim Britton Pics Tim Britton and Fiona Watson Does anyone doubt that the annual February gathering at Telford International Centre for the Hagon Shocks-backed Classic Dirt Bike Show is the non-riding event of the year for our scene? Even on set-up day there’s…

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It was a wet old weekend for the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show. Words and pics: Tim Britton It’s England, it’s spring, it could be fine, warmand sunny or it could be as it was at the Carole Nash Classic MotorCycle Show when CDB popped in on Saturday, April 27 – a bit damp.…

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Westmorland Motor Club’s Bultaco Nostalgia Trial which supports the Cancer Care charity, will take place on June 15, 2019, where guest of honour – and former Bultaco star – Bernie Schreiber will be once again riding a Bultaco and showing he’s still got it. New for 2019 is the VIP ride. The Westmorland Motor Club…

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A 1962 Triumph 649cc TR6SS ridden by Bud Ekins, the American desert and enduro competitor who performed the famous jump as stunt double for Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, was one of the star lots at Bonhams’ Spring Stafford Sale, achieving a world record auction price of £97,750 – over three times its top…

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