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It’s been a hectic year for the CDB backed scrambles series as riders charged up and down the country to events across the UK. There were six rounds, 12 races and two champions and everybody in the series, not just the winners, performed extremely well. The level of competition was keen, very keen at times.…

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The popularity of twinshock trials bikes is growing at a rate of knots and September 2018 saw the first running of the Leven Valley Two Day Trial in Kinlochleven. With one lap each day, no road work, the trial brought out all manner of twinshocks to do battle in the Highlands. As Bultacos bounced through…

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  The Galloway MCC’s classic event at Drumlanrig Castle has certainly captured the attention of the classic world and after discussions over dates with the castle (they have to fit all sorts of activities in during the season) the date for 2019 has been announced. They’ve also upped the ante a bit too as a…

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It is a fact we all get older and there is no escaping mortality, but it’s still a shock when names well known in the off-road world pass on. Those of us in the trials world were shocked to hear of Swedish former world champion and Montesa star Ulf Karlsson’s passing earlier this year after…

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  The step from newsagent to motorcycle manufacturer isn’t possibly the easiest one to make, but Alan Clewes managed it when he turned up at BSA’s comp shop hoping to buy a few bits to keep his own BSA MXer running for a bit longer. Instead, he was told ‘buy the lot or buy nowt’…

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  Stuart Miller, founder of CI Sport was well known in the off-road scene for his tireless enthusiasm for the dirt bike world. His company grew out of the equally renowned Comerfords dealership at Thames-Ditton in the mid-1980s and under his direction the fledgling concern grew to be a major influence in the motorcycle world.…

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Sometimes pure gold appears on the auction scene Fancy something spectacular in your garage or possibly front room given the condition and desirability of the motorcycles in this collection? If so then you really do need to be along to the Alexandra Palace in London this coming weekend for the Bonhams Auction during the ‘Ally…

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Exciting news comes from Mortons Archive with the announcement we can now offer these fabulous deckchairs. The ideal thing to pack in your car, van or motorhome for relaxing between races at your scramble, MX or enduro, these superbly-made chairs come in a variety of motorcycling designs. Joel Robert’s leap at the 1967 British MX…

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