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  • Legends date pulled back

    Legends date pulled back

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Cumbria Twinshock have had to change the date of the Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends, which includes round six of the Toughsheet National Twinshock Championships, from September 2/3 to the weekend before, August 27/28. The club unreservedly apologise for any inconvenience caused to riders who may have holidays booked, but it is out of their…

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  • Flat Out

    Flat Out

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The CCM we spoke about at Stafford is coming to life at last. I have struggled with a pile of worn out bits boxed up by others 20 years ago, however I have started at the forks and am working rearwards. The tip of putting in a bare engine casing in the frame for alignment…

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  • Shop window to the world

    Shop window to the world

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The ISDT often showcased future developments in our industry and proved they would work too. Naturally the press were there. This is a little bit of personal indulgence on my part here… and I suppose I ought to apologise for that…. but it’s probably obvious to regular readers that the archive here at CDB is…

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  • Super profile: A works TriBSA

    Super profile: A works TriBSA

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Though still fielding machines based on production bikes, the UK team for 1966 had some good kit. To perform well on the world stage was always the aim of the UK’s motorcycle industry throughout its existence and the International Six Days Trial was tailor made for this purpose. When it was launched in 1913 the…

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  • Class of 1970

    Class of 1970

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    Sam Hewitt

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    When it came to teaching the MX world a lesson, Husqvarna’s 400 Cross was top of the class. Looking at Will Bennett’s bike again, after its Stafford-winning appearance, it was clear this was still a superb machine. A photoshoot planned for December is fraught with difficulty, the weather being the major problem as it could…

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  • IN BALANCE: The seed of doubt

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Normally us off-roaders are pretty unflappable… at least until piston circlips are mentioned… There I was, happily enjoying a small libation after a superb Christmas dinner and watching the Strictly Christmas Special with Dr Who and Maigret to come, when I had the bright idea of running through the pics of assembling our Project IT…

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  • TELFORD OFF-ROAD SHOW GUESTS OF HONOUR ANNOUNCED

    TELFORD OFF-ROAD SHOW GUESTS OF HONOUR ANNOUNCED

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The countdown has begun to the biggest classic off-road event of the year… and it’s all eyes on the Telford International Centre, which will once again host the two-day Classic Dirt Bike Show, sponsored by Hagon Shocks. The event takes place across the weekend of February 18-19, with one of the star guests having been confirmed…

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  • Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

    Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

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    Darren Hendley

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    About to enter into its sixth running, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by Classic Bike Guide magazine – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar. Stunning bikes, several traders and star racers will all come under one roof on the first full weekend of 2017, with the Carole…

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  • Bike-mad TV detectives are on the hunt for hidden treasures in the sheds of Britain

    Bike-mad TV detectives are on the hunt for hidden treasures in the sheds of Britain

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A BIKE-MAD pair of TV engineering detectives are on the hunt for forgotten and hidden treasures tucked away in the sheds of Britain. Travel Channel presenters Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove are about to film their next series which sees them rifling through the lock-ups and sheds of the UK. In previous series they’ve unearthed…

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  • Showtime at Stafford

    Showtime at Stafford

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    Sam Hewitt

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    October is a busy month on the shows scene for CDB, enjoy our overview of the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show. Oh boy, is interest in the Classic Mechanics era taking off or what? Enthusiasm for machinery from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties has grown at a rapid rate as those of us who rode the…

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