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King of the IT crowd
Put two off-roaders together and the first question from either is generally “What’ve you got on the go at the moment?” This is often followed by “You’re doing a WHAT!?” Occasionally it is “Oh, one of those…” but more often it’s “You must be mad”. You choose which of these statements is applicable to us…
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Lean & mean lime green
Kawasaki’s advertising slogan in the Seventies made much of the light weight and colour of their MX models, we check out an SR400 which epitomised the advert legend. It is a fascinating world in which factory team bikes live, and there are three separate elements to that world. Naturally there’s the race day, then there’s…
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You need a… Matchless trials bike
You probably don’t realise it, but a big four-stroke single is what you need in your life right now and the AMC version is pretty damned handsome. Surely everyone must know the story of how the upstart lightweight bikes came along in the Sixties and knocked the big bangers off their seemingly unassailable perches? Yes? No?…
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Highland Classic Two-Day Trial – Honda edition
Inverness and DMC are hosting their popular Highland Classic Two-Day Trial on the Alvie estate near Aviemore in Scotland on June 10/11, 2017. In common with recent trials, 2017 has its own theme and it is to be the Honda Edition, with guest star Rob Shepherd who was a leading part of Honda’s trials team…
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Legends date pulled back
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
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
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
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
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
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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