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  • First & Last in Line

    First & Last in Line

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    Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman When Honda debuted the 1981 CR250 they launched many firsts – liquid cooling, Pro-Link suspension – but it was the last to have the Elsinore designation. Cast your mind back to the MX world of the Seventies and early Eighties when development seemed to happen at a phenomenal pace;…

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  • The settling in process: Building a bike is only the first stage, you’ve to make it work after that.

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    Hopefully many of you will recall the Can-Am project we did in these pages a few years back. I made no secret of it at the time that it impressed me in several ways, not in the least as to how it performed once it was up and running. To be honest a Can-Am wasn’t…

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  • Download: CDB Hawkstone Festival of Legends images

    Download: CDB Hawkstone Festival of Legends images

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    CDB was along at the inaugural Hawkstone Festival of Legends on 10-11th September at the home of British Motocross the legendary Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. Even Friday’s storms couldn’t dampen enthusiasm and Saturday dawned dry and the preliminary racing got underway. Sunday however was superb weather with blue skies and warm sunshine as Twinshock, Evo,…

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  • On Any Sunday Display

    On Any Sunday Display

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    On any Sunday… … was a brilliantly simple concept. Like all great ideas it really was as simple as – film a documentary about motorcycle sport, season it with a few stars but make the backbone of the film about ordinary enthusiasts such as you and I getting out there on any Sunday throughout the…

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  • Viva Imola!

    Viva Imola!

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    The Italians do hospitality exceedingly well and as a guest at the 2016 Imola Motocross Show, Ian Berry would experience that first-hand.  Delays! Delays! Delays! Air travel can be frustrating, however, on arrival at Guglielmo Marconi Airport, event organiser Luciano Costa was there to meet me, he listened to my profuse apology for being so…

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  • A day at the races: The East Anglian Grand National

    A day at the races: The East Anglian Grand National

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    Ian Berry picks the winners at the Grand National  On my flight over from Lisbon to Stansted I had a chance meeting with an ex-student. “Business or pleasure trip?” I inquired. Sofia informed me that she was off to visit a friend in London and was taking in a visit to Ascot. I mentioned that…

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  • The year of the YAMSCOT CLASSIC: Alvie estate, Aviemore

    The year of the YAMSCOT CLASSIC: Alvie estate, Aviemore

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    Since themeing the Highland Classic two-day trial there has been the Bultaco Edition, the Dave Thorpe Edition, the Bill Wilkinson Edition and this year was the year of the YamScot, held over June 11/12, 2016. Devised by Les Shirlaw of the Aberdeen dealer Shirlaws to promote their Yamaha agency, the YamScot banner saw trials, MX…

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  • Vets MXDN 2016

    Vets MXDN 2016

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    For fans of twinshock and evo racing the place to be is Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire and the time to be there is September 3-4, 2016 when the Vets MXDN kick-starts in to action in what is probably the biggest event of its kind in the UK, possibly Europe and maybe the world! Event co-ordinator…

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  • Legends at Hawkstone

    Legends at Hawkstone

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    Latest news from Cumbria Twinshock is about the new Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends two-day event on Sunday, September 11, 2016. It’s open to everyone still riding their twinshock and evolution bikes but with the added bonus of a get together of British MX legends on Sunday, made up of riders who entertained us from…

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  • Classic Mechanics 2016

    Classic Mechanics 2016

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    How many CDB readers haven’t seen, On Any Sunday? Not many I bet, this seminal work on motorcycle sport showed the outside world how we spent our Sundays. Produced by surfer/indie film maker Bruce Brown On Any Sunday did feature superstars – with Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill and the late Steve McQueen being central to…

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