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Not just DOT!

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

Just in case you needed any proof that it’s not just DOTs I take pics of, here’s one of Kevin Taylor in action at a Herefordshire Classic Trials Club Event. I was searching for something DOT-related and this turned up. I took it in 2013 and the section that riders over my way may recognise…
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International co-operation

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

When Alan Arnott saw Swedish MX superstar Bill Nilsson’s Czechoslovakian ESO motor slipped in a British Metisse chassis, it sparked a desire in him to own one. He tells the tale of the build. Have you ever had an itch you just had to scratch? Well, the ESO is one of mine. It probably started…
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Starman’s rocketship

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

Works bikes are built to win; it’s their function in life, an if they look good too that’s a plus point. CDB has a look at a stunning winner – ex-Graham Noyce 1979 500RC Honda. There is little room for sentimentality in the race world, this week’s new development is next week’s old hat as…
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That was the year that Graham Noyce was MX King of the World

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

“It’s Noyce and his mechanic against the world!” screamed the headline in MotorCycle of March 24, 1979. How did that year pan out? Read on… The swinging Sixties were over, the Seventies almost through and not only was Jeff Smith’s second world MX championship but a distant memory for off-road fans but so was the…
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A superb re-creation…NSU’s ISDT Supermax

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

As the ISDT was the shop window to the motorcycle world, all factories took it seriously, though their approach often differed. We take a look at a faithful reproduction of NSU’s 1956 mount. While Gary Chapman set up the lights for our shoot at the Carol Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show, I had a chance…
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Original and unrestored: Bultaco SHERPA 340

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

There is something appealing about a bike being just as it finished its last outing, complete with the dings and scratches the competition world thrives on. Antique dealers might describe this as the patina of age, we call it ‘life.’ How many readers have gone to look at one thing and come away with something…
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In Balance

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2016

Ever miss the obvious? You know what I mean sometimes you’re so focused on things the ‘obvious’ can pass you by for a while until a casual comment from someone helps you see the light. It happens in the workshop, for instance, how many times have all of us adjusted this, tweaked that and chased…
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Jim Aird

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Jayne Skayman

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11th August 2016

If you would like a photo print of this image have a look on www.mortonsarchive.com
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Video: Nostalgia Scramble 2010

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2016

Here’s a memory from Nostalgia scramble 2010, CDB will be up at the 2016 Nostalgia come say hi to us and claim your CDB toolbox magnet.
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Legends at Hawkstone

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2016

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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