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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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    It’s now less than a month until the legendary MX circuit at Farleigh Castle in Somerset rings to the sound of twinshocks, Evo, Super Evo and Pre-85 MX machines, as the Vets MXdN fires up for a long weekend of fabulous MX. The dates are September 8/9, but the racers start arriving on…

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    The lead times on a quarterly magazine such as Classic Dirt Bike mean it seems as though we’re always talking about what’s coming up in our shows world or telling you what’s happened by way of a big post-event feature. For this issue it’s the former and there are three great shows to…

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