New & Features

Are you hiding a Hagon in your shed? Bring it along to Telford. Yes, that’s right, we’re heading for Telford on February 20-21, 2016 for what is unofficially referred to as ‘Wrighty’s’ or just ‘Telford’ but will, thanks to sponsorship from Hagon Shocks be officially the Classic Dirt Bike Show – sponsored by Hagon Shocks.…

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Wayne Partington took it to the wire but is Pre- 74 champ. The Pre-65 championship was looking good for the 2014 champion, Ricky Pedder. He led the class by 16 points, but second and third places were less certain. With 40 points still available and all championship races counting towards a rider’s final points total,…

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Bikes such as these will be welcome on the Twinshock Trailfinder. It’s been a slow burn on this but now, in its sixth year, it’s become a destination event that’s here to stay. Basically, it’s orienteering on dirt bikes using old school map and compass. However, unlike those forest runs in the Scouts, Austin has…

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Sherco test days are incredible affairs with bikes and people and more bikes and sections and an enduro course and a lot of mud this time. It also helps if you’ve a current world champ in the team and Sherco’s rider Emma Bristow fills that role admirable, she was on hand to show how it’s…

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You can ride bikes like this Bultaco and OSSA in the twinshock series. Happy with the publicity generated this year KIA contacted series organiser, Gerry Minshall, to confirm the good news. “It just allows us to do a bit more for the observers and organisers on whom the sport relies,” said Gerry.” Read more in…

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Wayne Partington in action in the ECMO After three rounds in Czech Republic, Germany and Italy the series gave enthusiasts some great racing and Great Britain once again had a full contingent of riders making the journeys to these events with some excellent results. With Wayne Partington and Pater Mathia making the top three in…

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Just in case you missed the announcement, Alan Wright has done a deal with CDB publisher Mortons that will enable the best shows team in the business to help grow the event in the future. The show will be the Classic Dirtbike Show, though Wrighty is still involved as we couldn’t let all that experience…

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David Coughlan in action in the 2014 event. If you have any problems downloading, you can send an SAE to Anne Gordon, Pre-65 Scottish Secretary, Fairshiels, Blackshiels, Pathhead, Midlothian EH37 5SX or email [email protected] to have one sent to you. The closing date for entries is Friday, December 5, 2014 and, if a ballot is…

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John was a familiar sight at scrambles events up and down the British Isles, although his regular attendance at Scottish events earned him the affectionate nickname of ‘McBethell’ and promotion to honorary Scotsman. He hailed from Manchester and moved to Cumbria for work purposes in the 1960s when the farmer he worked for backed him…

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Packed crowds at Skeggie for beach race Held over the November 8-9 weekend, thousands of spectators flocked to the event, helping to produce welcome late season revenue for local hoteliers and retailers. On-track the race, now in its fifth year, saw the biggest overall entry numbers so far. The major winner once the action started…

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