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Rob Poulton doing the tech inspection Rob as CDB editor Tim Britton and Mike Ernst look on It began with a six mile hare and hounds scramble on the Saturday before the full on time card enduro on the Sunday. The hare and hounds involves riders completing as many six mile laps as possible within…

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Alongside pre 1950 vehicles, such as Singer, Morris, Riley, Rover & Humber, will be the modern day classics such as MG, Porsche, TVR and Mercedes, along with BSAs, Nortons and Velocettes in the classic bike section and it promises to be a great day out. Location is Arley Hall & Gardens, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 6NA…

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You’ll see an assortment of dirt bikes at Stafford Show An entire hall at the 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, at Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford ST18 0BD on Saturday, October 20, and Sunday, October 21, is devoted to dirt bikes. Whether you’ve got a battle scarred BSA, a hard wearing Husqvarna…

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Gearing for the event makes all the difference In the good old days, when all trials had long distances on the road, manufacturers included a wide ratio gear cluster for their comp bikes and Tiger Cubs were no different. These days though, with small courses, most riders use a standard road cluster which gives a…

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When he went to Honda to develop its trials bikes the same thinking went into a special frame kit for the incredible little TL125 Honda. This frame, along with other tuning mods, transformed the little bike into a proper trials machine and helped many a newcomer taste trials riding. Fast forward a few years to…

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Classic Dirt Bike issue 24 on sale! • In balance The causes and effects of ground clearance, or lack of same, mainly concern the editor this issue. • Read all about it! What’s happening in the off-road world? Read it here. It’s a simple process – people tell us, we tell you, job done. •…

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Motorcycle box van trailer from Latham Trailers Transporting your motorcycles in safety and security is simple and straightforward with Latham Trailers’ range of box van trailers. The model tested by Classic Dirt Bike measures 7ft long by 4ft wide and 5ft high on the inside – more than enough room for two comp bikes. It…

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So much to see and chat about at the International show Following the outstanding success of the 2011 International Dirt Bike Show, where over 22,000 off-road enthusiasts crossed the Stoneleigh Park threshold, plans are well under way to entice even more fans to visit the largest off-road show in Europe this November. A new aspect…

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If Ago can give it a go… the Dales Classic Motorcycle Club is running sidecar Dales Classic is trying to reintroduce the sidecar trials scene into the Derbyshire area for Pre-65s and Twinshocks up to 1985 but not monos at this stage. Club stalwart Henry Gaunt used to passenger for Geoff Gasby in the 1970s…

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