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Issue 23 of Classic Dirt Bike’s on sale In this issue, read part five of our Can-Am 250cc enduro bike rebuild. Now it’s in a complete enough state for us to offer it up as a competition prize. The bike’s rebuild has been overseen by industry specialists and the engine painstakingly assembled by Richard Nixon…

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Davey Morewood in action. Pic by Bill McKeown The course too was slightly different from last year with Callart Pass back in and terrifyingly steep drop down to the Kinlochleven road that is so hard on riders arms and shoulders. With the entry split into two routes – odd numbers starting at section one and…

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Aubrey Attrill Aubrey began riding motorcycles as a teenager and motorcycling became a huge part of his life, both as a competitor and a businessman, establishing IW Motorcycles in the mid-1970s. Trials and scrambling was Aubrey's biggest love and even while he was completing his national service he still made it home every weekend to…

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Fully rebuilt Can-Am 250cc Our Can-Am rebuild’s been overseen and approved with the engine work painstakingly carried out by specialist Richard Nixon from the Can-Am clinic. The  wheels have been finished by Central Wheel, new plastics supplied from MD Racing and a spanking new powder coating finish from Redditch Shot Blasting. Our local car body…

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Get classy with O’Neil’s retro riding gear Well, you could wander along to your local O’Neal stockist and check out its range of retro kit for 2012. In the range are helmets, pants – ‘trousers’ to us older chaps or we will allow ‘race jeans’ – shirts and gloves, in two colour options in 1983…

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All sorts of bikes go on the Moidart run Taking in the Moidart route for the Scottish Six days Trial of yesteryear, the run includes a visit to the Devil’s Staircase sections. No longer used, this incredible climb twisted and turned its way up an old drover’s track and was the scene of many a…

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Once again the event is supported by Wines From Spain and starts on May 4, 2012 at the Aluminium Works Car Park in Kinlochleven. One ride though has already confirmed that he won’t be riding, Steve Saunders. Steve is launching a new make on to the UK scene – JotaGas – and is also running…

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Don’t all rush at once, entries are just out The format will be the same as in previous years… teams to consist of a pre-65 250, pre-60/65 pre-unit, pre-68 unit and pre-74 machine to be eligible for the trophies that will be on offer. A sidecar race will take place if sufficient teams enter. At…

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Norman Barrow was a works rider at CCM Norman will be remembered for many reasons, not least for his early involvement in the CCM factory as one of its works riders. The 65-year-old began his off-road race career in 1963 on Greeves machines, there was a short spell on Métisse before going back to semi-works…

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Imagine the car is a large rock! For example, if you imagine the car to be a large rock then lining your motorcycle up to attack it square on is important and the procedure is just the same as it would be for a large rock. Accelerate towards the obstacle in second gear, once the…

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