Classic Dirt Bike

You need a… Matchless trials bike

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

You probably don’t realise it, but a big four-stroke single is what you need in your life right now and the AMC version is pretty damned handsome. Surely everyone must know the story of how the upstart lightweight bikes came along in the Sixties and knocked the big bangers off their seemingly unassailable perches? Yes? No?…
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Highland Classic Two-Day Trial – Honda edition

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

Inverness and DMC are hosting their popular Highland Classic Two-Day Trial on the Alvie estate near Aviemore in Scotland on June 10/11, 2017. In common with recent trials, 2017 has its own theme and it is to be the Honda Edition, with guest star Rob Shepherd who was a leading part of Honda’s trials team…
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Legends date pulled back

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

Cumbria Twinshock have had to change the date of the Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends, which includes round six of the Toughsheet National Twinshock Championships, from September 2/3 to the weekend before, August 27/28. The club unreservedly apologise for any inconvenience caused to riders who may have holidays booked, but it is out of their…
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Flat Out

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

The CCM we spoke about at Stafford is coming to life at last. I have struggled with a pile of worn out bits boxed up by others 20 years ago, however I have started at the forks and am working rearwards. The tip of putting in a bare engine casing in the frame for alignment…
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Shop window to the world

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

The ISDT often showcased future developments in our industry and proved they would work too. Naturally the press were there. This is a little bit of personal indulgence on my part here… and I suppose I ought to apologise for that…. but it’s probably obvious to regular readers that the archive here at CDB is…
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Super profile: A works TriBSA

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

Though still fielding machines based on production bikes, the UK team for 1966 had some good kit. To perform well on the world stage was always the aim of the UK’s motorcycle industry throughout its existence and the International Six Days Trial was tailor made for this purpose. When it was launched in 1913 the…
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Class of 1970

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

When it came to teaching the MX world a lesson, Husqvarna’s 400 Cross was top of the class. Looking at Will Bennett’s bike again, after its Stafford-winning appearance, it was clear this was still a superb machine. A photoshoot planned for December is fraught with difficulty, the weather being the major problem as it could…
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IN BALANCE: The seed of doubt

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

Normally us off-roaders are pretty unflappable… at least until piston circlips are mentioned… There I was, happily enjoying a small libation after a superb Christmas dinner and watching the Strictly Christmas Special with Dr Who and Maigret to come, when I had the bright idea of running through the pics of assembling our Project IT…
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TELFORD OFF-ROAD SHOW GUESTS OF HONOUR ANNOUNCED

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Sam Hewitt

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10th January 2017

The countdown has begun to the biggest classic off-road event of the year… and it’s all eyes on the Telford International Centre, which will once again host the two-day Classic Dirt Bike Show, sponsored by Hagon Shocks. The event takes place across the weekend of February 18-19, with one of the star guests having been confirmed…
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Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

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Darren Hendley

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12th December 2016

About to enter into its sixth running, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by Classic Bike Guide magazine – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar. Stunning bikes, several traders and star racers will all come under one roof on the first full weekend of 2017, with the Carole…
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