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  • Rebuilding the legend

    Rebuilding the legend

    by

    Sam Hewitt

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    No question about it, factory team bikes have a hard life but their prototype predecessors have an even harder one. CDB checks out a 1970 370RN Suzuki development model. Looking at the machine it was obvious the Japanese company had come to play seriously in this off-road lark and clear too was Pettersson’s influence. Now,…

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  • Spirit of adventure

    Spirit of adventure

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    Sam Hewitt

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    At one time all motorcycling was an adventure, but as roads improved the adventurous had to look elsewhere… There is little doubt adventure biking has taken hold of public perception and big trail bikes are part of many makers’ ranges as enthusiasts clamour for machines which emulate the Paris Dakar mounts thrashed across remote desert…

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  • First & Last in Line

    First & Last in Line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman When Honda debuted the 1981 CR250 they launched many firsts – liquid cooling, Pro-Link suspension – but it was the last to have the Elsinore designation. Cast your mind back to the MX world of the Seventies and early Eighties when development seemed to happen at a phenomenal pace;…

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  • The settling in process: Building a bike is only the first stage, you’ve to make it work after that.

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Hopefully many of you will recall the Can-Am project we did in these pages a few years back. I made no secret of it at the time that it impressed me in several ways, not in the least as to how it performed once it was up and running. To be honest a Can-Am wasn’t…

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  • Download: CDB Hawkstone Festival of Legends images

    Download: CDB Hawkstone Festival of Legends images

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CDB was along at the inaugural Hawkstone Festival of Legends on 10-11th September at the home of British Motocross the legendary Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. Even Friday’s storms couldn’t dampen enthusiasm and Saturday dawned dry and the preliminary racing got underway. Sunday however was superb weather with blue skies and warm sunshine as Twinshock, Evo,…

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  • On Any Sunday Display

    On Any Sunday Display

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    Sam Hewitt

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    On any Sunday… … was a brilliantly simple concept. Like all great ideas it really was as simple as – film a documentary about motorcycle sport, season it with a few stars but make the backbone of the film about ordinary enthusiasts such as you and I getting out there on any Sunday throughout the…

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  • 1975 ISDT

    1975 ISDT

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    Jayne Skayman

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    If you would like a photo print of this image have a look on www.mortonsarchive.com

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  • Bike show

    Bike show

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    Jayne Skayman

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    Rudge ISDT winning motorcycles on display on the Rudge stand ant the Earls Court Motorcycle Show If you would like a photo print of this image have a look on www.mortonsarchive.com

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  • 1913 ISDT

    1913 ISDT

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    Jayne Skayman

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    If you would like a photo print of this image have a look on www.mortonsarchive.com

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  • Jim Aird

    Jim Aird

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    Jayne Skayman

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    If you would like a photo print of this image have a look on www.mortonsarchive.com

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