Classic Dirt Bike

  • Manx Classic Trial

    Manx Classic Trial

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    One of the most popular events on the trials calendar is the Manx International Classic Trial. A two-day affair, held latterly on September 5-6, it took riders all round the Isle of Man and provided a variety of terrain to test the skills of all entrants. Rob Bowyer, former winner of the Pre-65 Scottish, concentrates…

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  • The weather has been frightful… but is bound to improve soon. Meanwhile, a meander through tales of torrents past…

    The weather has been frightful… but is bound to improve soon. Meanwhile, a meander through tales of torrents past…

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    The weather is a recurring theme in UK motorcycle sport, I suppose it is elsewhere in the world too just those who live outside Great Britain don’t seem to take discussing it to such great lengths as us. Our winter this year – that’ll be 2015 and into 2016 – has so far been uncharacteristically…

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  • Martin Lampkin: 1951 – 2016

    Martin Lampkin: 1951 – 2016

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    Having achieved so much in motorcycling, Harold Martin Lampkin – ‘Mart’, ‘Big Mart’ or ‘H’ depending on who you talk to – is the subject of many images in our archive. We hope this small selection of pictures goes some way to show the impact that this true legend – who died earlier this spring…

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  • A Take On The TriBSA

    A Take On The TriBSA

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    I liked the TriBSA feature in the last issue and thought I’d send photos of my TriBSA that my son, Geoff, bought from Ian Davis. Davis made third place in the Welsh Championship on 2010 on it. It has an all-alloy T100 34378 engine with big bearing crankcase, as well as CNC alloy con rods,…

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  • ISDT Decade

    ISDT Decade

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    I’ve just finished reading your great article about the UK decade of ISDT. I was looking for a restoration project last summer and looked up a friend who used to have a Honda dealership. He raced desert in the western US back in the 1970s and MX in the east through the 1980s. He still…

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  • IN BALANCE: A sad occasion

    IN BALANCE: A sad occasion

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    Husband, father, brother, uncle and off-road legend – RIP Martin Lampkin. It isn’t only the trials world that will have been saddened by the passing of inaugural world trials champion Martin Lampkin as, like many of his era, he was active in all disciplines. Elsewhere in this issue is a pictorial tribute to Mart, the…

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  • International Dirt Bike Show: October 27/30, 2016

    International Dirt Bike Show: October 27/30, 2016

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    Though not a ‘classic’ show as such, the International Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire will still have a lot for the classic, evo and twinshock enthusiast to enjoy. Come check out the CDB stand at Stoneleigh. From the Classic Dirt Bike magazine stand to the twinshock and evo club promoting their national race…

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  • Burgundy Classic Two-Day

    Burgundy Classic Two-Day

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    There are a number of trials and MX ‘weekends’ in the calendar but not so many enduro or trail ones. At the Classic Dirt Bike Show at Telford in February François Bernard told CDB about the event he is organising on July 16-17 this year in Burgundy. It is open to all pre-74 off-road bikes…

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