Classic Dirt Bike

Classic Dirt Bike magazine: is about the bikes and personalities of the sport, covering pre-65 machines, classic and twin shocks, trials as well as scrambling/motocross and enduros. There are reader rebuilds from the UK/Europe and North America, event coverage, personality interviews/profiles, letters, products and so much more.

Modern technology • Was it better in the old days? Not really, the problems were just different and less global.

Classic Dirt Bike Show: a must for off-roaders

Mick on the Moidart

Star riders no longer with us

Pre65 Scottish Two Day Trial

Car and Classic auctions

Motos made in Spain

Westmorland Road Run

Classic & twinshock calendar

Toughsheet Nationals

Miller’s museum

Drumlanrig Offroad Motorsport Festival, May 19-21

Heat exchanger • The need for a constant engine temperature meant water cooling was a logical step in trials motorcycle development.

Under new management • A change at the helm brings some new ideas

The unreported Scottish • Arguably almost every winner of the SSDT has been ‘foreign’ but Yrjo Vesterinen became the first non-Brit to win the trial and opened the floodgates.

Pulling power • Long-stroke engines like this Velocette were renowned for pulling power – apt for a trials bike belonging to a champion tug of war competitor.

Bits leave... and other bits arrive • There is the initial burst of activity in any rebuild then long periods of delay while waiting for bits to arrive.

Tight tolerances • Some things need a bit of space in order to work properly.

DIRT PRODUCTS • Got something new, something reintroduced, or the latest thing for classic off-road riders in the feet-up, MX or enduro world? Tell us and we’ll put it here. Contact Leon in advertising on 01507 529465 or Tim Britton on 07739 615605 or CDBeditor@mortons.co.uk

Subtly successful • Put two trials riders and a trials bike together and the question ‘what’ve you done to it…?’ is almost inevitable.

Let the buyer beware... • Looking for a bargain bike? There are many 'genuine' reasons for sale to consider

Stonebridge inspired • With Villiers reluctant to produce a 250cc engine, Brian Stonebridge looked elsewhere for a unit to power his Greeves for the 1959 European MX championship.

DIRT TALK • Got something to say? Say it here… it will always be here, unlike the fleeting cyberworld where it’s lost in seconds.

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Talking point • “Oh, y’don’t want one of them…” was the remark made to Paul Smith when he asked about late-Seventies RM400 Suzukis

PAUL FRIEDRICHS