Classic Dirt Bike

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman, Bill Henson, Coys of Kensington and Mortons Archive. It is a situation that few of us are ever likely to face at our level of racing. What am I on about? The choices facing a professional MX racer. For instance

Words and pics: Tim Britton You maybe didn’t know you needed a CR390 Husqvarna in your shed but we reckon you do and what’s more we’re going to tell you why you need it. You see, the 1978 model has a steeper head angle of 28.5 degrees instead of the

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Tim Britton/Mortons Archive Years ago, a young road racer called Bill Lomas fancied keeping fit during the winter months when road circuits were shut and to do this he rode trials, and he wasn’t alone. Being a bit of a forwar

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Tim Britton, Mortons Archive Quietly one evening, just after the last issue of CDB had gone to press, there was some activity in what is doubling as a workshop at the moment – I’m not going to say what this space’s actual fun

Words Tim BrittonPics Mortons Archive In the immediate post-Second World War years AMC had arguably the ideal start to their competition range with the WDG3L military model. In common with all other manufacturers in those far off days when raw mater

The latest bang up to date 2018 range from 250LONDON is out and looking good. You know you need to cut the right style when on your Evo or Twinshock and 250LONDON have got you covered. Their Moto Jersey has been improved by using a super lightweight

Words: Tim Britton In starting our chat with the statement that Bernie pretty much heralded in a new way to ride, he burst out laughing and said: “That makes me sound as if I set out to change the sport.” He paused and then went on: “I was accused o

Words and pics: Al Keith For Canadian Al Keith the world changed at the Canadian National MX events he competed in during the early Eighties. How so? It was at these events that he first set actual eyes on Yamaha’s OW factory racers and life would ne

Words and pics: Tim Britton We’re a nosey lot in the dirt bike world – a lad does something like winning a championship and we want to know the far end of a tailpipe about his bike and how he did it. Luckily, Kris Winder was happy to talk to us and,

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson I’m going out on a limb here but it was impossible to see and take in everything that was at the Hagon sponsored Classic Dirt Bike Show at Telford International Centre over the weekend of February 17&18 with its

Words and Pics Tim Britton Given the weather the UK has been experiencing over the past few weeks and months, I surely can’t have been the only one who packed a waterproof coat, sou’wester and wellies before heading to Staffordshire County Showground

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Ross Winwood/Mortons Archive It’s amazing how often chance plays a part inthis magazine world, at least when it comes to inspiration for features. What I mean by that is achance comment by someone at an event where they recal

I wondered if you’d be interested in finding out a little more about the Greeves Griffon QUB my son will be using in this year’s Classic British Championship – it is no standard QUB! I have been involved with the Pre-65 MX Club for nearly 20 years an

Words and pics Alan Telford Media Ltd. With its ancestry in the cantilever trials bike Mick Andrews developed for Yamaha in the mid-Seventies the TY 250 Mono took the feet-up world by storm when it appeared on the scene in the Eighties. Here was a cl