Classic Dirt Bike – August 2019

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Buildabikeforaworldchamptoride?Nopressure then... Hand-built foramaster WordsTimBrittonPicsTimBritton,FionaWatsonand Martin Math ...

GrimecahubsarepopularonmanyItalianbikes. TheRotaxenginehasbeenfullyrebuilt withlots ofnewbitsinthere,  SCHREIBER’S SWM with Len ...

24 |AUTUMN 2019 Rotax’sdisc valvemotorisastrongunit andthere arequite alot of sparesavailablefor it. Strippingthe engine tosee w ...

1:More modern,wide footrests,arefitted to thisbike. 2:Marzocchi forks were us ed by SWM original ly bu tthen therewas achange to ...

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ARCHIVE AstheInternationalDirtBikeShow movesintoanewphase,wetakea lookatdirtbikeshowsfromthepast. Showtime Words:TimBritton Pics ...

28 |AUTUMN2019 at Olympia in theveryearlydays; EarlsCourtin the lateryears withasprinkling ofBrighton and Blackpoolyears beforeg ...

 ARCHIVE Don Morley –who didin-depthinterviewsfor his classic off-road machines–the competition departmentstendedto be tolerate ...

30 |AUTUMN 2019 road stuff whileIdrooledover the dirty side of things. Bythe end of theSeventiesthere waslittle,if anyoff-road e ...

be alongside thetop riders ,the other disciplineswould be the same though I’d not ventured into MX or endurothen. So,aswewandere ...

32 |AUTUMN 2019 Bernie Schreiber who’dcalled off at theBristol show on hiswayto anindoor trial at Bologna. Itwasa chancefor thep ...

ARCHIVE on showand Montesa who hadavast rangeoftrials and enduromodels.The Ossamodel, hadit been launchedafew years earlier,woul ...

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36 |AUTUMN 2019 Oh,andonetoracetoo! New Old Stock Wordsandpics:TimBritton I fyourbusinessisbasedonaparticularmodelof motorcyclet ...

Above:TheHonda ElsinoreCR250M.  HONDAELSINORE to race the bike.Once the framewaschecked itwas givenacoatofblacktomakeitlook nic ...

38 |AUTUMN 2019 and also offeraslightlyaltered riding position thanks to barrisers. The modernRenthal bars also offer some sligh ...

HONDAELSINORE seatareall Honda stuffand in prime condition,sothey complementthebikenicel y. There areafew missing bits and there ...