DIRTBIKE

WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG RETURNED HOME AFTER HIS MOON

LANDING, A MONTESA WAS SITTING IN HIS DRIVEWAY

The 172 Cota was actually only

157.5cc as it shared the bore of the

123 model, plus its dribbly 20mm

Amal carburettor. ADB #4 still

picked it over the Yamaha TY175 in

an exhausting comparo

As the years went by, Editor Geoff

Eldridge go a lot faster than he

appears to be going in this shot taken

for issue #5

Australasian Dirt Bike went big on

Montesa trials bikes in its first few

issues, starting with the Cota 172

in #2 and followed by the 247

and 348 within the next few

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