Classic Dirt Bike — Autumn 2017

If you’ve had enoughof listeningto us oldies

who rode twinshocksand classicsin the day,

witteringon about‘the old days’ and ‘how

it wasthen’,whydon’tyou give it agoand

tryitout for yourself?Steve’sClassicand

TwinshockExperiencein North Wales is a

goodplaceto start.

Here you willfind awell sorted selection

of oldertrialsbikes, someoneto showyou

how theyoperate,avarietyof terrain to ride

on and at the end of it you’ll be ridingin a

propertrial.

The two-dayexperiencebeginswith

practicedayonSaturdayand atrial on

Sunday.

It includesuse of atrials bike, trial entry,

licencefee, aback-upbikejust in case,

sparesand fuel. You’ll be expectedto provide

your own bootsand helmetthough.

Fancy ago? ContactSteve on 07957

886225 or [email protected].

Classic

trials

experience

HawkstonePark and MX go togetherlike

breadand butter–ifyou’ve not beento

the Shropshirecircuitthen you’ve missed

out. Luckily,the HawkstoneLegendsMX

givesyou the best reasonof all to go to

the circuit–some fabulousMX racing.Last

year’sinauguralevent laid the foundations

for biggerand betterin 2017.

Therewasaslight hiccupwhenadate

clashmeantthe event had to be pulled

forward to August27/28,but everythingis

on trackfor agreat event.

With commentaryand interviews by Jack

Burnicle and Rob Kinseyand superstarsof

MX such as world championsGrahamNoyce

Hawkstone festival of legends

and Neil Hudson,and top UK starsoftheir

daysuch as BryanGoss, Peter Mathia,Roger

Harvey, Dave Watson and Alan Cloughfor

themto interview, the breaksbetween races

are sure to be entertaining.

As for the racingitself,how abouttwo

days of ToughsheetEvo Championship

racing,West MidlandsEvo racing,the Frank

MercerMemorialTrophyand lots of track

time from all sorts of racers. August28 will

be the Legendsdaywhen past mastersand

legendstaketothe track.It’s£10 to get

in, or £25 for acar,goalong soak up the

atmosphere,mingle,meetand have agreat

bankholiday.

Traversreuniondinner

Duringaconversationabout‘our’national,theNewcastleMotorClub’sTraversTrophyTrial,

(the‘our’beingustrialsridersintheNorthEastCentre),adaftideaaboutholdingareunion

dinnerforriderswho’driddentheeventarose.So,anyoneupforit?If anyoneis,andafew

haveexpressedinterestalready,dropmealinehereatCDBandmaybeit willhappen.

Left: DaveWatsonisaskedbyTimBrittonabouthis

firsttimeatHawkstonePark.

Main:Plentyofactionispromisedonbothdays.

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