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.

A period of change • Change is inevitable in all walks of life though we in motorcycling perhaps see the biggest effects of it when looking at the classic scene.

DIRT NEWS • Want to tell us about a forthcoming event, or have any other dirt bike news to share? Email CDBEditor@mortons.co.uk or track down the editor at a dirt bike show or event.

First in line • When Alan Clews advanced from enthusiastic scrambler to motorcycle manufacturer Cumbrian farmer Mike Barnes was first in line for one of the new Clews Stroka models.

Flashback - Greeves Anglian • Since the company burst on the off-road scene in the early Fifties their leading link forks were a distinctive feature but times were changing.

The problem is… • …with a picture resource such as the Kelsey Archive at CDB HQ isn’t what to use but rather what not to use as it’s all valid stuff for us off-roaders.

Flashback – Montesa King Scorpion • Refinement for the future.

On the double • When the trials world went Spanish two companies dominated the scene – Montesa and Bultaco.

Time to do stuff • Older bikes take more looking after than newer ones… don’t they?

PRODUCTS • Do you make or supply something for the sorts of motorcycles and riders we feature in Classic Dirt Bike? Well, this is the place to tell the world about your stuff. Either send it and we’ll photograph it, or send a hi-res pic of it – at least 5mb – on a white background and tell us what it is, what it does, how much it costs and where to get it, so either call CDB’s ad exec George Schofield on 01507 529537 or email him on GSchofield@mortons.co.uk and we’ll do the rest.

For factory use • Even for a manufacturing giant as BSA was their factory motorcycles had to earn their keep.

On the tools • Patient detective work was the way problems were diagnosed until the dawn of the digital era when life became easy… or so they say.

Bonanza! • A collective gathering of all things British off-road motorcycling like the Bonanza has to be a good thing, so good there’s been 43 of them.

Flashback – Italjet 350 • As the Spanish industry suffered industrial turmoil Italy was waiting in the wings.

DIRT TALK • A Letters page is an interesting thing. What will readers write? What will they say? Whatever it is, read it here.

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Replicated Works Replica • Lots of makers produce a replica of their works’ team bikes for public consumption but what if there are none left…well… make a replica.

GOING GREEN