Classic Dirt Bike

Words and pics: Tim Britton Progress has been pretty slow since last issue but there has been some and it’s all been on the lines of ‘now where does that bit fit on again?’. It is at such times the sketch, note or photograph proves invaluable and I d

Words and pics: Tim Britton Long before Jeff Smith earned the world championship reward for his and BSA compshop boss Brian Martin’s patient development work on the Gold Star’s successor, another BSA star was laying the groundwork for the legend that

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Gary Chapman Cast your mind back to the MX world of the Seventies and early Eighties when development seemed to happen at a phenomenal pace; each factory strove to outdo the other with this tweak and that mod, then next week

When talk turns to tyres the discussion can often get heated – what one rider swears by another may swear at – and it is even more complicated when tubed or tubeless is chucked into the mix. For classic and twinshock riders, certainly in the trials w

Words and pics: Tim Britton Mick Andrews’ record with OSSA motorcycles is an excellent one and as well as European championships the Derbyshire ace notched up three consecutive SSDT wins to prove the motorcycle was good enough. Those wins – 1970, 197

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Bill McKeown On the face of it Triumph’s twin, designed in the 1930s, ought not to have still been at the forefront of competition 30 years later, but it was. There are a number of reasons for this, firstly it’s a great engin

Were you at the very first Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends in September? Did you enjoy it as much as everyone else? Mind you, the weather helped as it proved to be one of those fabulous late summer weekends where the rain held off, the winds died

Words: Vets MXdN and Pics: Nick Haskell A victorious Team Belgium celebrated a sensational double victory at this year’s Vets MXdN at Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire on September 3-4, as they claimed top honours in both Twinshock and EVO MXdN team event

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Mortons Archive There is little doubt adventure biking has taken hold of public perception and big trail bikes are part of many makers’ ranges as enthusiasts clamour for machines which emulate the Paris Dakar mounts thrashed

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson The weather is a major concern for any event organiser and the track record for the UK recently hasn’t been that good and as CDB pitched the gazebo and set up the stall for the Hawkstone Park Festival of Legends,

Words and pics Tim Britton Looking at the machine it was obvious the Japanese company had come to play seriously in this off-road lark and clear too was Pettersson’s influence. Now, as we discussed this bike the level of commitment to its build emerg

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson With all that’s best in the modern dirt bike scene on display at the International Dirt Bike Show at the end of October, enthusiasts of the older, classic dirt bike had to look a little harder, but there were a f

Words: Rob Edwards and John Moffat Pics: Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive On a slightly misty morning, I venture into the spacious marquee erected by the Richmond Motor Club for the centenary Scott Trial. Upon entering I spot a couple walk