Classic Dirt Bike

Words and pics: Tim Britton You may not have realised it, but what is sadly lacking in your shed, garage or workshop is a sidecar trials outfit like the Yamaha Mono in our pictures. With such a beast in the shed a whole new world awaits you – imagine

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson Since the idea of a special trial for all those who remembered the good old days when British bikes ruled the roost the Pre ’65 Scottish has gone from a simple attraction to the six-day main event to a serious se

Words and pics: Tim Britton One of the UK’s top off-road stars in the Sixties and Seventies, Jim Sandiford was associated with BSA and Greeves as part of their works teams then when the Spanish Armada conquered the British trials scene he turned his

Words and pics Norm DeWitt Southern California was the hotbed for all things Husqvarna in the mid- 1960s, given the efforts of Edison Dye, a number of Swedish racers (Lars Larsson, Gunnar Lindstrom and Torsten Hallman) and a few early devotees such a

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson and Gary Chapman The dirt bike world headed to Telford’s International Centre in February for what has been likened to ‘Christmas for off-roaders’ as trials, MXers and Enduro enthusiasts gathered to check out bik

Words: Birger Tommos Pics: Birger Tommos and samples from Olle Pettersson’s personal collection Olle, born 1937, has lived all his life in Strängnäs. The town is, by Swedish standards, medium-sized and of modest importance. During Olle’s time as a yo

Words: Norm DeWitt Pics: Terry Good For 1972 the American Trans-Am series had been utterly dominated by Ake Johnsson on his Maico 400, the new radial fin model. It was a good time to be at Maico, although that result may have flattered to deceive as

Words and pics: Tim Britton One of the things about a rebuild is it’s easy to forget stuff, obviously the faster a project is completed the better it is and the less chance for the ‘now, where does that bit go…?’ scenario to arise. In a perfect world

Words: Tim Britton Pics: Fiona Watson Our display at the International Dirt Bike Show in the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh Park in 2016 played tribute to three brothers who have become legends in the world of off-road motorcycling. All t

When Gordon Jackson took a steadying prod as he ascended Greymare’s Ridge in the 1961 SSDT, little did he realise the ‘one dab’ win would be a record which stood unequalled, let alone beaten, for 56 years. Fast forward to 2017 when current superstar

Words and Pics: Tim Britton This little feature is probably one for trials and enduro riders rather than MXers, as there’s little chance to fix an MX bike at the side of the track. The modern way for carrying kit is to use a backpack of some sort but

Words and pics Andy Withers at AW Sportsphoto The Classic Dirt Bike sponsored AMCA British Classic Motocross Championship got off to a cracking start at Yatton Keynall near Bath on April 23. The Pre-65 and Pre-74 classes were run as one race which pr

Words: John McCrink Pictures: John McCrink and Eric Miles When Liston Bell won the Scottish Classic Racing Motorcycle Club’s Pre-65 Over 350cc Scrambles Championship back in 2011, everyone agreed that the lad could really ride a bike. However, two pa

Much more sport happens in our world than we could possibly hope to fit in one magazine. We’re expecting big things of the revamped website to be useful as a place where the sport can be placed… hopefully we’ll be under way soon. Right, you’ve been s

Words and pics: Tim Britton Montesa managed to survive the turmoil which was the trials scene of the late Seventies and into the Eighties when Spain’s manufacturing base was faced with a shrinking market and restrictive employment conditions which pr