Features

Time was when production racing meant taking a road bike and building a racer from it. But in the late 1970s that changed. Some of the straight-out-of-a-crate bikes were so good to start with, they were competitive on track with minimal additional work…

Records toppled last month when the Southern California Timing Association organized the annual attack on American speed records. The Bonneville Flats are the record breaker’s dreams come true — a hard, flat surface, absence of traffic, spectators and, ample room for ‘running out of road!’

Joey Dunlop will never be forgotten. The most successful TT rider of all time was a modest man whose charity work for under-privileged children also made him a hero to people who had never witnessed his genius on a motorcycle…

Peter Fraser visits a specialist motor cyclist dealer’s workshop and deals with cylinder wear, chaincase condensation, oil leaks and clutch trouble

The whys and wherefores behind the phenomenally powerful rotary-valved 124cc 200bhp/litre MZ two stroke explained by Vic Willoughby

Is off-road sport too expensive to get involved in? “No!” we yelled out loud. Classic Dirt Bike reckons it’s possible to get up, running and on the start line for a grand – or £1000 if you prefer – and set out to prove it. Tim Britton takes up the story…

Getting involved in off-road sport doesn’t have to be expensive and we’re going to prove it with a grand idea. Tim Britton rolls up his sleeves for the third instalment of our project Can-Am rebuild…

Part four of our Can-Am 250cc Bombardier rebuild sees some fresh paintwork and us getting closer to the finishing post. Tim Britton explains…

In part one Rod Gibson started the reassembly of our project ‘Kettle’, Suzuki’s three-cylinder two stroke GT750. Now the wheels can go on to the chassis, and the engine begins to take shape…

Our project Suzuki ‘Kettle’ GT750 is finally back together and running sweetly. Rod Gibson heaves a sigh of relief, and takes it out on test…