Features

  • Triumphant return

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    On August 15-16, sprinting returned to east Kent, as Ramsgate reverberated to the sound of racing. 

  • Wandering to Germany

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    The purchase of a German-made machine and a quest for information leads to a continental jaunt to take in an event.  

  • A FLYING SQUIRREL

    A FLYING SQUIRREL

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    Alfred Angas Scott was a genius. Besides inventing the first motorcycle with a twin cylinder two-stroke engine, he also came up with telescopic forks and even the kick-starter. We test a 1929 Flying Squirrel TT Replica, one of the best of his vintage fliers… 

  • A perfect storm

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    Did Benelli successfully blend a trad Brit twin and Italian engineering excellence?  

  • Black magic

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    What dark arts have brought this demon beast into being? 

  • Built to go – good enough to show

    Built to go – good enough to show

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    This little beauty is the latest addition to Irishman Trevor Calderwood’s ever-growing CZ collection.  

  • Golden days in the Golden State

    Golden days in the Golden State

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    Part 1: Experiencing the ‘trail bike boom’ and riding off-road purely for the fun of it. 

  • Team player

    Team player

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    Though Jeff Smith was BSA’s superstar at GP level the factory’s support reached all levels of MX. How did they do it? With old team bikes, CDB checks one out. 

  • Champ’s bike

    Champ’s bike

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    Hakan Andersson (above), gave Yamaha their first MX title back in 1973. He is surely remembered as a 250 rider but back in the early 1970s he also used a 360 version of Yamaha’s factory 250cc bike. This is the story of Hakan’s former Yamaha YZ360 from 1972. 

  • It’s the right break for 147

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    After a disastrous end to the 2014 ‘Scottish’ for James Noble it all went well for the lad in 2015. CDB asked if we could have a wobble on his bike. 


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