REGULARS
• In balance
If it wasn’t for the weather what would we British talk about? Motorcycles and the weather of course!
• News – read all about it
News in a quarterly? Hmmm yes, there’s still a spot here… let’s hear it from you and we’ll tell the off-road world.
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• Original and unrestored
Incredible as it may seem, there are still dirt bikes out there being used as they were, untouched and unrestored. This issue, the bike that changed trials – a James J9 Commando.
• Dirt products
Got something the dirt bike world would benefit from? Something to make a bike go better, a rider faster or better balanced? Tell us, as this is where it should appear.
• The Smith tales
It’s always good to hear about things that went on in days past, things the mags of the day maybe couldn’t quite fit in.
• An hour at…
… Tom White’s MX museum in Orange County, California.
• Dirt Talk
Are we doing it right? Are we doing it wrong? Covering enough? Not covering enough? All your opinions in here.
• Moto Memories
Feeling Groggy – with Robert Grogg and Andreas Husser.
• Wright or wrong
Always to the point, always thought provoking, though occasionally leaving you fizzing… Wrighty’s view on the world of off-road.
HOW TO
• Rebuilt to ride – part one
Jerry Thurston launches his Montesa Cota rebuild on the world. It’s an early one, ‘a big hub’ as they’re termed.
• Tech talk
Belt drives. How hard are they to fit and why would you fit one anyway? We speak to Pete Kirby to find out.
FEATURES
• Top twin
The sun shines in the north… we travel to a secret Weardale location for a ride on the 2013 pre-65 winning Triumph.
• Yellow peril
It’s hard to imagine a Suzuki in any other colour but yellow and this tasty RM is as yellow as they come. Chris Montignani has a word with the owner.
• Sidecar for my friend…
Once upon a time sidecar sport was the thing to do! CDB has a go.
• Ulf service
When the factory has already done all the hard work, why change more than necessary? Birger Tommos meets Swedish star and Montesa man Ulf Karlsson.
• You need…
This is where we tell you what’s missing from your life, your motorcycling life that is. So you need a Monark, you do, really!
• The shocking truth
We try the very first production monoshock trials bike.
EVENTS
• World of sport
Sporting action goes on all over the dirt bike world with trials, scrambles, MX and enduro. Here’s a roundup of a few events we managed to squeeze into our pages.
• Shows and events
There’s been a lot going on recently and all with a bit of off-road in them – Stafford show, Lanark and Newark.
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