Classic Dirt Bike

Classic Dirt Bike magazine: is about the bikes and personalities of the sport, covering pre-65 machines, classic and twin shocks, trials as well as scrambling/motocross and enduros. There are reader rebuilds from the UK/Europe and North America, event coverage, personality interviews/profiles, letters, products and so much more.

Artificial Intelligence - AI • Is it real or only make-believe…?

DIRT NEWS • Want to tell us about a forthcoming event, or have any other dirt bike news to share? Email CDBEditor@mortons.co.uk or track down the editor at a dirt bike show or event.

Rapid development • In the heady development years of the mid-Sixties, scrambling – or MX as it would become known – was a rapidly evolving sport and Montesa would play their part

Montesa in the press • The motorcycling papers in the sixties were seen as valuable sources of publicity which prompted manufacturers to provide bikes to ride.

Manx action • The Isle of Man is noted for motorcycle racing on Tarmac, but it has also hosted a very different, multi-discipline, motorcycle sport

Flashback! Greeves ISDT • Considering the importance of the ISDT to the industry, it is surprising there were few UK manufacturers who produced an actual model designated for it.

Laying the course • Six days, 1000 miles, an MX circuit and special tests are vital elements of the ISDT. Fitting them into a 221 square mile island in the Irish Sea takes careful planning.

Fine fettling • There’s always something to do if the workshop has old dirt bikes in it.

PRODUCTS • Do you make or supply something for the sort of motorcycles and riders we feature in Classic Dirt Bike? Well, this is the place to tell the world about your stuff… either send it and we’ll photograph it, or send a hi-res pic – at least 5mb – of it on a white background and tell us what it is, what it does, how much it costs and where to get it, and we’ll do the rest.

On the move • By far the best way to appreciate a dirt bike is when getting it dirty. CDB were at an event or three.

A time of ice and snow • A tale from when we just got on with it.

Safe storage • How many bikes have been left with a mate, just for a few weeks, until the shed at the new house is sorted… like this BSA for instance?

What the factory did • It’s easy to create stuff if you’ve an entire factory dedicated to the job…

DIRT TALK • A Letters page is an interesting thing. What will readers write? What will they say? Whatever it is, read it here.

Classic Dirt Bike

A period of change • The route to neglected has-been is easy, it just takes neglect. Going the other way, to award-winning restoration, is a lot harder and depends on the starting point.

KING COLLINS