Regulars

3 In Balance
Oh dear, it’s ‘Mr Angry’ thanks to ethanol

6 News and well... news
What’s occurring around the world of off-road motorcycling? This is the place to hear all about it, so long as you tell us your bit... that’s right unless we hear about it we can’t spread the word.

44 A grand idea - part one
It seemed like a great idea, buy a bike, rebuild it, ride it and then offer it as a reader prize. Yes Project CanAm has left the line.

50 Dirt Products
A tasty selection of bits, bobs and stuff, all aimed at keeping you or your bike in tip top condition.

55 Saunders Says
Our man learns that he has to watch what the editor is asking

63 Smith Tales
Were there actually more characters years ago or does it just seem that way? Jeff Smith recalls one of the greatest characters of the time.

74 Dirttalk
The CDB mailbag and email inbox is an exciting place, we never know what’s going to pop up... from requests for help to offers of help, corrections to errors, it all goes in here.

82 Moto Memories
Trials riding needs a delicate sense of balance as Debbie Evans showed before the 1978 SSDT.

83 Wright or wrong
What has piqued Wrighty’s curiosity this time? Flick to page 83 to find out.

Features

10 Class act
Greeves set to and produced a bike for the 500cc class, Vic Allan was involved in its development and he’s testing it now.

18 Working in harmony
The sidecar MX scene tends to lose out a little to the solos, here at CDB we intend to redress the balance, beginning with this Yamaha Wasp outfit.

24 Six glorious days
It’s the centenary of the Scottish Six Days Trial, we’ve got some tasty stuff in this massive feature - Jacksons Ajay, Vesty’s Mont and a Lampkin Bult.

38 Rebuilt to ride
After a chance spotting of a rare Kawasaki, Martin Bateson had to buy it and race it.

52 Something special
This issue it’s really ‘somewhere’ special, Hector’s Racing where all sorts of tasty things are made.

68 An hour with... Gordon Jackson
In the SSDT centenary year, we spend an hour with Gordon Jackson and hear about his trials, scrambles, ISDT and car exploits.

76 On the Circa’t
When the Circa 74 series was launched, CDB went along to the first practice day and got a ride on a typical Circa 74 bike - a BSA B44.

Events

56 Sports time
Yes, there’s so much going on in the world of off-road we can only cram so much in. Hopefully we’ve got your event in.

64 Classic off-road show
Did you make the pilgrimage to Telford for Wrighty’s show? Did you see what we saw? If you didn’t go, you missed a great event.

On the cover...

Sometimes it’s a case of ‘right place, right time’ though, as a professional photographer, Peter Howdle would know that Grey Mares Ridge near Kinlochleven would be the ‘right place’ and when Gordon Jackson on his works AJS went through would be the ‘right time’ to take a picture.