Regulars

3 In Balance
The passing of years and its effect on the body is the focus of this month’s waffle from the editor.

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.

16 Subscribe
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42 A grand idea - part two
Project CanAm progresses slowly, the great stripdown has begun, parts are cleaned, parts are blasted, parts are welded and offers of help are trickling in.

36 Dirt products
Looking for something to keep your bike in tip top condition? Then it could well be on these pages. Have a look... oh, you have.

53 Saunders says
This pre-65 lark is a bit different to modern bike maintenance, off the shelf is just the starting point.

61 Smith tales
If your job entails travelling in all sorts of places then there’s a chance of the odd brush with officialdom.

72 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
Determined to join in the fun of international team MX, the 250cc class organised the Trophee des Nations as an equal to the MX des Nations, here’s Bryan Wade in the 1973 clash.

83 Wright or wrong
Slogans R us says Wrighty.

Features

10 Green meanie
Kawasaki ran two 125 models in 1978 - the ordinary one and the super special A4 model.

16 Something special
Almost the end of the twinshock line for Husqvarna, the CR500 model was a superb machine but the public wanted monoshock.

22 Not sure what yet
We had a disaster with the supposed feature so I’m grasping at straws.

28 MX; the 50s to the 80s
From dinosaurs to dynamite, the changing face of MX

38 On the trail
The enduro market had some tasty offerings in the 1980s, check out this IT175 Yamaha from 1982.

66 An hour with... Ulf Karlsson
The quiet man of the world trials scene opens up to Classic Dirt Bike

76 Saunders’ Triumph
There’s something special about a winner. What’s it like? What trick bits are there? What’s the secret? We find out some of the answers... winners don’t give everything away.

Events

48 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.

54 A helluva weekend
The International Classic MotorCycle Show and Red Marley Hill Climb on the same weekend. Hectic or what?

62 Highland holiday
It was holiday weather at least for the pre-65 Scottish and guess what? Our man won.

On the cover...

Sometimes a little showboating goes a long way. Zach Osborne puts on the style in this Nick Haskell picture as he takes his 125 Yamaha skywards in the Dave Thorpe Evo Championship.