Issue 36
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Classic Dirt Bike - Issue 36

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03 In Balance
A major event has occurred, yes the long-
anticipated B40 strip down has happened…
four years after it was first mooted.

06 News, views and reviews
Our regular look at what’s happening in
the off-road world, events to go to, series
updates, perhaps a book or dvd or two.

18 Subscribe! Subscribe! Subscribe!
Yes, subscribe to CDB as it is the
simplest way to get hold of your copy,
other ways include popping along to one
of our shows, or seeing us at events.

22 Something Special
By their very nature works development
bikes come into the ‘something special’
category… such as this Yamaha.

48 Dirt Products
Just a small selection of what’s out
there for making dirt bikes go better or
their riders ride better. Got anything we
should be putting here?

52 Dicko’s View
Another look at the world of off-road
from a man with opinions but do you
agree or disagree with him?
Write and tell us.

61 Smith Tales
The life of an MX world champion is
full of contradictions, our man tells how
he became focused on retaining his
world crown.

72 Dirt Talk
What’re you talking about in the CDB
world? All sorts of things as it happens,
bring it on we say.

82 Moto memories
This is where we delve into the archive
at CDB and pull out a tasty image
for your delight. This issue, a
motorcycling legend…

Events

54 Sporting world
We’ve been all over the place to
scrambles, trials, hill climbs and this is
where we put a selection of images and
a few words from where we’ve been.

62 The Classic Dirt Bike Experience
Though the Carole Nash International
Classic Motorcycle Show at Stafford is
mainly for roadsters, there’s quite a bit
of stuff for us too.

How to

44 King of the IT Crowd
The next instalment of our
latest project bike; things are
coming apart real easy but, will they
go back again?

50 Tech Talk
Standard cables are available in vast
quantities but what happens if your bike
isn’t covered? Or a modification makes
the cable look wrong? Here’s the solution.

Features

10 The winner
Yes, we were there when James Noble was
being presented with his winner’s trophy
and before he could even draw breath we’d
arranged a visit to ride his Ariel.

26 What can I ride…
… in the Northern British Bike Series?
We take six eligible bikes to Derbyshire
and make Mick Andrews ride them, then
we write about it.

37 Get with the team
BSA felt loaning ex-team bikes to
notable riders would bring valuable
publicity, we look at an ex-Smith 500
that did just that.

66 Golden days…
…in the Golden State. Was the west
coast USA a dirt bike riders’ paradise?
Quite possibly, we hear from someone
who was there and was probably
to blame.

76 What a stunner
Is this the best-looking CZ ever? Discuss.
Then show us yours.





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