Issue 40
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Classic Dirt Bike - Issue 40

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03 In Balance
It seems hardly no time at all since CDB
was launched onto the off-road world, yet
here we are at issue 40… A lot’s gone
on in that time.

07 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.

16 You need…
Our take on what we reckon ought to be
in your shed, feel free to disagree with
us as this is only our opinion and we'd
love your thoughts.

22 Something Special
A factory machine has always been
regarded as something special, so
equally a replica of an NSU ISDT
machine from the 1950s can be
described as ‘special’.

41 Subscribe! Subscribe! Subscribe!
As CDB is subscription-only in the UK
you’ve either subscribed, nicked a
mate’s copy or seen us at a show. If it’s
one of the latter two… subscribe here.

52 Dicko’s view
The Dickinson mind wanders a little this
issue as he starts on one subject and
finishes on another… It’s called old age.

61 Smith Tales
It had to happen, our man has decided
to wind down a little. In his final regular
column for us he reflects on the past 30
or so gems of wisdom.

72 Dirt Talk
What’re you talking about in the CDB
world? All sorts of things as it happens,
bring it on we say as it fills a couple of
pages and makes a nice spread.

82 Moto memories
Sadly for the MX world Sten Lundin
passed away recently. Our Moto
Memories feature is a tribute to the
Swede, pictured in action by Nick Nicholls.

Events

54 Sporting world

Just a taster of action from the sporting world as
there are many more events happening than we can
fit in a quarterly magazine.

62 Show Time!
A snippet of time from the Carole Nash Classic
Motorcycle Show, or the off-road action at least and
Ian Berry went to the Dave Bickers Scramble.

How to

43 King of the IT crowd
A tale of cranks and cogs as bits of the engine are
inspected, forks are tweaked, barrels are bored and
the project progresses.

48 Dirt Products
Got something to help the off-road world go faster,
keep their feet up longer or remain more on time in
an enduro? Tell us, we’ll put it in this bit.

50 Tech Talk
It seems such a simple idea, find a topic of interest
to off-roaders and write about it… this issue is
about gears.

Features

10 The winner
There’s not a competitor in the
world who doesn’t want to find
out about the opposition and what
makes it tick. We inspect a 500
Triumph that’s a winner.

27 That was the year…
…that Graham Noyce was world
champion. Focus of our archive
piece this issue is 1979, the
year Graham Noyce took the Blue
Riband of the MX world.

34 A champion’s machine
On his way to becoming world MX
champion in 1979, Graham Noyce
had two 500cc Hondas. This is
the one he crossed the line on at
Namur to lift the crown.

68 Italian hospitality
Imola reunion: Ian Berry soaks up
the atmosphere at this prestigious
motocross event.

76 Extra Special One
Alan Arnott saw Bill Nilsson racing
an ESO engined-Metisse in the
1960s – he thought it looked
a stunning machine then and
convinced the engineer/racer to
build his own… 50 years on.





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