Regulars

3 In Balance

6 News and events
What’s happening in the off-road world? Find out here.

34 Product review
A selection of things that could finish off your rebuild or help you to the front of the pack in the first corner.

36 Rebuilt to ride
It’s stripped, repaired and the frame is coated. It’s rebuilding time!

40 In the trade
Our regular spotlight on a trader

53 Saunders says...
...his first trip abroad was full of incident.

61 Jeff’s jottings
Britain’s MX champ on Sweden’s MX champ.

72 You write
And, when you write, you tell us what’s going on where you are.

74 Subscribe
How to make sure your favourite magazine lands on your doormat as soon after it’s printed as possible.

82 Moto Memories
It’s Silver Jubilee time.

83 Wright or wrong?
Maybe, but never dull. Wrighty’s view on the classic feet-up scene.

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10 A works Kawasaki
Just a touch more modern than normal, but superb all the same.

16 Going for gold
ISDT and enduro competitions demand a different type of machine. One with the flexibility of a trials bike and the performance of a scrambler. We try three from Spain.

24 Northern British Bike series
Catching up with the latest from the PJ1/DB sponsored series.

26 Greeves’ Scottish
It’s 40 years since Bill Wilkinson rode his works Greeves to victory in the Scottish. CDB popped along to have chat about that momentous occasion.

30 It’s a classic season ahead
Dave Gittins looks at the forthcoming Classic Dirt Bike British Classic Scrambles championship series.

44 Action all the way
CDB at the RDH Motorhomes sponsored twinshock MX

48 Island in the sun
Yes it was, as CDB went to the Jersey Two Day trial.

50 Showtime
A classic look at the 29th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford - some trials action too.

54 Hand built for a Master
Take one road racer, add a dash of dirt and, hey presto! World Championship.

62 Keeping his cool
Yrjo Vesterinen was renowned for being unflappable and having an icy resolve. Alan Wright investigates.

68 There’s a welcome in the hillside...
...as the off-road world focuses on Worcestershire for Red Marley.

76 Twinshock series
Who will you be keeping an eye on this season? Chris Malam makes a suggestion or two.