Classic Dirt Bike magazine: is about the bikes and personalities of the sport, covering pre-65 machines, classic and twin shocks, trials as well as scrambling/motocross and enduros. There are reader rebuilds from the UK/Europe and North America, event coverage, personality interviews/profiles, letters, products and so much more.
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Sting like a Wasp • Not many motorcycles can be said to have completely transformed a sport. From a shed in a Wiltshire back garden, Robbie Rhind-Tutt’s incredible Wasp creations turned sidecar grasstrack from an obscure offshoot to an exciting main event. His solo bikes are legendary too.
Mid Wales Classic kicks off the season • AMCA British Classic Motocross Championship 2026 Round one – Mid Wales Classic Scramble Club – Abbeycwmhir
Two fabulous Falcons • Francis-Barnetts are a family passion
A trial for Parky • Club members pay tribute to Dave Parkinson
Three days in Devon
1950 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet Trials • The National Motorcycle Museum on the outskirts of Birmingham is home to a huge collection of British off-road competition motorcycles, including scores of off-road classics, all meticulously restored, often by the same people who built them in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. We’ve been there to capture some of these machines in all their glory.
Ace all round • Ron Langston won races in all forms of competitive motorsport – ISDT, scrambles and international road-racing – and then went back to his roots and built an Ariel trials outfit, winning multiple championships in the 1960s. That outfit is still going strong…
Métisse and more at Sammy Miller’s • Rickman Day at the Sammy Miller Museum, on the edge of the New Forest, has become a firm favourite with fans of the famous marque.
Picture this • Capturing history in a moment
Barrie Rodgers – trials, scrambles, grass track and road racing legend – 1936-2026 • Barrie Rodgers, whose off-road career started in the 1940s and who was still competing in the 21st century, has died aged 90. Close friend Don Morley pays.
DIRT TALK • Write to us at: ClassicDIRTbike, PO Box99, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6LZ. Or email CDBeditor@mortons.co.uk
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Getting things straight • Things are not quite straight as a die with the little Yamaha and need a little attention…
Feet up on Francis-Barnetts • Pictures from the Mortons Archive Glass Plate Collection
Friendly welcome in the Highlands • Off to Aviemore for: “One of the most unique and enjoyable events in the sport.“
Woodland challenges on the Gerry Holdstock Trial • The Golden Valley MCC Gerry Holdstock Trial is named for the Matchless stalwart whose memorial stone lies deep in the heart of the Cotswold countryside, commemorating the life of the AMC off-road legend.
THE MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS AT BRANDS HATCH, AUGUST 1949 • Britain wins the third Motocross des Nations contest, and the first held on British soil, in a tough fight with Belgium and Sweden.