In 2006, that I started thinking that maybe I could find a 1981 Husqvarna 250 XC to restore and replicate my last race bike, one I’d always regretted selling.
Continue ReadingGori, Monty, Beta and TGM!
We recently received an email from a restorer in Belgium, who obviously likes the more unusual brands.
Continue ReadingSuzuki TM 125
I discovered dirt bikes in 1975 courtesy of a friend with a Honda Z50. That first ride led to a lifelong obsession with the off road world, and eventually led to my active involvement in vintage motocross.
Continue ReadingPentaha 125
What do you get when you cross a Yamaha and a Penton? One potent ‘AHRMA legal’ Classic 125!
Continue ReadingHonda CR 250R
I couldn’t have timed it better. When racing as a young lad (too many years ago to remember really) my first real racer was a 1978 Honda CR 250R.
Continue ReadingYamaha TT500
In the 1970`s I was the proud owner of a Suzuki RM 250A and raced at the old Kamagutza track (now the Canberra motorcycle track Pialligo). A few of the other riders had those great thumpers, the TT500 Yamaha.
Continue ReadingMugen 125 ’76
Restoration by Nobby Toledo—USA
Nobby had two of his brilliant red and yellow Mugens featured in Issue 26. He mentioned at the time that he had a few more Mugen projects on the boil and here’s a look at his latest Mugen —a 1976 125.
Continue ReadingSuzuki TS250
You’ve probably heard this before—my wife said for years, “What are you going to do with that old Suzuki motorbike in the garage, you haven’t ridden it since the kids were born in 1989”.
Continue ReadingHonda CR125R 1982
The bike purchased from eBay looked like it had been preserved in a time capsule.
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