9 Photo: Ray Daniel
Mr Smith goes to Telford... As you may have read in previous issues of Classic Dirt Bike, twice world MX champion Jeff Smith has been working on a book about his hectic motorcycling life. If you’ve managed to read this before the event, or visited Telford for the CDB show, you may have managed to see Jeff and his co-writer and our columnist Ian Berry. Jeff is noted as an entertaining and eloquent speaker with a fund of tales from a lifetime of motorcycling, beginning even before his apprenticeship at BSA. Jeff’s motorcycling influence carried on after BSA closed and he went to Can-Am to develop its MX and enduro machines. He was also a leading figure in the North American classic dirt bike scene. We understand a corner of the Lampkin Beta stand is being devoted to Jeff so if you read this in time, pop along, get your copy and have it signed too. The book is available through www.motorsportx.com
New tracks and new club add to NTA season The National Twinshock Association has now issued its dates for the coming year, with a couple of new tracks added to the calendar and a new club stepping up, with the Warsop MXC running at Bevercotes, Ollerton, Notts. As usual there are twinshock classes for everyone, and Evolution classes for 125 and Open bikes, plus a Veterans class for Over 40s on any bike.
Northern power... The presentation for last year’s Northern British Bike Championship was due to be held at the Telford International Centre during the Classic Dirt Bike Show. The Northern British Bike Championship trials are traditional events with a little bit of roadwork, just like trials used to be and CDB has been proud to be associated with the event. We’re title sponsor along with RockOil and join other sponsors for the series RockShocks, Venhill, Trials UK, Audit, Villiers Services and AW Race Engineering in supporting the best of the pre65 scene. Entry forms are out for the first round of the 2018 series, go
Ken Sourbutts in action on his beloved Montesa. Ken is the former spannerman for Bob Wright, and now head honcho for the Lancashire Twinshock Club.
April 1 May 5
Cumbria TSC at Polesworth, Staffs. Cumbria TSC Matt Murphy Memorial at Hawkstone Park. May 27 Warsop MXC at Bevercotes, Ollerton, Notts. June 17 Lancashire TSC – Venue TBC. July 22 Cumbria TSC at The Grange, Tern Hill, Shropshire. September 1-2 Cumbria TSC Festival of Legends at Hawkstone Park. September 22-23 Cumbria TSC at Howton Court, Pontrilas. Bill McKeown tackles the last group in the Stanhope Classic Trial.
to the championship website at www.northernbritish bikechampionship.co.uk or if you receive this before Telford, see the lads at the event.
Registrations for the series are now open and filling up fast, and you can get your forms by either emailing geoff.shuttleworth121@outlook.com or from the National Twinshock Association website – nationaltwinshock.co.uk If reading this before Telford, the NTA will have a stand at the CDB Show, where you will be able to chat all things twinshock, and see for yourselves what is coming up.