Classic Dirt Bike Show 2022 The timelines in magazine production can throw up some quirky situations such as this being written a couple of weeks before the Hagon Shocks-backed Classic Dirt Bike Show at the Telford International Centre, yet it is likely you could be reading it after the show when the magazine drops through your letterbox. Of course, you could have picked it up at the show, attracted by the KTM GS250 Enduro on the cover and actually in the metal on our stand and are reading it while enjoying a cup of coffee in the halls. After the pandemic-induced uncertainty of the last couple of years, when shows were postponed, events cancelled and not just our sporting life disrupted there were glimmers of hope of some normality. The first sign was confirmation that the show was actually going ahead which even up until Christmas just gone wasn’t certain. Hoops were jumped through, regulations met and conditions agreed for the indoor gathering to happen, then the regulations were relaxed a bit to allow a bit more freedom but the advice still is to stay safe. Okay, what is there to see or what did you see? Did you catch the presentations for the CDB/AMCA MX championship on stage? Or were you there when Arthur Browning and Derrick Edmondson were
See our stunning cover bike on our stand then read about it in the mag.
being interviewed about their incredible off-road careers at the top end of motorcycle sport? Perhaps the packed trade area was your reason for being at the show and you were scouring the stands for something vital to ensure your season – be it trials, enduro or MX – gets off to a fine start. Did you see the incredible find of genuine Eighties
Derrick Edmondson in action at the Highland Classic Two-Day Trial on Alvie Estate.
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trials gear on former show owner Alan Wright’s stand? Rooting about in his attic Alan found a box… peeked in and there were brand new Ellegren riding shirts and orange and lemon Fantic trials helmets! Did you part with the asked-for amount for a piece of history? Rumour had it Wrighty was going to part with them for the original Eighties price… It could be you’ve been inspired by past shows and determined to have your rebuild on show in the private entry lineup where all sorts of competition bikes are on display, their owners hoping their efforts will catch the judge’s eye and be deemed Best in Show. One of the best things about the show though is just catching up with mates you only see at the show. This will be much more poignant in 2022 as the gap since the last one is almost two years.
Arthur Browning tells Sammy Miller how it is.
