Classic Dirt Bike

YOUNG GUNS Having some fun

PART ONE

The schoolboy movement of the late Sixties revolutionised the sport of motocross and a few years down the line would produce world champions in Graham Noyce, Neil Hudson and Dave Thorpe. But long before these superstars materialised, tearaway teenagers had been making their mark in the sport, much to the annoyance of the established stars of the day.

One such youngster was future double world champion, Jeff Smith. Having made his mark as a trials rider and captured the first of two ACU Stars in 1953 at

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