The Classic MotorCycle

A brief chat with... Team JAP

The classic motocross scene is an interesting one and it encompasses an almost bewildering range of classes to hopefully ensure all sorts of bikes manage some track time.

There are, of course, those racers and teams which seem to transcend the classes, teams such as Cecil Pearson’s ‘Team JAP’.

With 1930s engines in more modern frames, Cecil’s bikes cover a range of classes but always seem to be at the front.

Talking to Cecil at the recent Drumlanrig Scottish Grand National, he told us the reason for the attraction to JAP

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