Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

Reeding between the lines

The late 1990s was a halcyon period for the Australian motorcycle industry: dirtbike sales were on the up and up and the ADB Thumper Nats was right there, inspiring legions of riders to get in the dirt and do it.

As bike sales prospered, so too did ADB. Increasing sales of the mag and growing demand for advertising were the catalysts for fattening the book. And all those

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