Original and unrestored

The title of this feature may bring to mind a series we ran some years ago, a series which featured unrestored survivors in the dirt bike world. We thought it had run its course but this current pandemic has forced a rethink - for CDB and the sport. Bikes we were hoping to feature can't be done because of lockdown, so we're revisiting original and untouched motorcycles.

Such machines have somehow avoided the mods we all made in the day to make the bike better, maybe because the factory came up with a new tip or the sport changed and required a different riding style, or maybe just a simple fashion change. Often though, the biggest reason followed an incident in an event - I doubt I'm the only one with a selection of handlebars with more bends in them than the manufacturer intended.

However, the fact remains there are machines which survive whatever is thrown