Classic Dirt Bike

Kick-starting sport again

Amid spikes and troughs of pandemic news, when official advice changed by the hour, there was much speculation ofand having as many people jabbed as possible? The answer is yes: aided by organising bodies’ interpretation of said advice, motorcycle sport happened. Okay, a trial is probably the easiest of our disciplines to meet the criteria, followed perhaps by enduros – both sports generally don’t attract the sorts of crowds which would cause infection transmission scares – then MX, where part of the thing involves spectators. So, diligent organisers stepped up to the mark, precautions were taken and a different problem arose… how to fit all the 2020 postponed events into a very short 2021 season before the 2022 season starts… sorry, I don’t have the answer to such a problem, nor of how to get along to all these events. Instead, here’s a selection of events we did get along to…

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