Classic Dirt Bike

Room for two

Is it any great revelation the Spanish industry used its trials bikes as a base for a trail machine? No, I don’t suppose it is and the concept is a great way to produce a civilised trail or ‘about town’ machine for not a lot of extra production cost. With the frame, engine, wheels and suspension the same for both the trail and trials version, very little extra was needed to complete the job. Perhaps a slightly larger gearbox sprocket to raise the overall gearing as ultra-slow riding for observed sections wasn’t needed on the trail bike, meant a more relaxed

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