1998 TM Enduro 250
Wandering around the paddock at the North East Vinduro event at Lilburn – the first round of the classic enduro British championship – before things got under way, there was lots to see and all manner of bikes being prepped. My attention was caught by this smart TM, looking ready to go and meet whatever the organisers and Northumberland had laid on for it. I have to admit TM is not a make I know a great deal about… the company didn’t, as far as I know, do a trials bike so in the early days my attention was on TM’s more trials-oriented fellow Italian manufacturers.
As I was doing the journalist bit… y’know what I mean… wondering about the paint thickness and what the finishes are on the washers, that sort of thing, it dawned on me the flats on the fasteners were in pretty good condition for a dirt bike its age. It had to be at least 25 years old or it wouldn’t have been eligible for the
