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Motocross Action brings to you their over 40 years of history testing and riding dirt bikes. This column is all about nostalgic motocross bike over the years. Many of the dirt bikes you will find are from the late Tom White’s Early Years of Motocross Museum. You will find everything from Harley Davidson to Hodaka to Bultaco dirt bikes from the glory years of motocross.

CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: JODY WEISEL’S 1974 HODAKA 125 SUPER COMBAT

Jul 12, 2020

Make no mistake about it, there are still a few Hodaka parts left on this Super Combat
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 PUCH MC250 TWIN-CARB HARRY EVERTS REPLICA

Jul 8, 2020

"I placed my order with the Puch factory and got a message that they were no longer going to be in the motocross business. I should have never returned the test bikes."
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1960 AERMACCHI 250 CROSS

Jul 7, 2020

Way before Harley-Davidson went racing with Sonny Defeo, Rex Staten or Rich Eierstedt in the AMA Nationals, they were carving up Italy in 1960
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE 1992 CZ 125MX

Jul 5, 2020

CZ was positive that there was someone out there who would buy the 1992 CZ 125MX, there was but that was back in 1976
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1966 HUSQVARNA 360 VIKING

Jul 3, 2020

Husky used its 250cc development program to launch the 1966 Husqvarna 360 Viking. The Open class Husky was based on Torsten Hallman's 250.
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1965 RICKSSON 360

Jul 1, 2020

Based on the most popular Husqvarna entry-level bike in Swedish history and ridden to fame by Arne Kring, the Ricksson is virtually unknown outside of Sweden
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 SUZUKI RM370

Jun 27, 2020

Suzuki used every bit of ingenuity gleaned from backyard mechanics, the latest information and lessons learned from previous failures
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: PEARSON/RICKMAN JAP 600

Jun 27, 2020

J.A.P was a British Speedway engine from the 1930 that got its name from the initials of designer John Alfred Prestwich
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MXA RETRO TEST: COMPLETE TEST OF THE 2005 HONDA CR250 TWO-STROKE

Jun 22, 2020

The 2005 CR250 should have dug a trench at low rpm, but instead of going "braapp" it went "wahhhhh." On the positive side, it's no longer a "wah, wah, wah" engine, just one "wah" in '05
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1959 MONARK 500 MOTOCROSS

Jun 16, 2020

The Albin-powered Monark has the most unique history of any motocross bike ever made — it lived two lives
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BIKES YOU NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1957 CZ WALTER TYPE 852

Jun 15, 2020

Designed by Jaroslav Walter, the 1957 CZ Walter was built during CZ's four-stroke era before they switched to two-strokes
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 BULTACO 360 EL BANDIDO

Jun 6, 2020

Reliability problems. Spanish metal. Added weight. Not popular. That's why most El Bandidos ended up in junk yards
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 2004 HAYES M1030-M1 DIESEL-POWERED KAWASAKI

Jun 4, 2020

The U.S. Marine Corps bike that owes a bike thanks to Danny LaPorte, Bruce McDougal and Chuck Bowers
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 BULTACO MK360 PURSANG

May 31, 2020

Power wasn't outstanding, but thanks to the low seat height and slack head angle, the Pursang was a sliding fool
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1978 ANCILLOTTI CRH 125

May 26, 2020

Ernesto begat Gualtiero, who spawned Alberto and Piero, and the rest of the family played a part in Ancillotti motorcycles
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1962 BSA 500 CATALINA SCRAMBLER

May 20, 2020

After Feets Minert's Catalina victory, BSA named the Gold Star DBD34 the "Catalina Scrambler" and added the mods that Feets used at the island race
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: THE FRENCH-MADE BPS 125 ELAN & PORTAL TRELLIS FRAME

May 16, 2020

A group of four started the BPS brand, but a disagreement sent two of them off to build a competing motorcycle marque
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 AJS 250 STORMER

May 14, 2020

In the 1970s, AJS, Matchless, Norton, Villiers, BSA and Triumph were combined into the Norton-Villiers Group — AJS was saddled with aging Villiers Starmaker engine
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1974 GUAZZONI MATTA CROSS 50

May 12, 2020

By building small displacement dirt and street bikes, a whole generation of future Italian and World Champions got their first taste of racing a motorcycle on a Guazzoni
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 PENTON 125 SIX DAYS

May 12, 2020

From its humble start, Penton became a powerhouse, offering the 100 Berkshire, 125 Six Day, 175 Jackpiner and 250 Hare Scrambler
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1992 YAMAHA WR500: HOW THE “AIR HAMMER” BECAME THE “MAYTAG”

May 10, 2020

Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start tool late
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WHEN GIANTS ROAMED THE EARTH & IRON MEN RODE THEM

May 9, 2020

You should read this a compelling story about the history of first works bikes—Monark, Lito & Husqvarna
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“THE WORST BIKES I EVER RACED” BY JODY WEISEL

May 7, 2020

You gotta read this, it's the dark version of motocross bike history
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: 1966 LITO X-CAM ALUMINUM 500 CROSS

May 7, 2020

When Lito's Kaj Bornebusch was approached by famous motorcycle designer Folke Mannerstedt with a totally new idea for a motocross bike, he couldn't say no
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: THE SPANISH-MADE ANVIAN 125

May 2, 2020

And even if you had seen one before, you would have had to look quick because it changed its name right in the middle of its 7-year run
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1975 HONDA CR125 “RED STRIPE” ELSINORE

Apr 29, 2020

The popularity of the first CR125, known as the “Green Striper,” fueled interest in the 1975 CR125 “Red Striper” when Honda changed the color of the stripe on top of the tank for 1975 from Army green to red
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: THE FUEL-INJECTED MOTO VILLA FV125 TWO-STROKE

Apr 25, 2020

Well, you could have seen them if you were related to Francesco and Walter — who have a Ducati, Montesa, Aermacchi, Harley-Davidson or vintage Moto Villa
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 RICKMAN METISSE MK. IV BSA B44

Apr 16, 2020

The Rickman brothers’ marketing plan was simple. They would race the bikes on Sunday and sell them on Monday—the Westlake 490 conversion was a bonus
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1972 ZUNDAPP MC 125 DETONATOR

Apr 15, 2020

That may seem like a strange name for a motocross bike, but Zundapp was a company that started life as a producer of detonators (the devices used to set bombs off)
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1967 NORTON 750 P11 SCRAMBLER

Apr 11, 2020

A Matchless frame, Norton Atlas engine, Bob Blair idea & Mike Patrick talent turn this Frankenstein hybrid into a winning machine—albeit for a very short time
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