Classic Dirt Bike

The summer of ’73…

…he took avirtually obsolete motorcycle and transformed it into a thoroughly competitive and celebrated motocross machine. The CCM name lives on today…

Remember the heady days of 1973? Frank Spencer was running amok on TV, ‘Ooh, Betty!’, Austin’s Allegro had hit the streets and Sunderland beat Leeds United to win the FA Cup. A time of long, lank hair, Budgie jackets and flares, though for many motocross fans it will best be remembered as the year of the ‘Four-stroke Revival’.

Jeff Smith and BSA

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