JD's Shout

What a great opener! (and a I don’t mean the bottle opener) Published: 07th January 2009 Editor, JD, took-in Sheffield last weekend and now he has a new belief in the sport that he loves, plus he mourns the death of a couple of golden oldies...

Happy new year folks! Published: 02nd January 2009 JD, another year older and, hopefully, wiser looks back to the stone age, when bikes were bikes...

It’s going to be Tough in 2009! Published: 18th December 2008 The Tough One, that is, and Sheffield, Hawkstone, Liverpool and a host of other fantastic events...

2’s company - 3’s a crowd Published: 11th December 2008 This week JD tells us it’s trials, trials and even more trials, he looks at the ACU’s decision to break the trial mould into three classes...

It was a blast from the past Published: 04th December 2008 JD’s been to the other show, at the NEC, and is happy to report more sightings of real bikes...

A bike for all seasons Published: 26th November 2008 JD looks into the Scorpa T-Ride model and what it could achieve...

It was a time for optimism Published: 19th November 2008 Editor JD went to the Dirt Bike Show last week and found that life wasn’t all doom and gloom...

Bigger is not always better Published: 13th November 2008 JD takes his hat off to small manufacturers who give us the diversity that the sport thrives on...

A Grand MX3 idea Gareth! Published: 06th November 2008 Come Easter 2009 Gareth Hockey is holding a MX3 Grand Prix at Hawkstone Park, but it’s much more than that...

It really was a great night in! Published: 30th October 2008 Unlike certain runners, we stayed dry and had a grand time, including the Scottish gentleman(?)...

Now this is a real trial! Published: 23rd October 2008 JD’s been to the Scott and this week he tells us why it’s one of THE events on the calendar...

We are all in testing times Published: 16th October 2008 While the world around us is crumbling in the so-called ‘Credit Crunch’, JD goes off on a jolly, a bike test to be precise - or that’s what they think in the office... but who cares!

So what was the problem? Published: 09th October 2008 JD attempts to clear up the confusion regarding the ‘outside assistance’ given to James Stewart...

This is what it’s all about Published: 02nd October 2008 JD enthuses about his weekend at the Nations where he got an idea of how the other half lives...

Trials setting the standards Published: 25th September 2008 With Gas Gas having set the pace with their all-new 2009 model, Beta are right behind with the revolutionary EVO...

We stand on our own feet Published: 18th September 2008 JD, after avoiding hurricane Ike during his break in the USA, re-visits the question: Does racing still improve the breed?

Once a biker – always a biker Published: 11th September 2008 This week JD asks what makes us feel good every time we get on a bike...could it be an age thing?

T+MX will be there for you Published: 04th September 2008 JD is still rattling on about the Olympics and how much money they waste compared to our own sport which gets jack s**t!

It’s a Lottery - but it isn’t! Published: 28th August 2008 With the Olympics already just a memory editor JD takes a quick look at where your money went.. SO has everyone been glued to the screen watching the Olympics 12-hours a day for the last fortnight? Me neither.

Let’s look at the positives Published: 21st August 2008 This issue, Editor JD reflects on a week that highlighted the very best in off-road sport – Kendal Classic club’s cracking Nostalgia week...