Motorcycle Scrambles!

15 years ago

Pics: Courtesy Jim Scaysbrook

Old school racing. You’ve got to love the tenacity and sheer determination these blokes had racing back in the day. Just look at the gear they’re wearing and bikes they’re riding! You think you’d be slapping on some leather and putting your foot over one of those bikes to race motocross? This is the Scrambles event, held at Elsworth, Cambs, in 1956.

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Scrambled Beginnings Transmoto Issue 7 Extras

It’s been a century since the marriage of mud and motorcycles resulted in the sport we now know as motocross. But what was it like in the beginning? It was full of ‘Headache handshake’ starts, rough bikes and even rougher looking rider protection, but these guys still put their heads down, pulled the throttle back and made motocross history…

Scrambled Beginnings Opener

Transmoto Issue 7 Cover

Transmoto Issue 7
On-Sale February 16 to March 22

Chocked full of goodies…

  • Dakar Pictorial
  • Chad Reed’s Ride
  • 10 Best Bike Buys
  • Tested: 2011 TMs
  • How to: Jumping
  • Silver City Slickers
  • Coming to America

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