David thorpe biography

David Thorpe won the FIM World Motocross Championship in , and

BY JIM KIMBALL

DAVID, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR INTEREST IN MOTORCYCLES CAME FROM YOUR FATHER, RIGHT?

Yes. When dad was in the Army, he rode he got out, he started to do Scrambling on a local level. Scrambling was quite popular in the UK in the late s and early s.

SO THAT SPURRED YOUR INTEREST IN MOTORCYCLES? I was born in , and my mom told me that I used to get taken to watch the races, and I showed a keen interest.

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Soon my little trike I had when I was 1-year-old turned into a two-wheeler. When I turned 3, my dad and his friend made a small homemade bike, because in those days you could not go to the shop and buy a bike for a small child.

My dad taught me how to ride, and it progressed from there. When I was 5 years old, Schoolboy Scrambling was just starting. I started to do some local races, and we never looked back.

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