Could Britain's Dave Thorpe hang onto the 500cc World Motocross title? Could Kawasaki oust the mighty Honda? Could the development of suspension be taken any further?

Those were some of the questions awaiting answers as the 1986 motocross season commenced. This video picks out the best of the action from around the tracks and paddocks of the world series, with the calm Thorpe addressing himself to a variety of reasons why his 1985 crown should not go elsewhere twelve months later. Dave Thorpe, Erik Geboers, Andre Malherbe, Georges Jobe and a host of others pushed themselves to the very limit of physical endurance in this all action review.