THE ISDE is on this week in Chile - But no Canadian Teams are entered.  You can follow the results by clicking on to the Enduro 21 site.

Day three of the ISDE dawned early with a fresh set of challenging tests for riders in Chile. The fast three at the front of the field, Daniel Milner, Taylor Robert and Daniel Sanders again set the benchmarks and traded test wins – Milner now takes the overall lead.

Australia now lead the World Trophy class by 3m:23s from USA with Italy running at the sharp end despite a fuel issue in test six for Alex Salvini which cost him a hefty nine minutes.

The Italians continue to boss the Juniors Trophy category by almost three and half minutes now from USA but France are coming knocking on the American door in third.

Tayla Jones continues to bully the Women’s class but Brandy Richards ran her close at the end of day three. The Australian Women’s team now have over six minutes on France.

Dust was again a problem, causing test four to be cancelled. The Trophy riders also had an extended time gap for test five due to dust – two riders per minute.

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The photo above shows the opening of my local Motorcycle shop in Oswestry, back in 1953  - I am looking through the window on the left ( kid in raincoat) - I used to hang around there a lot and bought a couple of my competition bikes from Roy (  guy standing on far right - he finished 3rd in the Senior TT one year- the guy in the middle Bill Doran was a Norton Factory rider)

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Steve Saunders posted this nice pic of the new 2019 TRS  He just got a shipment of 31 which will be going out to dealers.  We expect the Canadian shipment to be available within a couple of weeks. - If you want one, better shout up to go on the list - same applies for the 2019 Beta Evo.  - You snooze, you lose.

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Here is a nice “Trialsy” pic of Albert Cabestany in a typical Trials section - love those Autumn colors.

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As we check the weather forecast for signs of snow - our hearts go out to those poor folk in California, who have suffered such a terrible loss.  - Without a doubt, the danger of Wild Fires has been brought home to many in Western Canada over the past few years, with the 2003 Kelowna fire and the Fort Mac Fire. - It was a miracle that nobody lost their life in either of these.

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It’s Guy Fawkes Day in England today

Sorry but I’m feeling pretty rough still after a sick weekend - so hope to catch up on the blog tomorrow.

Dai

Bernie Schreiber recently got to test ride some modern bikes in Europe - Here he is on the Beta Evo 300. - practicing his famous “Floater” turns.

===========================================< We picked up the medals for the Brown Memorial Trial next weekend - As usual, our gal Kathie at Five-star Trophies has done a terrific job.

I’m afraid I’m a bit on the sick list at the moment - dental issues plus a head cold, have knocked me about for the past couple of days - unfortunately the dental work will be going on for quite some time, so please excuse the rather short reports some days. ( I can’t stay on the computer or watch TV for very long)

( Could not have come at a worse time)

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BREAKING NEWS.

Young UK rising star Toby Martyn has signed to ride a Factory Beta for 2019. under the John Lampkin banner - Toby recently beat Established British Champion James Dabill, who is also on the Beta Team

Should be interesting.

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And just in case somebody missed this !!!!  - Pic was taken up on Bear Ridge in the early spring as the snow is still on the ground.

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In Malasia, Marquez was on pole but got penalized so it will be Yamaha Team Mates Zarco and Rossi who will lead the pack away from the start tomorrow.  - Jorge Lorenzo tried to ride, but with his wrist still a problem, will sit this one out

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Most people know that we have been selling Wulf gear out of the UK for a very long time - made in Scotland the riding gear is absolutely  top quality - I still see riders out there in gear that we sold back in 1995 the first year we Imported it. ( Obviously not great for the dealer but do genuine Trials dealers really care about that?)  A guy by the name of Bill Brown runs Wulfsport out of the Lake District in the UK - He drives a Rolls Royce, and doesn’t care what anybody thinks of him - He has promoted Maico in the European MX series for many years. - We at Outlaw, stock all the Wulf Trials gear and can get anything that they sell - MX - Enduro - Speedway ? - We would rate this company as the the number one that we like to deal with in the UK  - We order tonight - we get it it 4 days !!!!!!!!!!   - Nobody ( Other than Mountain Motorcycle) have given us that service.

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Our old buddy Chris Hrabb, stopped by yesterday, so we grabbed some lunch, down at Squires Pub, & chatted about all the latest things happening -  He picked up parts for some of the Revy crew. and some Opti Oil for both his TRS Trials bike and his Husky Enduro.

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It looks like it might be a wet weekend in the Valley !!!!!!!!

Check out this pic of the Moto Guzzi and read the info: on the amazing  Road racer - I saw the 500cc V8 edition,  being raced in the  1957 TT at the Isle of Man- Bill Lomas used to attend some functions at the Club I belonged to in Oswestry. Shropshire, back in the 1950’s - The very popular,  Fergus Anderson was killed racing. - Moto Guzzi along with other Italian factories, pulled out of racing after 1957.  - The “Dustbin” fairings, were later “Outlawed” because they were considered dangerous in windy conditions.
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I posted this pic for “Wheelie Wednesday” - it shows the old guy back around 1985 on the TY at Bear Ridge. - Still a few patches of snow.  I think that is Harry McKay in the background. - Harry went back to Scotland, and became a very successful builder, now married with two small children, who are riding Trials on their small Oset Electric bikes.   We still keep in touch.

Looking down the road to the weekend - the only Trial I see on the Calendar is the Victoria Club Event - details can be seen on Trials Canada.

For the Road Race Fans, it will be the Sepang Moto GP this weekend - the fight is now on for 2nd place, in the Championship.
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Here is a video for the Retro fans
Retro Trial Park

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Another bit of Retro: - This time a pic of Mick Andrews with the Prototype Mono-shock of 1975 - Mick is holding the  shock absorber, which was basically the same as on the YZ models  - very long which on the Trials bike was a weight issue. - Mick rode it (and won) the Scottish - but brought his stock bike to Calgary for the FIM later that year.  - We chatted a lot over the years about working with the Japanese, and some of the problems encountered. ( many times they just didn’t listen)

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Well, as expected, my visit to the dentist looks like it will be both time consuming, painful, and expensive.!!

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Just saw this great pic of Jordi - Now THAT is Trials riding.

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