Sunday January 31st 2021
Sunday, January 31st, 2021A rare pic of John Lampkin on an SWM - he was a brilliant Trials rider, until a bad road accident ended his career - he then became the UK Beta Importer and has done a really good lob in that roll, helping out a lot of the British lads, including his nephew Dougie - Steve Saunders, James Dabill, etc etc - John is one of the best in the Industry. ( Also a good friends with Stan)
Note: John has one finger on the clutch, riding the “New way”
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Roger Boothroyd emailed to say that they still have some of the Books written about the History of the Victoria Motorcycle Club available - check the VMC website for more info:
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Al Dyke posted this pic of his wife sitting on the new estart Xtrack he just picked up from Outlaw - he has also shown another pic of the same bike stripped in Trials trim. I guess you could call this the Family TRS.
Note - both feet on floor - perfect for the shorter rider.
Here it is in Trials trim
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I posted this shot of the long winding hill coming from Osoyoos - because it brought back memories of the many times I traveled this way - heading over to Rock Creek and Grand Forks., - The view point “Pull offs” give the tourist great chances to see both Canada and the USA border. - I always used to look at the surrounding hills , picking out great sections while driving along this hiway -usually with not much traffic.
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So here we are on the last day of January, but I’ve a feeling we haven’t seen the last of Old Man Winter just yet. -We stick pretty close to home these days, with both the Pandemic and weather to consider - yesterday, we watched some Golf from the USA West Coast around San Diego - beautiful sunny day, with hang gliders soaring over the Golf course situated on the cliffs above the Pacific ocean. - Saturday night we always watch “Heartbeat” on the box followed by old reruns of Prime Suspect.
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As we head into Spring - I think that we will see a lot more “Free riding” - small groups getting out in the woods to get exercise and fresh air. - With a Trials bike, you can do this type of riding very easily, with the regular models by carrying some extra gas ( we have the bags available) or pick up one of the great New TRS Xtracks, with the seat and larger fuel tank.
The trials bikes usually, but not always depending on the model - get good fuel mileage - I know that we can do the 30km loop at Summerland on the Beta 200 without filling up.
We also sell quite a few of the Beta Long ride kits for our Beta lovers.- -
With this in mind, I think we will try and post info on our blog, of who is going where in the upcoming Spring news, plus details of snow conditions etc.
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Video selection.>
youtube.com Superstar-Trial 1977 Motorrad-Trial in England 1977
youtube.com Superstar-Trial 1978 Motorrad-Trial in England 1978
youtube.com 1 Trial indoor ciudad San Sebastián 1989. Primera ronda del trial indoor .,
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