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====================================== Answer to the last quiz – Rob Sartin (JCM) in Scotland – His Dad was the man behind Renthal sprockets. – Bob, Brett, Roger got it. Quiz today -Who can name all these Scramble and Trials riders. ============================================ Yesterday we mentioned about the history of Beta Motorcycles and we are lucky to still have… Continue reading Tuesday April 14th/26

============================================ Sunday was a very laid back day – watching the Masters golf, as I have related before it’s a game which I have never tried, but I think it is quite similar to trials because of the mental approach. – A real test around a long loop without making too many mistakes. I was… Continue reading Monday April 13th/26

========================================== We did not post a quiz question yesterday – but the answer to the previous one was Johnny Draper and his sister married the late Jeff Smith – a few of our regular bloggers got that one. – Sadly we have lost Harlow who was always in quickly with the answers. Quiz today. Who… Continue reading Sunday April 12th/26

Today we will post our impressions of the all new Beta Trials bike – yes the Sincro really is All new , and it’s a beauty. After uncrating the new bike, we spent some time checking out the different aspects over the long established Evo model – the frame, engine in fact it appears only… Continue reading Saturday April 11th/26

Answer to the last quiz ( we think) is Adam Norris on the TY Yamaha in the 1993 Scottish – the section is Fersit !! nobody got it. ( I was there but did not take that pic) – That was the day I twisted my knee badly on the long hike up to that… Continue reading Friday April 10th/26

============================================ Answer to the last quiz – Mike McCabe USA – first Yank to ride the Scottish – a pic I took in 1972. – No correct answers and yes we will miss Harlow who posted daily, and who likely would have got that. Quiz today. Who is this? and where? =========================================== I saw this… Continue reading Thursday April 9th/26

=========================================== Well our Beta shipment arrived yesterday – a week late but at least we have the bikes – the new Sincro 200 looks awesome and feels very light – we will be out to test it at the weekend. =========================================== We have had quite a few people emailing and phoning with condolences regarding our… Continue reading Wednesday April 8/26

============================================ We hope all our bloggers had a good weekend – the Naramata Trial went well, with a good turn out – I attended on Sunday, but just stayed around camp as walking any distance for me is not possible these days. – However I did get to chat to a lot of old friends… Continue reading Tuesday April 7th/26

We start our blog today with the sad news that we have lost one of our longtime friends and Trials enthusiast Harlow Rankin who passed away suddenly on April 4th. As one of our regular bloggers – Harlow was always in touch on a daily basis and had a very long history regarding Trials and… Continue reading Easter Monday 26.

Let me start this Sunday Blog by thanking you all for the nice birthday wishes you sent to our Babsy – she really appreciated that, and we had a really nice birthday party at our daughters to celebrate. =========================================== Answer to the last quiz ( which I thought was easy ) was Dan Thorpe –… Continue reading Sunday April 5th/26