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Mornin’ bloggers – with quite a lot of Bultaco news posted lately thought I would show this old pic of me, from 1970 at a Trial in Lethbridge AB – my very first event on that Ex Terry Porter bike – it took some getting used to after riding British bikes -shifter on other side… Continue reading Thursday August 27th/26

==================================== Answer to the last quiz – Harry McKay,- Jim Fracy,- Walt Healy, a pic I took of them in Scotland back in 1992. Both Brett and Bob got that quickly, as did Stan. =========================================== Quiz today. Who is this and where????? ============================================ As all our bloggers know – things in the Motorcycle Industry are… Continue reading Wednesday August 26th/26

Mornin’ bloggers – Here we are heading into the last full week of August, and still faced with the fire hazard and hot dry weather. – That is why I used this header pic of a day early this year out Westside on my TRS 125 on a beautiful day – just as well we… Continue reading Tuesday August 25th/26

=================================== Answer to the last quiz – Claude Cutard – – only Brett got that Quiz today – Who are these young guys? ====================================== Not much news to report today – but did come across this neat pic of Pete Bustin with is old BMW Sidecar outfit – still running strong. =========================================== It’s been reported… Continue reading Monday August 24th/26

The best news today – The big storm last night – the rain hammered down for quite sometime – we just hope any lightning fires got jumped on quickly We have chatted a lot about Summerland lately because of the fires – and our long history of Outlaw Trials run at that location – We… Continue reading Sunday August 23rd/26

=========================================== Mornin’ bloggers – another weekend here, and yes still hot in the Valley – so no riding for the for-seeable future, unless we get a lot of rain – strange to think that in my early riding years in Wales, we nearly always wore a small white towel around our neck inside the top… Continue reading Saturday August 22nd/26

Mornin’ bloggers – Welcome to another edition of our daily chat. Results of CMA National Championship. Congrats to all- especially to our own Katie Mcgee. – YES Katie rides an Outlaw Beta !!!!! Well done Katie, you have shown both class, and courage competing at a very high level. Interestingly enough, we just sold Katie’s… Continue reading Friday August 21st/26

===================================== Mornin’ bloggers, hope you all coping in these trying times, what with the heat, the fires, the poor economy – and yes that guy in the White house. ======================================== Answer to the last quiz – Helmut Klassen and Mick Andrews enjoying a laugh at the Ormstown Classic event a few years ago. Not a… Continue reading Thursday August 20th/26

Mornin’ bloggers – Another day and the same old story I’m afraid in the weather picture!! ( Although they do say we may have a drop of rain at the weekend) We had a lot of people comment on our blog re’ the old memories, so above is another one, showing me on the really… Continue reading Wednesday August 19th/26

With all the panic going on these days regarding Forest fires, I decided to check out some old boxes of stuff from back when I used to type out a monthly newsletter, get it copied and then mailed out to all our Kelowna Trials club members – that took a lot of work, but it… Continue reading Tuesday August 18th/26