Sunday January 28th/24

Answer to the last Quiz – Lane Leavitt on Laggan Locks in Scotland

Correct response very quickly from Stan in Mexico – followed by Brett and Pete Varey.

Quiz today – Who is this rider just joining the “Over the bars Club” yes it’s a Canadian pic -Snow.

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The Motorcycle Mojo booth at the Edmonton bike show – Emily looking a bit tired and no wonder , – I know only too well what it takes to do shows from one end of the Country to the other !!

Unfortunately a lot of people are posting that these shows are disappointing and a waste of money – I recall back in my Yamaha days, one of the organizers stopped by to chat, asked what I thought of the show -after all we had been doing this “same old” stuff for a lot of years. – I told him that they needed to put some special reason for attracting visitors – not “Same old-same old” – – I know that Yamaha listened at least, and brought Bob Hannah and Broc Glover to the next one – that was popular. – As I see it, there has to be a a good reason for spending money to walk around especially when these days, most new models are already on the dealers floor early the previous year.

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And here is the bike that ended the British bike dominance in Trials – Sammy Miller’s 1965 Bultaco Sherpa T ( remember the radial cylinder head?) After that everybody wanted a Bultaco.

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Yes this is the place in Wales with that very long name – I can also pronounce that -( not many can)

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