Answer to the last quiz – Gordon Jackson on a Greeves – An unusual mount for him as he made his name riding for AJS, and of course made history, by winning the 1961 Scottish Six Day Trial by losing only one point. – here is that famous “Dab’ captured on film by Motorcycle Mag photographer Peter Howdle and marked down by observer Dave Johnston on the left. -As we have reported earlier Johnston later moved to Canada and had a Montesa dealership in Calgary for a time. – He later worked as a rep for a Chain Company but we lost track of him many years ago.
Here is the story on Dave Johnston in the SSDT 100 year Program
Brett of course got this correct as did Bob
Quiz today – Guess who?
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As we head into the month of April – we look forward to a good riding season, and for a privileged few , this means getting out on a new bike. – Of course, unless you have been living under a rock!! – you will know that because of the tight world economy and a certain moron stateside – money for toys is perhaps not on the top of the list for many. – However! we should mention that sometimes a poor economy may just be a good time to buy, as there are a lot of very good deals out there ( No I’m not talking about the Gas gas/KTM fiasco) – REMEMBER – if you don’t support your local TRIALS dealer – He might not be around when you need that part.
For Outlaw Trialsport things have not changed ( Except for getting older) – For us, putting on Trials events and promoting the sport was and is a way of life – and this is also true of a few others – Mountain Motorcycle, Dave Fair, Don Doerksen are the ONLY Trials dealers out West except for Outlaw. – For them and for us – I say this – It’s not about making money – because in Trials – There isn’t very much.
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I’m posting the picture below, because it was a very special day – It was when Walter Cukavac from Alberta, Outlaw Dave – and Guy Laycraft visited Al Perrett at his Sun Peaks Mountain home. – Al knew his time was limited, but he still insisted on buying us old friends lunch.
We got to know Al Perrett quite well when we raced Cross Country in Alberta – and later we had some wonderful visits at his place in Kamloops where I would make an overnight stop – We would sit in his hot tub and tell stories – he always wanted me to go to race in the desert down South – but I told him he was nuts.
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