Answer to the last quiz – 100year old John Penton – the guy who brought KTM dirt bikes to the States and called them Pentons.- quite a few got that one – it was Helmut Klassen and his buddy Max – who later brought KTM to Canada.
Quiz today. Who is this rider?
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It was in 1975, that the FIM decided to make the European Trials Championship into a “World” Championship – here are the results from that first year in the UK – Just like the one we put on in Alberta, later that year, there were a ton of club riders who went head to head with the top experts of the day. – That is not the case today – just the cost of competing in the series is mind boggling and the circus type acrobatics required to even ride some of the sections, is certainly questionable. – Check out the scores!! Remember back then everybody rode the same line in the sections. ( Still that way at the Scottish Six Day Trial)
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1975 was also the year that crash helmets became mandatory for Trials
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We got to browsing the You tube channel last night – watched more from the ISDE before they go into the final day.
After that I stumbled across some video clips from the AMA Hall of Fame, with Malcolm Smith telling stories – what a great guy he was – did you know he was born on Saltspring Island BC?
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