Birthday Greetings today to our own Babsy, who has been around the sun quite a few times now!! (87) -Outlaw would not have survived without her. She still remembers lots of our bloggers by name. – the pic below shows Babs with our Norton dominator while on our Italian Tour in 1963. – Happy Birthday Sweetheart.
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Answer to the last quiz – Swedish rider Thore Evertson a regular at the Scottish for many years – Brett, Bob, Harlow, and Roger Boothroyd got it. plus later – Pete from OZ. and later again Stan.
Quiz today – Who is this?
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Only Steve O’Rorke picked up on the April 1st mistake – It was not 1968 that Bultaco closed the doors it was 1978. ( I think)
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Easter weekend is always a really hectic one for Motorcycle Sport in the UK – The Sid Morton Trial kicked things off – with 78 starters and 17 DNF – yes a tough day in bad weather.
Also the Lomax Cup Trial on Easter Sunday, has been going now in Wales for longer than I can remember – I have reported earlier how that was the only National Trial I ever competed in. – but here is a pic I took one year of Multi-time winner Sammy Miller on one of the difficult sections called “Heartbreak Hill” it had 3 subsections as I recall, very steep. and yes I remember I “Fived” one.
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We had a visit from buddy Gerry yesterday – he is heading to Naramata this weekend to ride his first ever Trial – we chatted about what he might expect, but likely the best advice I gave him was about walking the sections so he knew which way to go – the trials these days in Canada, have quite a few classes, all following different lines so it’s very important to study these before riding – going the wrong side of a colored marker means a “5” – and we have seen this happen a lot. – If you see Gerry say Hi!! . – As we have said more than once – for newcomers to the sport that first event is often either a “Maker” or a “breaker” and if they don’t enjoy themselves they rarely come back. – Below is Gerry out practicing with us – Good luck buddy!!
Also finally if you or somebody breaks something today and need parts – be sure to phone us at 250-545-6139 leave a message (let it ring 6 times) – I plan on being there tomorrow Sunday.
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Finally – Just noticed quite a few others have birthdays today – Hugh Simpson and Donna Lalonde plus Eddie Lejeune – Happy birthday to you all
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