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As forecast – The snow hit the Valley yesterday – and it looks like it’s here for a while!! Glad I got my deliveries up and down the Valley done Thursday & Friday. =========================================== Answer to the Friday Quiz #1 the Yamaha is a 1963 model – only Bob Clark got that one – I… Continue reading Sunday December 10th/23

Answer to the Friday Quiz – The Kelowna pic was taken in 1930 Not surprisingly – nobody got this (Ha Ha) ======================================= This pic was taken on Friday December 8th – 2016 – the view from our back porch – but it could have been 2023 – because the weather has been fantastic for the… Continue reading Saturday December 9th/23

Answer to the Thursday quiz – rider is the late Ron Harvey of Calgary riding his Bultaco Matador at Chestermere Lake. Ron was one of the first people I met when I joined the Calgary Motorcycle club, and did actually let me have a ride on that bike one day while we were at Blackfoot… Continue reading Friday December 8th/23

Quiz – Who what bike – where? – hint an Alberta pic which I took in 1970. Answer to the Wednesday quiz – Steve McQueen – Brett-Harlow- Pete Varey -Cam Whiffing -all got it , plus Greg Raybeck and Peter from OZ. – It was reported that McQueen hid himself away in the desert as… Continue reading Thursday December 7th/23

Yesterday we mentioned that Jordi and TRS will be doing more promoting for the young kids in 2024 – and this poster put out by Yamaha back in the 1970’s – really proved that the Japanese Factory were listening back then – there is no doubt that a whole new generation of Trials riders got… Continue reading Wednesday December 6th/23

Well TRS have made it official – they have signed Aniol Gelabert for the next three seasons, to replace Adam Raga – Here is Jordi shaking hands with the new lad. – While it will be interesting to see how the new recruit makes out, we can’t help but feel for Adam Raga, who was… Continue reading Tuesday December 5th/23

An old Advert for Castrol printed in the British weekly Motorcycling Magazine – Did you know that Burmah Castrol of the UK – bought the German Optimol factory about 25 years ago? We have always imported our Optimol ( called just Opti) from Interlube International USA -(Since 1987) who make the product under license. =================================… Continue reading Monday December 4th/23

Answer to the Saturday Quiz – Steve Colley -(Beta) section is Craig Lundie – at the 1992 Scottish Six Days — Stan got it correct. ( He is in California today) – He emailed to say he had a good ride at that section in 2013 but not so good in 2017. Steve Troupe posted… Continue reading Sunday December 3rd/23

Yes we had the first snowfall on our front yard yesterday. It all melted pretty quick and we can only hope that the Ski hills up top get more. Answer to the quiz from yesterday – Not easy from the pic – The rider is Neil Carter – long time trials promotor in Ontario. on… Continue reading Saturday December 2nd/23

We saw this printed on FB – and thought it quite funny, but sadly it also hosts a lot of truth. Lee Kay The issue is quite a misunderstanding. When motorcycles were 100 kg and had basically on/off clutches a “stop” was in reality a “stuck.” The bike and rider were stuck and thus it… Continue reading Friday December 1st/23