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Answer to the last quiz (a toughie) Lorenzo Gandola – Neil Carter and Bob Clark both came up with the correct answer!! Quiz today – Who is this rider? and what bike? ( Hint – he used to win a lot of the Trials I rode in the UK, back in the 1950’s) ===================================== Correction-… Continue reading Wednesday May 28th/25

Answer to the last quiz – quite an easy one The great Gordon Jackson on his factory AJS. all our usual bloggers got this. Quiz today – Guess who. ==================================== Here are a couple more pics from our Sunday ride out into the back country – checking out the old mines. you can only imagine… Continue reading Tuesday May 27th/25

Answer to the last quiz – an easy one it was Tommi Ahvala on the Aprilia – lots got this including Peter from OZ. Quiz today Guess who. ======================================== Well Sunday sure turned out to be a hot day !! +30 in the Valley, and nice for our ride up to the Lost White Elephant… Continue reading Monday May 26th/25

Our regular ‘Bloggers” likely noticed we have not posted a quiz question for a couple of days right? Well truth is I could not find an easy pic to post – but here is one for today. Who is this rider? ===================================== With the weather very much more like Summer, I decided to fit the… Continue reading Sunday May 25th/25

I happened to open this link while clicking on to the web, and saw this map, but with the words “Permanently Closed” – Which of course is utter Hogwash – We have notified the site that we have been in business since 1987 and still going strong!! ========================================== As we head into the busy Summer… Continue reading Saturday May 24th/25

Answer to our last quiz – Phillipe Berlattier – otherwise known as the “The Bear” former World Round rider, famous for tackling a big German Observer for giving him a “5” – These days Phillipe rides the Classic trials, but is also the French TRS Importer. – A few got this with Brett first in… Continue reading Friday May 23rd/25

Answer to the last quiz – John Shirt Snr on the Majesty – a bike that he and Mick Andrews designed hence the name MA (Mick Andrews) JES (John E Shirt) TY ( Trial Yamaha) – A few got it – Brett, Bob, Pete Varey and Neil and Harlow. Quiz today – Guess who. ==========================================… Continue reading Thursday May 22nd/25

As we look back on the Outlaw Trial from last weekend – we remember all those great events from the past and the Banner the Alberta lads made up for the 2012 Trial. – It was signed by most of the riders that weekend and we had it hung over the trail going out of… Continue reading Wednesday May 21st/25

Well we hope everybody enjoyed the long weekend, in spite of the inclement weather!! – That’s one thing about Trials riders, they are a pretty “Hardy” group. Interesting little story about the pic below, of buddy Mike Phillips on the TY 175. I bought that bike about three years ago, with the idea of using… Continue reading Tuesday May 20th/25

Last week one of the big stories at The Scottish Six day Trial, was the weather !! gorgeous all week with no rain. – This past weekend, the big story from the Outlaw Trial in Summerland was Yup ! -The Weather!!! Saturday morning was nice and sunny, but after that it was ugly – rain,… Continue reading Monday May 19th/25