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=================================== We hope that some of our bloggers were able to take advantage of the nice weather yesterday and get out for a ride – I was only able to do a few laps around the back yard on my TRS 125 !! Answer to the last quiz – Manuel Soler a regular on the… Continue reading Monday November 3rd/25

====================================== Answer to the last quiz – it was the air/mixture screw from a Keihin carb. – Harlow, Pete and Brett got in quickly Quiz today – Guess who? ===================================== Here is a great section that was in a USA event back in the day – a time before all the hop & bop. –… Continue reading Sunday November 2nd/25

==================================== Answer to the last quiz – The front end of a Greeves Challenger !! Harlow was the only one who got everything correct – the name we were looking for that really put Greeves ‘On the Map” was Brian Stonebridge who was enticed away from BSA after Bert Greeves saw what he had been… Continue reading Saturday November 1st/25

======================================= Answer to the last quiz – 91year old Jeff Smith – World Champion Moto crosser – Expert Trials rider, and the one who helped design the first Can Am- His wife Irene’s brother was Johnny Draper (rip) another great rider. Harlow, Brett, and Pete Varey were first in. Here is a great shot of… Continue reading Friday October 31st/25

================================= Answer to the last quiz – Joan Pons on the Beta – Harlow, Brett and Bob got it. Quiz today. – Difficult – -Who is this? and who is his wife’s famous brother? ==================================== I saw this pic and had a flashback to the 1973 Moose Mountain Cross Country – I was on my… Continue reading Thursday October 30th/25

=================================== Answer to the last quiz – quite an easy one Malcolm Rathmell on the Montesa fitted with the right side kickstart – Harlow, Brett, Stan, Bob and many more got that one Quiz today. Guess who? ======================================== He would have been 75 today – -John Britten was perhaps one of the greatest motorcycle engineers… Continue reading Wednesday October 29th/25

================================= Answer to the last quiz – Mick Andrews on the NSU special at the Pre 65 Scottish – Mick sometimes showed up with really rare (and some strange) machines. – Harlow was quick on that one as was Brett. – Brett also said he knew all the 13 vintage bikes shown in the pic… Continue reading Tuesday October 28th/25

================================ Answer to the last quiz – Big John Moffat from Scotland, riding his immaculate Matchless in the Pre 65 Scottish. – John is of course the guy who set up the “Trials Guru” website and has now got his special members all over the world ( including this old guy) – He has some… Continue reading Monday October 27th/25

================================ Answer to the last quiz ( a tough one) but Harlow and Peter LeGrove from OZ got it – pic was Ken Heanes . Quiz today. – guess who. ========================================== With all the BS going on these days – I wonder what Archie would think ??? ====================================== Below is a pic of Darryl Copithorne… Continue reading Sunday October 26th/25

================================= Answer to the last quiz – Ken Heanes – correct answers from Harlow and Peter from OZ. ( who is still riding at 90 yrs old on a Beta Evo 200) Quiz today. Guess who.? ============================================ Today for my Editorial, I should post the words of Dougie Tanaka – a Japanese gent – we… Continue reading Saturday October 25th/25