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GUY FAWKES DAY ! Of course a lot of the younger generation won’t know who Guy Fawkes was – unless they come from the UK – so just for the record – he was the chap who planned to blow up the British Houses of Parliament back in the day. Some folks might think that… Continue reading Sunday November 5th/23

Quiz for today – name the rider and the bike Answer for the Friday quiz -A young Ryon Bell – Harlow and Brett were in quickly with the correct answer. =========================================== Just in case you thought Snow bikes were something new!! =========================================== Last Sunday I was out on my TRS fitted with the Xtrack kit… Continue reading Saturday November 4th/23

Well – the weather in the Valley turned a bit wintery overnight – so Thursday saw us with a skiff of snow in the backyard – but that was not going to deter Kurt coming down from Sicamous to pick up a nice new TRS 300 – with the magical estart button. – Kurt bought… Continue reading Friday November 3rd/23

It seems the Mountain bikers are trying to take over Vernon Mountain – This map was just posted as a proposal to the City. It would appear that this is in Andrew’s backyard – Sounds like a war to me. ===========================================Q Quiz for today – Who and when? – As I suspected nobody guessed the… Continue reading Thursday November 2nd /23

QUIZ TODAY – Might be a bit hard – so I will give you a hint – He Has been the Champ in the South of England for many years riding various bikes – the last one being that Scorpa with the funny gas tank – He has just come out of retirement and will… Continue reading Wednesday November 1st/23

Quiz Name the rider Answer to the last quiz – The engine in the pic is a Puch/Sachs in a Greeves Pathfinder which I did a Magazine test on in 1970 at Blackfoot Park in Calgary. Harlow was the only one who got it all correct although quite few people guessed the engine. This had… Continue reading Tuesday October 31st/23

Good morning Trials fans we hope you all had a great weekend – the last one in October, but what a gorgeous one we had for weather here in the OK valley – Glad to say we got out for a ride at Summerland – the first and last one for this year – but… Continue reading Monday October 30th/23

Answer to the Saturday quiz – Harlow Rankin – and yes he was the first in with the answer !! But as we think he had an advantage !! top of the box goes to Brett Clark The Quiz today is a tricky one – What is significant about this pic -hint it’s not the… Continue reading Sunday October 29th/23

QUIZ – Who is this? Emma Bristow the nine times World Ladies Trials Champion recently received the MBE for her services to the Sport – It was presented to her by Princess Anne – Not sure if Anne ever rode a Motorcycle, but her Mum, Queen Elizabeth did during the war. As we head into… Continue reading Saturday October 28th /23

Well Outlaw Trials fans, we hope you are now all getting used to our new format – they say change is good, but I’m not so sure of that it certainly makes things difficult sometimes. The answer to the Thursday quiz – was Craig (Taff) Parfitt – we were surprised that only a couple of… Continue reading Friday October27/23