An old header pic today which shows me out for the first time on the new TRS 300 in 2017 – the bike worked well and the quality was great – The later Jordi models have been getting better and better – the Estart models and Xtrack with the seat have been very popular –… Continue reading Friday April 17th/26

Answer to the last quiz – Scottish Six Day Trial is restricted to 280 riders because they start each day at 1 minute intervals and that is the most riders that are able to complete the long loops each day – all 100 miles plus. The Trial started originally at the market place in Edinburgh… Continue reading Thursday April 16th/26

Answer to the last quiz – Arthur Lampkin, Jeff Smith, John Draper and Brian Martin – only correct answer – Peter LeGrove from Australia!!! Quiz today -With the Scottish Six Day Trial just a couple of weeks away – I thought we would post a different quiz question – What is the total rider limit… Continue reading Wednesday April 15th/26

====================================== Answer to the last quiz – Rob Sartin (JCM) in Scotland – His Dad was the man behind Renthal sprockets. – Bob, Brett, Roger got it. Quiz today -Who can name all these Scramble and Trials riders. ============================================ Yesterday we mentioned about the history of Beta Motorcycles and we are lucky to still have… Continue reading Tuesday April 14th/26

============================================ Sunday was a very laid back day – watching the Masters golf, as I have related before it’s a game which I have never tried, but I think it is quite similar to trials because of the mental approach. – A real test around a long loop without making too many mistakes. I was… Continue reading Monday April 13th/26

========================================== We did not post a quiz question yesterday – but the answer to the previous one was Johnny Draper and his sister married the late Jeff Smith – a few of our regular bloggers got that one. – Sadly we have lost Harlow who was always in quickly with the answers. Quiz today. Who… Continue reading Sunday April 12th/26

Today we will post our impressions of the all new Beta Trials bike – yes the Sincro really is All new , and it’s a beauty. After uncrating the new bike, we spent some time checking out the different aspects over the long established Evo model – the frame, engine in fact it appears only… Continue reading Saturday April 11th/26

Answer to the last quiz ( we think) is Adam Norris on the TY Yamaha in the 1993 Scottish – the section is Fersit !! nobody got it. ( I was there but did not take that pic) – That was the day I twisted my knee badly on the long hike up to that… Continue reading Friday April 10th/26

============================================ Answer to the last quiz – Mike McCabe USA – first Yank to ride the Scottish – a pic I took in 1972. – No correct answers and yes we will miss Harlow who posted daily, and who likely would have got that. Quiz today. Who is this? and where? =========================================== I saw this… Continue reading Thursday April 9th/26

=========================================== Well our Beta shipment arrived yesterday – a week late but at least we have the bikes – the new Sincro 200 looks awesome and feels very light – we will be out to test it at the weekend. =========================================== We have had quite a few people emailing and phoning with condolences regarding our… Continue reading Wednesday April 8/26