{"id":12353,"date":"2026-01-16T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=12353"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:34:22","slug":"friday-january-16th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/01\/16\/friday-january-16th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday January 16th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12355\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Steve Saunders on the Aprilia at the Scottish in 1992 &#8211; section is Chairlift &#8211; Correct guess&#8217;s from Bob Clark, Brett, Harlow and Pete Varey &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a pic of Saunders with one of the first TRS he started to import back in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saunders-with-first-TRS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saunders-with-first-TRS.jpg 590w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saunders-with-first-TRS-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is the old guy with the first TRS we got in 2017 &#8211; We really like that color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Out-with-my-first-TRS-demo-in-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Out-with-my-first-TRS-demo-in-2017.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Out-with-my-first-TRS-demo-in-2017-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today. Guess who  and what bike?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mick-Wilkinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mick-Wilkinson.jpg 524w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mick-Wilkinson-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have often mentioned that Trials bikes have always been the best for exploring the high mountain terrain &#8211; light, with lots of torque, soft tires  that leave no trace etc &#8211; Well here is a pic that  shows one of the those trips. The Bultaco Trials bike was named &#8220;Sherpa&#8221; for just that reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sherpa-up-Kilimandjaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sherpa-up-Kilimandjaro.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sherpa-up-Kilimandjaro-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=====================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been watching quite a lot of the Dakar rally  on You Tube &#8211; it shows some amazing terrain and of course a huge test of endurance. Ex World Ladies Trials Champion is in it again this year driving a buggy of some sort. Not sure how she is doing. Looks like Honda stand a good chance of winning this year, after years of KTM dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Laia-Sanz-in-Dakar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Laia-Sanz-in-Dakar.jpg 590w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Laia-Sanz-in-Dakar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Steve Saunders on the Aprilia at the Scottish in 1992 &#8211; section is Chairlift &#8211; Correct guess&#8217;s from Bob Clark, Brett, Harlow and Pete Varey &#8211; Here is a pic of Saunders with one of the first TRS he started to import back in 2016. And here is the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/01\/16\/friday-january-16th-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday January 16th\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12353"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12367,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12353\/revisions\/12367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}