{"id":12856,"date":"2026-02-12T08:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:08:01","slug":"thursday-february-12th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/02\/12\/thursday-february-12th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday February 12th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Answer to the last quiz – Andreu Codina who also has a company called Top Fun. – Andreu was a very good World Trials rider, who worked for Gas Gas for quite a few years – we met him at the 94 USA World Round – and arranged to supply Gas Gas with our made in the Okanagan -Cross Bar pads.!! Andreu later joined Sherco, but quit that when the main money man decided to push Enduro bikes!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett , Harlow, and Neil Carter were first in with the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiz today – Guess the name of this section and where?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got some video from Stan having fun down Mexico way – but just one still pic – showing some of the knarly climbs they have found – this is Trent Burgess on the Beta but Bruce Baker is also down as well – hope to get more pics later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is a pic of our buddy Harry McKay from Aviemore Scotland, on holiday Stateside with his family – not sure if they will be at the Lewisport Trial this weekend as they are friends with Adrian and Mandy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is a look back to 1993 when we were at the Scottish and shared some good times with Harry (see us in the top pic with Walt Healy) – I can’t remember which magazine this article went in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t forget!! Opti 2 has a built in fuel stabilizer to cope with Ethanol problems. – Contact us for more details. – we have been Distributing this fine product for 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wonder how many of our “Bloggers” started their Trials career on a Bultaco Sherpa T? – Without a doubt when Sammy Miller joined the Spanish factory and helped design that first Trials bike – the Trials world changed forever, the new lightweight models took over from the British bikes. Everybody wanted a Bultaco !! That was also the first bike I bought when I started riding in Canada. Check out this pic of a Sherpa T handbook. ( Heath Brindley has this)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And below is a pic of me in one of my last Trial on a 325 sherpa T – a very steep climb in an Alberta Trial – John Whitby took the pic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like many people we have been catching some of the Winter Olympics on the box – although winter sports (except for snowmobiling) were never my “Cup of tea” – We do appreciate the huge skill and effort that goes into this, and of course like to see Canadian athletes do well. – Just had a flashback to when I was out on the Ski hill at Banff with Walt showing the Yamaha snowmobiles they were interested in – I can tell you that was a scary experience coming down the ski slope on the sled with Skiers zipping by at breakneck speed – later the sleds we supplied had the tracks reversed in order to slow them down and also had big cleats installed- they were used to get injured skiers off the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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