{"id":13061,"date":"2026-02-21T09:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:53:51","slug":"saturday-february-21st-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/02\/21\/saturday-february-21st-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday February 21st\/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\/02\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13063\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the view from our kitchen window yesterday &#8211; glad to say the forecast is warming up for the weekend and next week !! I guess that early ride Gerry and myself had a couple of weeks ago was just a &#8220;Teaser&#8221; &#8211; still ice on Swan lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4151-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4151-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4151-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Sam &#8211; It&#8217;s my right knee that gives me the weather forecast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Old-guy-weather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Old-guy-weather.jpg 512w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Old-guy-weather-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And while on the subject of old men &#8211; here are a couple our bloggers might recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dave-and-Turk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dave-and-Turk.jpg 622w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dave-and-Turk-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; A pic I took of Andreu Codena at the World Trial in Donner USA,  back in 1994 &#8211; on the left, you can see Amos Bilbao and Jordi Tarres. &#8211; Harlow got it all correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; Who is this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arthur-Lampkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arthur-Lampkin.jpg 295w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arthur-Lampkin-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a Motorcycle News story about a Trial that Mick won &#8211; but it also mentions the Darlington brothers &#8211; I remember the eldest Graham Darlington won a lot of the trials that I competed in back in the 1950&#8217;s &#8211; he rode a home built special, which had the name &#8220;Wotsit&#8221; on the gas tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/old-report-when-Mick-won.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/old-report-when-Mick-won.jpg 450w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/old-report-when-Mick-won-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget the Best 2 stroke mix oil is Opti 2 &#8211; easy to mix pouch ideal for Trials riders &#8211; and it has a built in fuel stabilizer so no Ethanol worries. Call us for your nearest supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opti-2-pouch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opti-2-pouch.jpg 429w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opti-2-pouch-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>====================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this beauty &#8211; Some bikes just look so great. &#8211; And the big &#8220;Thumpers&#8221; are still quite popular in Classic Trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/neat-Parrilla.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/neat-Parrilla.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/neat-Parrilla-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>======================================= This was the view from our kitchen window yesterday &#8211; glad to say the forecast is warming up for the weekend and next week !! I guess that early ride Gerry and myself had a couple of weeks ago was just a &#8220;Teaser&#8221; &#8211; still ice on Swan lake. Unlike Sam &#8211; It&#8217;s my&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/02\/21\/saturday-february-21st-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday February 21st\/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\/13061"}],"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=13061"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13080,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions\/13080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}