{"id":13258,"date":"2026-03-04T05:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=13258"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:55:18","slug":"wednesday-march-4th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/03\/04\/wednesday-march-4th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday March 4th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Answer to the last quiz – George Fisher on the Francis Barnett – Fisher was one of the first to campaign the small Villiers powered two stroke lightweights at a time when the big bore British thumpers ruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harlow and Peter from Oz got this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiz today – Guess Who? and what section? – Hint ! -I took the photograph, with a 35mm Pentax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coming soon – Should be a great Trial and a chance to see the new 2026 TRS in action. – Would be nice if I could be there ! But!!! Old age does not come alone. – so not likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although there are probably a lot of things that old folk reminisce about – as a long time Motorcycle enthusiast, I am just glad I was able to see and to even ride in the same events as some super stars – There is no doubt that the 1950’s saw fantastic break throughs in design, and I was lucky enough to witness that – yes I rode in one same event as the great Sammy Miller ( The Lomax National Trial) and also the Picton Time Trial which was won by World Road Race Champion Geoff Duke. Then later as I have already reported – I followed the great Jeff Smith off the line at the 1976 Moose Mountain Cross Country – that was more luck than good judgement – but it did end well with a 3rd place Open Class for that two day event. ( 173 started – If in doubt follow a World champ!!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are a couple of shots from the 1957 TT in the Isle of man – I was there to watch the great Bob McIntire post the first ever 100MPH lap, and also witness the fantastic V8 Moto Guzzi bikes. – That week we also witnessed Sammy Miller make a fantastic double pass on Carlo Ubialli, and Tarquinio Provini in the lightweight race but had his bike seize at Governor’s Bridge on the last lap – Sammy pushed the bike down the road to grab 4th place, looking very knackered. – He gave up road racing soon after and focused on Trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They say Old Age “aint for sissies” – but what great memories .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice to see some “Old Fashioned’ type events still taking place – it’s all about getting out and “Smelling the roses’)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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========================================== Answer to the last quiz – George Fisher on the Francis Barnett – Fisher was one of the first to campaign the small Villiers powered two stroke lightweights at a time when the big bore British thumpers ruled. Harlow and Peter from Oz got this one. Quiz today – Guess Who? and what section?… Continue reading Wednesday March 4th\/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\/13258"}],"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=13258"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13283,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions\/13283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}