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Answer to the last quiz – a shot from the start of the 1950 TT in the Isle of Man – the rider is Artie Bell who was the Champ at that time, but he was about to be beaten by the other Norton rider Geoff Duke – who had been signed to ride Trials for the Factory – the rest is History. – Standing at the start line is Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. – Bob Clark and Roger Boothroyd got part of it correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our regular blogger from OZ sent us this pic of Prince Phillip – seems he also liked two wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artie Bell was an Irishman and his protege was a young Sammy Miller – seen here on a very wet day riding a Dustbin fairing racer. ( Likely his favorite NSU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quiz today – A more recent pic of a lady Trials rider, but who is it? – hint this pic was from a recent UK Trial before she rides the Scottish. – but she is not from Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chuck Harder from Kamloops is hosting a training event for Enduro riders this Sunday, the idea being to teach them Trials skills. ——— ( Remember ALL the top hard enduro riders are ex Trials riders) – Emily will be there with her Beta Trials bike, and we were also hoping to attend, but something came up. – here is a map to the location for anybody interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course the “Big” Trial this Sunday is at Ioco ( Another one we would have liked to attend) – Hopefully Katie will be there and we will get some pics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have noticed a lot more posts referring to “Trials” as “Races” – all from Spain of course – no wonder they like all this – “Hop & Bop” – Thank goodness we still have REAL trials being organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course the BEST Trial in the World has always been the Scottish Six Day Trial, but after watching the video clips from last year and hearing some comments, I think the “No Stop” rule should be rigorously enforced – the Super stars or the “Stop and Hop” brigade will take every loophole they can to avoid a penalty, and I fear that showing a lenient scoring system could well destroy this event and discourage regular club riders from participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As mentioned yesterday it was Taff’s birthday – but I just found this pic while searching for something else – This was one of our better days!! here he sips a cool one on top of Joss Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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