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Answer to the last quiz – Arthur Lampkin riding the first day of the Pre 65 Scottish, with buddy Jeff Smith – – They struggled with age and extra pounds both with the bodies and bikes. – Brett got in first with that one.- then Stan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiz today -Guess who.- the year? and where?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have had a few people asking about accessory seats for the Trials bikes – here is the Hebo unit which velcros on – We show it on the new 2025 Beta Evo 200 we have going at a sale price – call for more info – 250-545-6139<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in the day when this was called “Scrambling” – the big British singles were the most popular – but soon the lightweight villiers powered two strokes came on the scene – the DOT was perhaps the one to beat, as the Earles type front forks were great for this type of rough terrain. – we nearly bought one in the mid 50’s, but as we rode mostly trials, we found the heavy steering not the best for tight stuff, and stayed with the James. – Can you imagine having about 4″ suspension travel, when now it’s more like 12-14″ on MX bikes – – no wonder “Tank slappers” were often seen at the local tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking through old files and came across this pic I took of top Alberta Expert rider Chris Tronnes leaping off a ledge at an ATRA \/Outlaw trial – check out the wee mutt watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a nice shot of the very popular TRS Xtrack model, which also has the magic button!! – available to order ( yes we have sold quite a few of these)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out this shot of James Lampkin – who likes riding Enduro as well as Trials. – on a Beta of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Answer to the last quiz – Arthur Lampkin riding the first day of the Pre 65 Scottish, with buddy Jeff Smith – – They struggled with age and extra pounds both with the bodies and bikes. – Brett got in first with that one.- then Stan. Quiz today -Guess who.- the year? and where? We… Continue reading Thursday April 30th\/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\/14323"}],"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=14323"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14343,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14323\/revisions\/14343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}