{"id":14355,"date":"2026-05-02T06:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=14355"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:26:10","slug":"saturday-may-2nd-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/05\/02\/saturday-may-2nd-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday May 2nd \/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Above is an interesting shot of a Pre 65 bike overlooking Kinlochleven in Scotland where the annual event takes place Friday\/ Saturday – before the Six Day Trial gets under way Monday morning. – I see this bike has one of the tether kill switches fitted, not sure if this is a requirement now for all bikes competing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We checked the first day results, and see Harry lost 18 points – not bad, but a long way down the list, (68th) as the top riders kept their feet up most of the day, in fact five are listed with clean sheets for Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We clicked onto a few of the video and still pics posted on FB – and saw a great video of this guy Roger Williams, cleaning Pipeline, on his James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is another interesting “James 197” complete with rigid rear end, but with some trick looking updates – ie: cylinder head and front forks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later we watched the video on You Tube by the Two wheels Off Road crew – which really did do a nice job of showing the loop and scenery – the weather was great for day one, of course like all videos it looks a lot easier that what it is. – We noticed a lot of Triumph twins, which seem very popular now, perhaps the new sticky tires and updated suspensions – clutch mods etc make them easier to ride – they certainly sound nice. – nice to see this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had old riding buddy Doug Nimmo pick up his new Beta Xtrainer yesterday – but he already has his eye on my new Sincro 200 demo for adding later in the year!! ( He will have his TRS Xtrack for sale at that time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Answer to the last quiz – Dave Thorpe on the Ossa – Brett, Bob, Roger, Stan, Pete Varey and Peter from OZ – were in quickly in with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiz today. – We had this guy try out our Sherco 4T demo one time, but he was more famous for Cross Country and desert racing – who is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We received our latest copy of Motorcycle Mojo – the best Canadian mag available, both for content and printing quality ( unfortunately not much for Trials as yet) In this issue, we read the first part of Emily’s Baja adventure – very interesting and well written. As most of our bloggers know, Emily is also a Trials rider ( getting better all the time)- check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early morning “Click on” shows Harry and his buddy Gavin, ready to start day two of the Pre 65. We will post more on this tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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