{"id":16836,"date":"2026-08-26T08:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=16836"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:28:31","slug":"wednesday-august-26th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/08\/26\/wednesday-august-26th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday August 26th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>====================================<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/08\/2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16838\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211;  Harry McKay,- Jim Fracy,- Walt Healy,  a pic I took of them in Scotland back in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Brett and Bob got that quickly, as did Stan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today.  Who is this and where?????<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Don-D-at-Greenstone-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As all our bloggers know &#8211; things in the Motorcycle Industry are not great &#8211; not that there is anything wrong with most of the bikes, it&#8217;s just the world economy and of course the KTM problem. &#8211; add to this the latest Trump saga, and who knows where we will end up. However one thing is for sure, the small Trials market will still be around and we are now taking orders for the 2027 Beta and TRS bikes, our advise is simply this &#8211; if you are thinking of buying a new bike for next year, give us a call, because supplies will be very limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears the popular Belanger family are getting more sponsorship, they always promote very well in Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Belanger-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Belanger-family.jpg 590w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Belanger-family-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often get  peple saying that they are surprised that I&#8217;m still riding, but consider Glen Turple of Red Deer still out and about on a three wheeler at 100!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glen-Turple-at-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glen-Turple-at-100.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glen-Turple-at-100-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw this pic posted today of the cows in Switzerland and it reminded me of when Babs and myself did the trip over the Alps to Italy back in 1963 on the Norton &#8211; We camped in a farmers field one night and were awakened in the morning by the sound of the cowbells as the farmer herded them up to the higher pastures &#8211; I have photographs locked away somewhere. &#8211; lovely memories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-19.png 720w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-19-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/08\/IMG_3790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3790.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_3790-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>==================================== Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Harry McKay,- Jim Fracy,- Walt Healy, a pic I took of them in Scotland back in 1992. Both Brett and Bob got that quickly, as did Stan. =========================================== Quiz today. Who is this and where????? ============================================ As all our bloggers know &#8211; things in the Motorcycle Industry are&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/08\/26\/wednesday-august-26th-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday August 26th\/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\/16836"}],"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=16836"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16855,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions\/16855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}