{"id":3496,"date":"2024-06-06T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:20:18","slug":"thursday-may-6th-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2024\/06\/06\/thursday-may-6th-d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday JUNE- 6th “D” DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yes today marks the historic landings by Allied troops in Normandy. Lest we forget””””<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Dunlop has now won 27 TT races, one more than his Uncle Joey. – What an achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out these speeds on the Sulby Straight – I watched there for one race in 1957 – that was the year the Moto Guzzi V 8 bikes were entered – amazing to watch the front wheels come up every time they shifted. – ( Don’t forget this is in MPH not KMPH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s interesting to note that many road racers from the 1950’s used to ride Trials in the winter months to keep fit – we saw quite a few at our events in North Wales. – Sammy Miller was leading the 1957 250 TT when his bike seized on the final corner before the final straight. – World Champ Geoff Duke was a great trials rider as I have mentioned before, lapping me in a time Trial back in the day. – Geoff made his name racing for the Norton Factory, but he was actually signed up as a Trials rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks like John Shirt is heavy into the Beta brand these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Answer to the last quiz Pascal Couturier riding a Motobicane – Brett – Bob & Harlow got it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quiz today – Who is this rider – hint he is from Alberta. and is seen riding the Western Canadian Championship trial in Kelowna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes today marks the historic landings by Allied troops in Normandy. Lest we forget”””” ======================================= Michael Dunlop has now won 27 TT races, one more than his Uncle Joey. – What an achievement. Check out these speeds on the Sulby Straight – I watched there for one race in 1957 – that was the year… Continue reading Thursday JUNE- 6th “D” DAY<\/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\/3496"}],"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=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}