{"id":515,"date":"2023-11-14T05:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=515"},"modified":"2023-11-14T05:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:06:24","slug":"tuesday-november-14th-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2023\/11\/14\/tuesday-november-14th-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday November 14th \/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wishing Sammy Miller a very happy 90&#8217;th birthday from Trials fans everywhere &#8211; He rode a race bike into the showroom to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy said he quit World Class Road racing  &#8211; because &#8220;I would rather be an old Trials rider &#8211; than a dead road racer&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Note! we imported a lot of Trials Accessories from Sammy back in the day)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sammy-birthday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sammy-birthday.jpg 630w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sammy-birthday-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Could this be how the Xtrial Series will be advertised in 2024?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/stunt-show.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/stunt-show.jpg 611w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/stunt-show-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a minute to read this report of a Trial from the 1950&#8217;s &#8211; As a young lad just into Trials &#8211; this was what you read in the weekly Motorcycle papers, and also found out if you had won an award if you had been riding that day. &#8211; Also of interest, is the fact that this National Trial was won by Jeff Smith -yes the World Champion MX guy. !! Back in the 1950&#8217;s Trials were usually run in the winter months ( lots of mud) &#8211; then many riders would switch to &#8220;Scrambling&#8221; in the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trial-report.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trial-report.jpg 224w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trial-report-107x300.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the Monday quiz &#8211; Bernie Schreiber at the Scottish &#8211; section called Laggan Locks &#8211; a few correct answers &#8211; some say it&#8217;s not Laggan Locks -!! especially ones who have ridden it &#8211;  -so on checking my book &#8221; The Scottish&#8221; 1900-1962  by Tommy Sandham &#8211; it could be the section called Mamore &#8211; &#8211; but who is this rider? (pic by Archie Bell) &#8211; and what is the machine??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_2709-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_2709-1-rotated.jpg 515w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_2709-1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trial at IOCO next Sunday &#8211; here are a few of the more senior riders of the CPTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CPTA-crew.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CPTA-crew.jpg 626w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CPTA-crew-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrees for the 2024 Scottish Six Days are now closed &#8211; we have heard that Jon English sent his in last minute. &#8211; Not sure if any other Canadian riders entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wishing Sammy Miller a very happy 90&#8217;th birthday from Trials fans everywhere &#8211; He rode a race bike into the showroom to celebrate. Sammy said he quit World Class Road racing &#8211; because &#8220;I would rather be an old Trials rider &#8211; than a dead road racer&#8221; What a legend. (Note! we imported a lot&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2023\/11\/14\/tuesday-november-14th-23\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday November 14th \/23<\/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\/515"}],"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=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}