{"id":635,"date":"2023-11-23T01:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2023-11-23T01:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:11:39","slug":"thursday-november-23rd-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2023\/11\/23\/thursday-november-23rd-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday November 23rd \/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below you see a pic of me at the 1992 Scottish Six Days Trial &#8211; I&#8217;m pointing to the Outlaw cross bar pad that Mick Andrews put on the Yamaha Prototype TYZ which was being ridden by a Japanese Factory rider. &#8211; Mick thought it was pretty funny to have that on the Factory bike ( No we didn&#8217;t get any big orders from this!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sad to say that the production bike that we got was a disappointment and in fact was the main reason we became a Beta\/GasGas dealer for Don Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TYZ-Scotland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TYZ-Scotland.jpg 612w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TYZ-Scotland-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Scottish picture from an earlier year &#8211; not sure who took it or who the rider is &#8211; but just look at those hardy spectators standing out in the rain. &#8211; Yes it usually rains in Scotland and the cold gets into your bones!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grey-Mares-Ridge-rain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grey-Mares-Ridge-rain.jpg 635w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grey-Mares-Ridge-rain-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not Trials &#8211; but this rider Reg Armstrong pictured crossing the finish line at the TT in the Isle of Man &#8211; &#8220;Just as his primary chain broke&#8221; &#8211; the Manx Norton&#8217;s had an open air cooled clutch  &#8211; Reg did ride a few trials in the winter months &#8211;  and Yes he won that race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Pic courtesy Motorcycle Magazine) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reg-Armstrong-TT-pic-chain-breaking-on-line.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reg-Armstrong-TT-pic-chain-breaking-on-line.jpg 597w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reg-Armstrong-TT-pic-chain-breaking-on-line-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Reg-Armstrong-TT-pic-chain-breaking-on-line-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not many will recognize this Police Inspector !! It&#8217;s former Yamaha Trials rider Andy Huddleston from the UK playing on our TRS 125 in the backyard while visiting a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Andy-on-the-TRS-125.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Andy-on-the-TRS-125.jpg 550w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Andy-on-the-TRS-125-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite a few people guessed our quiz from yesterday &#8211; Yes old buddy Barry Van As riding one of the arena style sections he built for the shows we put on around the Valley a few years (quite a few) ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stan and Brett were in quickly- plus Harlow- Bob- and Kevin Couves &#8211; obviously not many people from down East knew this. &#8211; ( But Barry did win the Senior Class of the WTC National Trial held in Quebec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.We hope everybody is enjoying these old pics and memories from yester-year &#8211; At least the Internet is good for something!! &#8211; Of course these days anybody can take a good photo &#8211; just with their phone ! &#8211; not like the old days, when you needed quite a lot of photographic know-how , in order to get a good result. We are always looking for pics and interesting reports to post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so much posted on the huge Vintage Trial at Costa Brava &#8211; and showing dozens of old but really nice Fantics listed &#8211; it reminded me of the two we had back a few years when we promoted the Vintage class at the Outlaw Trial &#8211; not only in the Valley, but also on Vancouver Island and Alberta. &#8211; This is a pic of me riding one in my last Trials competition at age 70 &#8211; it was at Stony Plain AB &#8211; a brilliant spot that the ATRA used for a number of years. ( This bike is now owned by Walter Cukavac)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/272257562_6946084372131379_6418880050168721654_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/272257562_6946084372131379_6418880050168721654_n.jpg 500w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/272257562_6946084372131379_6418880050168721654_n-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>====================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below you see a pic of me at the 1992 Scottish Six Days Trial &#8211; I&#8217;m pointing to the Outlaw cross bar pad that Mick Andrews put on the Yamaha Prototype TYZ which was being ridden by a Japanese Factory rider. &#8211; Mick thought it was pretty funny to have that on the Factory bike&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2023\/11\/23\/thursday-november-23rd-23\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday November 23rd \/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\/635"}],"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=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}