{"id":6728,"date":"2025-01-12T10:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:06:44","slug":"sunday-january-12th-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/01\/12\/sunday-january-12th-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday January 12th\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Bill Nicholson on a BSA Bantam &#8211; it might surprise a few, to learn that the BSA Factory riders Bill and Jeff Smith raced these underpowered rigid rear end lightweights back in the 50&#8217;s to promote the model. Did you know that this bike was a copy of the European DKW? &#8211; Also as reported before, it was the bike that got me hooked on Motorcycles in 1953. Only Peter LeGrove from OZ got that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; Everybody should get this one.-  Who is it &#8211;  BUT who took the pic??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Floater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Floater.jpg 515w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Floater-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumors and news &#8211; Mark Colomer and two others buying the Vertigo operation!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watched the latest Danny Butler Podcast on You Tube &#8211; some good conversation with John Shirt and another guy ( Who yaps too much) &#8211; I found it interesting to hear what John said about the ACU, plus his comments on other stuff &#8211; noticed he also put the TRS sign back up on the table when it fell over.!!( He is a dealer for TRS, Beta and Gas Gas) &#8211; Quite a lot about the Scottish, as Danny Butler will be riding this year, John of course has ridden the event about 14 times or more. &#8211; I remember Mick telling us in Fort William that John phoned him on the Friday night of the Trial asking &#8220;How do I win this bloody thing on the last day?&#8221;- he was in 2nd at the time &#8211; &#8211; I don&#8217;t recall what Mick told him. But Shirty did not win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check this out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Rose Classic Motorcycle Trials. 2024 Video Highlights Compilation. Classic Bikes and Riders. HD.\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQUnbb1AtHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back to 2016 &#8211; when we had a shop full of Betas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beta-line-up-in-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beta-line-up-in-2016.jpg 552w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beta-line-up-in-2016-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More Beta News as Alice Minta #6 in Women&#8217;s World trials, continues with Beta and Dan Clark as manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alice-Minta-Beta-rider.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alice-Minta-Beta-rider.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alice-Minta-Beta-rider-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alice-Minta-Beta-rider-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a final Ariel Arrow pic &#8211; this one showing the great Sammy Miller on one at the Welsh Two Day Enduro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sammy-on-Ariel-arrow-Trials.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sammy-on-Ariel-arrow-Trials.jpg 526w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sammy-on-Ariel-arrow-Trials-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Bill Nicholson on a BSA Bantam &#8211; it might surprise a few, to learn that the BSA Factory riders Bill and Jeff Smith raced these underpowered rigid rear end lightweights back in the 50&#8217;s to promote the model. Did you know that this bike was a copy of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2025\/01\/12\/sunday-january-12th-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday January 12th\/25<\/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\/6728"}],"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=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6741,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions\/6741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}