Pre-65 Bikes

Just a thought but how alike or far apart might be the Ariel replicas similar to the one that recently won in Scotland from GOV 132 which I presume was state of the art at the time when Sammy Miller rode it.

Has anyone any photos they could place here on TC of the Spanish made bikes that were ridden in this years P65 Scottish Trial.

Artie Ratcliffe filming for 'C.H Wood' of Bradford,the footage was used on the 'Six from the Scottish Duke video' riding up The Devils Staircase. It was also used to make a promotional film for CASTROL oils. Incidentally this was the same bike he won the Scott Trial on in 1957,and secured 3rd place in the SSDT in 1958.

hi ive got a dilemer with my clutch what it is is that i start the bike up and then pull te clutch in and put it into gear and it pulls away without even letting the clutch out

WOW, the sun was shining.. no honest really shining, people were taking their coats off at one point. Great Trial , not much water in the burns and with some sections having been eased ( beside the glencoe road) scores should be a lump lower than last years Len Hutty, Tony Calvert, Carlos Casas Alan Wright all riding neat and tidy whilst younger Drommet was nursing a sick Cotton ( but under dads advice 'not through sections') Peter Gaunt dropped a slack 5 on section 4 as he was first to clean the section only to ride out of the section missing the 'ends' cards completely! couple of questions though.. spanish and japanese bikes competing, i had to cast an eye over the…

Hi All I have just fitted 3 new surflex clutch plates to my cub, with all adjustments correct the final plate fitted is only flush with the housing edge with lever out. With lever pulled in the plate's drive tangs disengage from the housing and the plate slips down. Any help appreciated. triton

For all of you who didn't get a ride at Kinlochleven and before the rest put their bikes to the back of the shed, Inverness & District are holding a 2 day Pre 65 at Alvie just south of Aviemore on the 17th - 18th June. Entry forms and regs are available HERE For more info pm or email me. D.

Help guys, what would you do with a genuine 'Comerfords cub', my dilemma is do I restore it back to former glory or do I go all modern using all the trick bits now available.I am fully aware that it is not competitive in its original trim but would it still be desirable as I don't think there are that many around any more.At the end of the day they are only a converted 'Mountain Cub' but as rough as they are they are still part of 'Triumphs' famous trialing history.

Well not actually Betor fork oil but oil in Betor forks Swapped the bits around in the shed the other day between the Sherpa 340 and the BSA B40 trials special. I'd bought some forks off flea bay NOS and have put the stantions in the Sherpa and the Sherpa ones in the BSA B40 which has OSSA sliders as the ones originally in the B40 were marked. All bits swapped over no problem as they are both Betor and now i can put the old parts back on flea bay to recoup some of me money So just thought i would ask: What fork oil do you guys use? Haynes recommends SAE10w but gives 150cc and 180cc in two different parts of the manual, typical Haynes I'm 14 stone of rippling flab …

Jock on his Triumph

I came across this site when i was looking for some piccys of an Alta Suzuki for a friend who has never heard of one. http://www.eurospares.com/newadd.htm Theres a hell of a lot of stuff on the site but some very interesting old photos that might just be of interest to any trials fans of the trials bikes and personalities of yesteryear. Peter Gaunts BSA side valve trials special for instance Anyway just thought it might be of interest to somebody

Hello Rainy Sunday here in Switzerland, so I put some clips on: http://www.twnclub.ch/scottish_files/Pre65/2003_Pre65.htm I was taking on Saturday afternoon videos with my Sony Camera, but had only time after 3 years to convert them to smaller size (it's still 1-2MB). (needs highspeed ADSL to view or download) Are there more pics / clips on other sites ? Hope you are enjoying them... And good luck for coming event ! Patrick

do people use in their unit BSA C15 B40 Cub engined mounts? Monograde or multigrade? Mineral or castor based? I'm thinking of running mine on Castrol R40 as recommended to me but I'm not sure if this is overkill or not for trials (as opposed to scrambles or grrasstrack). Also have people fitted external oil filters? If so, what and where did you mount it? Any help/pearls of wisdom appreciated. Cheers, Rob.

OK took the B40 for it's first run today up at Burrycliffe. Didnt enter as this was the first time the bike has actually moved under it's own power, well if you dont count 20 yds down the drive, and as of 10:00 last night i had just finished the airfilter. So had a little ride around before the trial, observed a section to help out, then had a little ride after. Actually i was quite surprised as it wasnt that bad all things considered, oil leak from the front fork seals also the rocker spindles and chain case but nothing some silicone wont cure. The chain did jump off once however and after talking to a couple of guys with Faber framed B40's they said the chain tens…

What length shocks are you lads using on Back of your Cubs Vinnie

Help..........after the clubtrial I changed the oil of my Cub and noticed a golden glow in the oil.....any suggestions ?

Hi I have just modified my Cub to run with PVL ignition, I set it up to Serco's initial figure of 3mm BTDC, it starts and ticks over much better now, though it seems lumpy and backfires abit at higher revs, I haven't tried it out in anger yet, just in the garage for short bursts to keep the neighbours sweet. Has anyone any info on timing set up, my cub is standard 199cc with standard cam and compression ratio. I will ride next sunday in a club trial and see how it goes. Any info appreciated. Triton

I recently bought a BSA b40 trials bike "SS engine,distributer type it has Boyer electronic ignition fitted and came with a mk1 Amal carb which i think needs setting up proper, as it wont rev out and it backfires and spits the occasional flame, The plug shows heavy black deposits, I noticed tonight that the front pipe is going a bit purple colored. The carb has 622 with a 4 manually stamped over the last 2, making it 624, I measured the in and out at 24mm and the slide tube at 30mm, the float says 622 on it, the main jet is a 120, the needle jet is 106, the pilot jet is 25, the throttle slide is a 3 and has 622 stamped on, and the needle is on the middle groove.…

Probably not the right forum for this but i like the clientelle here I was observing on Sunday at a Pre 65 classic trial as the bike isnt finished yet got nothing to ride so thought i would help out by observing. You know Classic Trials the ones with the relatively easy sections. I was amazed, probably shouldnt be, by the number of riders who seemed to think it ok to blatantly kick, uproot and generally remove rocks from the section. When i jokingly asked one of them "Do you work for Tarmac Roadstone" as i admired his roadbuilding technique all i got was "no but that rocks loose". Ya dont say!! I pointed out that if him and his mate teamed together they could…

Hi all, I'm looking for a very nice photo of a pre 65 bike. I need one that has a white background to it so that only the bike shows up. If you have one I could use please let me know. Thanks.