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  1. I am off to the Netley Marsh bike jumble Friday and Saturday and will be on stand H33 i will take the frame and parts so if anyones interested they can have a look and hopefully shed some light on it (its not for sale though)
  2. I have just noticed a Model 49 on 'Spinning Wheel Classics' website with an interesting letter of provenance, I have exactly the same bike including Homerlite tank and 'later' exhaust in bits in my shed, I have taken said bits to Mr Millers and he says they are just standard M49 of 1970s manufacture so my question is does anyone else have the same bike and are there more than the four? I also notice certain spelling mistakes in the letter surely even Sammy could spell his own address and the word Scottish with two T's, Oh and was there a Scottish TWO day trial in1969? Heres hoping only the other two bikes appear!
  3. I was lucky enough to ride the pre 65 Scottish twice, 2009 and 2010 on this bike and finished mid table but would have really struggled on the rocks with real pre 65 forks! (not that i didnt struggle)
  4. Hi all I am glad that there is so much interest in my tricked up Ariel I suppose the reason that the bike is in its present guise is the fact it gets ridden at least three weekends every month in competition, mostly in modern trials against modern bikes with tight sections and in most cases comes out on top, yes its a replica frame but engine (500 longstroke) and gearbox are genuine Ariel as well as all the other parts which are pre 65 legal as opposed to the Cub seen on Sunday with a modern carb, I would imagine most of the other bikes are not worked as hard as mine and have already been returned to their sheds ready for next year!
  5. I have a mould for the 'flat bulge' Ariel chaincase but need to find a competent fibreglass or carbon fibre craftsman to get some made
  6. Cracking idea Charlie put me down 3x HT5's for starters
  7. Having trouble deciding which class to ride for 2010 do i ride the bog standard HT5 in the the pre unit springer class on the easy route or the slightly more modified HT5 in the British replicas on the hard route. Is there any point riding the bigger bikes at all? or maybe they should have another Unit and Pre unit british replica class on the hard route?
  8. surely back in the days when sammy miller modified his Ariel i am certain there would have been competitors unhappy with the advantage he was gaining by doing such things, but things have to move on whats the point of a trial if only 70% of the entry finish due to using original 1960s technology.
  9. Surely this sentiment also applies to the likes of bsa's etc how many C15T's were actually built? especially now with the use of modern otter frames it seems these bikes fall under the radar and the Ariel riders who have success become targets you still need some skill to keep your feet up
  10. finally put my cotton project up for sale don't know much about it so if anyone knows anything about it could they please pass the info on so i can add it to the description many thanks mark.
  11. I have just acquired a cotton trials bike which i am told has an REH 360 conversion on a villiers 32a bottom end, does anyone have any info on these bikes and approx dates of manufacture. is it pre 65? (no frame number present)
  12. check out the Waltham chase mcc they are running a trial on New Years eve with twinshock safe sections, try google for their web page. also Ringwood mcc are still running trials in your area also suitable for pre65 and twinshock check TMX news for regs. regards Mark
  13. the guy riding is will frampton and his dad the butler they do a lot of work for the local clubs in the new forest area
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