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  1. Mostin, You asked about rigid photographs... Go to www.bmca.org.uk and look up the Easthope Wood Air Ambulance trial results. Hammertight
  2. Hello there Mostin. The BMCA have the Midlands Air Ambulance trial scheduled for this Sunday at Easthope Wood, on Wenlock Edge. The Clubman sections will be plotted with consideration for rigids. Please have a look at the website - www.bmca.org.uk The machine will get pretty mucky and the going will surely be slippery... but car parking will be fine! You'd be very welcome and perhaps an ideal opportunity to "shakedown" the bike? And fairly local for you as well. There is also the option of riding in the Gentlemen's class - in through the Begins, then anywhere you like and out the Ends. Regards, Al Ussher
  3. Hello there! Great to see this photograph of the late Bill Buskell in Scotland. I can tell you that the machine is still in competition. Indeed, this week's TMX News reported on the Dabbers Trials Club's New Year event at Little Lodge Farm, Santon Downham and an old friend of mine, John Chapman, took second place in the Pre70 Rigid Class on the ex-Buskell Francis Barnett. Best regards,
  4. Hello Traf, How are you getting on with the engine?
  5. Hi there. You'll appreciate that it's vital to keep one step ahead of the competition....and so some hard won secrets must remain just that.... but for what they're worth, here's a short list from a mainly 6E trials motor for your consideration.... and this motor has been out through the "Ends Cards" on The Pipeline.... with a wee bit of help from the size 10 Dunlop Wellies.... Anyway: 1.Cylinder head with decompressor for steep drops and kick starting. 2.6E Barrel bored to take Villiers 1H piston. Recommend using NOS rings. 3. Hammer-head crank for grip. 4.Original Villiers carb, never had a problem. 5. Three speed gearbox, slim with strong pinions and fitted with wide ratio D7283 High Gear Pinion 26T and E7287 Layshaft Fixed pinion 16T. A 58T rear sprocket is used and 2nd gear can be used given a good section run-in speed... 6. R123 high output flywheel with remote Villiers HT coil and Intermotor 33120 condenser.(Replaces Bo 1 237 330 305) 7. Remove the dome from a spare clutch front plate and "double-up" this plate over existing front plate to give extra spring preload. 8. Keep your feet up!
  6. The Villiers 6E/8E engine is, in my experience, a good little engine for trials use. The Villiers carb is also a good instrument, and easy to tune. A characteristic of the half circle (hammer head) crankshaft assembly is it's ability to help find and maintain grip in good muddy sections..... So I'd advise building the engine carefully to standard spec. first, and see how it goes. A three speed gearbox has strong pinions and is narrower than the later four speed. The 6/8E barrels can be bored to take a Villiers 1H piston, giving a useful 225cc. These little engines in "soft" tune will pull to their last gasp.... Are Vintage two stroke class trials still your intention? Good luck anyway and hope this helps.....
  7. Firstly, apologies to old trials fanatic and bashplate for the very poor attempt at humour previously....... Anyway,maybe neils on wheels would like to go to www.bmca.org.uk and look at the results page to see an interesting James ... and rider! A class he might like to consider.... The results of this trial show two Villiers engined rigids heading the intermediate leaderboard.......
  8. Bejabbers old trials fanatic and sure isn't this great craic from yerself and ye've told Basherplate. aye ye have..... From the Comp.Sec. DOT Motorcycle Club
  9. That Midlands mud has been lying in wait for you for some time, Neil.... But nearly 44 years ago, you obviously were't sinking that deep over the evil Black Water moor in the 1969 Scottish ....? A well earned 1st Class Award .... And thanks for letting me try out that mud-plugger of yours yesterday. Grand machine!
  10. There is a real danger of exhaust gases coming into the cabin,no matter how short your journey. It happened to me carrying a trials bike in a Diahatsu Charade with the rear door open. Al
  11. I have very happy memories of these trials and the people, and good to see old faces still in action on proper machinery. Oh, and the soup was always good too and then it was back into the sections for another four laps... Your photographs much appreciated.
  12. This letter should be compulsory reading for every Cub owner.....
  13. Now then, I well remember foot-slogging my way up a deep and steep mucky rockstrewn gulley, the winter rain teeming down, and struggling like a mad man to get the front spindle up the bank and through the "ends cards" before collapsing in a heap. A "good" three.... That'll be a five then, the too cheerful by far observer said. This is an AMCA trial, old lad! Don't learn my lesson twice...... get that rear wheel spindle safely through....!!! Cheers, Al
  14. And a Very Merry Christmas to you Old Fanatic! Now then,I just happened to come across this very day, an old black and white photograph of John Surtees, competing on a Tiger Cub trialer in a proper mucky section. And judging from the big grin, he obviously had the Marzocchis well hidden...... Yes, you can see where I'm coming from..... Anyway, a serious problem has arisen when trying to fit these units into my 1955 Armstrong dampers, on my 1954 Earles type forks. It would be easier to fit the Armstrongs into the Marzocchis! But I think I'll leave well alone! After all, these dampers have been through the "ends cards" up Pipeline....... But I do appreciate where you are coming from too, so all the best and keep your feet up! Me? It's "Christmas's Past" time once again....horray! Al
  15. Now then, now then, Old Trials Fanatic! What type of fork was used by the Cub "works" riders of the day? Best regards, Al
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