wakbun

I happen to know the Steve Goode motorcycles has some TY250 handbooks Give him a call on 01938850539 Welcome to the world of trials

I have been riding trials since the 50s,and like Laird I am approaching the big 80 I still ride my VFR on the road and my Beta 200 in selected trials ( I don't do brave any more) My daughter having told someone that dad still rode bikes was asked my age, she replied IMMATURE That's what trials does for you

I started riding trials in the 50s Midland centre trials were choc a bloc with works riders but we all rode the same sections. I would ride my bantam (what ever happened to them?) 25 or so miles to the trial, compete and then ride home with the help of bobby dodger cycle lamps,riding through as many puddles as possible to clean the bike to go to work on Monday.I got summonsed for having muddy illegible number plates on the way home from one trial.I had to go to court and was fined 10 shillings (50p) I have been riding trials ever since and for me the golden age is the fact that I can still do it and get as much satisfaction from cleaning a section now as I did then.

I'm not surprised Pete Cartright isn't running a trial at Christmas, his last trial had 10 entries mainly due to the Midland Centre authorising another trial in the centre on the same day. And that's not the first time.d