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This is it..... the Humber... http://www.yesterdays.nl/humber-1918-hp-750-cc-cyl-sv-p-1306.html

My dad's favourite trials bike was the Greeves Scottish, before he died I managed to let him have a go on the one I had at the time, he was like a kid at Xmas. His road bikes were Scott Squirrels. He had a 1918 Humber sidecar outfit, bought from a chap in Worksop, Mister Sharp, who was a cycle dealer and was allowed this in the first world war to transport cycles to Worksop railway station to go to the 'front'. My dad bought it in the late '50's and it ended up in the Geeson Museum at Witham in Lincolnshire, my dad having sold it around 1965/'66, having succumbed to the young family to feed type dilemma most of us know about..... My mum and dad called in the Geeson Museum for a look round sometime in the 1980's and were amazed to see it there. My mum shouted to my dad to come and look at their old bike and the owner heard her and started to ask questions. My dad had a lot of the original paperwork and donated it to the museum. A magazine did an article on it, I had a copy but sent it to one of my dad's old friends who moved to South Africa. I remember him having a Tandon Kangaroo trials bike and him telling me the story about you could buy them cheap in 'kit form' and wouldn't have to pay tax on them, I seem to recall it might have been 'purchase tax', anyhow, they were delivered with bits requiring some minor assembly, wheels out, handlebars off et cetera..... It was a nice little thing, he used it in winter for work transport. I can see where my interest in bikes came from now........

This is one of the Yamaha 600's, lad from Nottingham, Erv' Wallace on it.

It was nice to be able to put a bit of info' in the right direction. My dad also had a Triumph Cub, it was bought brand new by his friend Jimmy Cunningham who ran High Street Motors in Clowne, it was a '63 works bike, Jimmy was a Triumph dealer. Jimmy ran it in a few trials on his trade plates and it amassed 97 miles before he laid it up. My dad bought it off him and registered it on a normal plate, it was given the number PRA 377M. My dad sold it on to a chap out Manchester way in 1974, he answered an advert' in the Motorcycle News ( in the days when it was worth reading) and sent a telegram saying 'Will buy Cup'. The person taking the telegram must have misheard. The chap turned up in an Austin Maxi, took the handlebars off and laid it in the back. It was a lovely bike, I was riding it quite regularly, suspension was abysmal (damping only worked on the front on the way down and it used to clank like hell on the way back up! We found a mix of engine oil with paraffin worked best in the forks!), but it was full of character. I used to go to school on the Monday morning after a Sunday trial, black and blue and aching like hell.

I run a Triumph Sprint 1050 on the road and we're just finishing a Norton Commando race bike, this will be out with CRMC and BHR this year. Got a Phillips Panda for a paddock bike, does that count??

Indeed. Sammy Miller never fails to impress at CRMC meetings.

Great idea.....

I didn't find it naff, the response was immediate. A treat to ride. After getting off my Triumph Cub and then on to the OSSA it was an absolute treat. Light years apart.

Bloody flags, bring back the tape.......

A Honda 400-4, bored out to 460 like the Yoshimura's were in the day. This is Jenny Westwood at Cadwell Park giving it a go last year.

You're no different to anyone else who did their first trial......... enjoy it mate.

One of my Honda 125's..

Unfortunately, you have to scroll down to the relevant page, clicking on the highlighted links does nothing....

http://www.custgp.com/a1manual2/Ossa%20250.pdf Page 87....

It was definitely the '70 SSDT winning bike, Mick confirmed that to my dad. Twin coil and twin plug motor with the strange IRZ carb'. I think the one in the video clip is a totally different bike. Not sure though. Thanks for your input.

Anybody remember these? Vic Camp built these for a one make race series. Based on an off-roader, the Suzuki TS250. It makes me smile every time I open the shed and see it.....

Schedule and a couple of reports.....

Although my main interest is trialling, I'm a bit involved in classic road racing. My wife runs Spencer Racing, running bikes mostly with the CRMC. Over the last few years our 1967 Suzuki 200 racer has won the CRMC Classic Ultralightweight Championship 8 times. This season we'll be putting around 15 bikes out on track, mainly in the Junior Production class with Yamaha 600's. We're fielding a couple of bikes in the Aircooled 500 class too, both with the CRMC and BHR. Also running a couple of Honda 125 racers with a new class with BHR. A bit more info' here... www.spencerracing.co.uk

I will if you ask...... www.spencerracing.co.uk

That rings a bell.

The 'dialogue' isn't important. It's two of my mates deliberating what to do next to a race engine.

Hmmm, not sure if Terry is any relation to me or not. My dad knew him well, he was never mentioned as a relative. I can remember him from the '70's. Saying that, there are Brailsfords in my family, all interested in trials riding.

If you PM me your email address I'll send you a bit of a movie clip of something you may have seen in the chaos that was my dad's workshops.

Interesting point about the detonation. In my two strokes I use 75% Superunleaded and 25% Avgas. Bit of extra protection with the lead content. I 'borrow' the plastic gloves from fuel stations and carry some of these with me. A Camelbak is handy too.

I think it's when Mick had it. Looks well with the alloy mudguards on.