christian

I went to the Talmag again this year, What a nice and fun trial for us , the "not so good riders", maybe does that explains the 220 entries only pre65 four strokes !!!!!

I bsa, sorry for late reply, I did quite well when the sections where still classic pre65 style, my son rode it well in expert sections with stones and rocks. The R-E is at about 126 kg, the Norton I ride now is 120kg but now I reide the easy route. Good fun whit your project. Chris.

Hello, i have the holt one on my noriel and it is perfect, I bought an avery for a friend's ht5 that is not as well made than the Holt but very acceptable. Worth the money.

Hello all, I did the scottish with this R-E 350 in 2000 and 2001, very hard !!

This was after the Aywaille 2 days trial in the ardennes.be. 2 days tral without the slightest problem and nothiing to do for the next trial excep a good wash. Not the same for the rider, had a painfull week. Christian.

Hello Tsf, tthe Norton is not rigid, in fact it is a Noriel with a model 19 engine and burman gearbox, Norton fork, cub hubs, I bought it a the Talmag well 12 years ago. Its terrifying bike to ride but I like her so much.I think it is my last trial bike.

Hi trf, very good to read your interesting comments. I have also , what I believe is a very late DMW barrel and head. If I could find the time to fit it !!!! The Norton is still going strong and is reliable, so there is no need to improve the Greeves for the moment. Regards. Christian.

The Greeves is my spare bike when the Norton is out and it is a completely different riding( is it a surprise? ) Once I get used to brutalise the throttle when I need power, it works quite well, it is very soft at low rev's and almost unstopable, about power, it is not my Norton but I really love to ride the greeves (not as much as the Norton thou). Compared to other Greeves I could test, there is a small lack of response at low revs. There is something strange on this engine, the conrod is the short one , I believe from the 190cc Villiers. Was it a modification they used to do?? I own this Greeves from 2005, and never saw one with the same barrel. Hello Deryk, on the photo you posted the barrel seems wider and head fins arrangement is not the same. Thanks for your replies. Christian.

Here are some photos of my greeves.

Hi Gary and all reading this. I would like to see a photo from your engine with the Marcelle barrel. I believe that I have one on my Greeves. (will post a photo later) Thanks. Christian.

Hello everbody, I see him every day each days. I love that drawing from Rod Organ(if I am right!!) Does anibody know this?

Hi leard, if you look at photos of my greeves you can see that the head not greeves or Parkinson, I believe it is a Marcelle barrel and head. What do you think?

Hello bashplte,you are welcome to our trial, if you email me your details I will add you to the mailing list and you will receive next year's entry form. Regards. Christian

You are right Michael and no clutch lever on the handlebar but a lever on the engine which means that when he release the clutch in a uphill section, his right hand is not on the bars. It is also the first trial bike with wooden footrests!!!!! I call him "the Burt Monroe" from the pre65 trial circus.

Hello all, Can somebody recognise the barrel on my Greeves. This engine is verry soft at low revs and verry powerfull at the same time. I love to ride the Greeves when my Norton is ill.

The 34th Pre65 Trial of Mons was again a great success: 108 riders from 9 countries (Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland... and Belgium) enjoyed the "vintage" spirit of the splendid sections at the Terril de Ciply. Results are attached and pictures are available on : https://picasaweb.google.com/114840479021372154758/MonsPre65Trial78112015?authkey=Gv1sRgCLiUi8624_yeUw Thanks for attending and see you on 12 & 13 November 2016 for the 35th edition of the most authentic Pre65 trial organized on the continent !

Hello all, if you want more TALMAG minded trials, we have the Mons trial in november in Belgium and also there is a trial in Arnhem Holland in september (plonkers pleasure trial). I believe, this was the 2Oth talmag I entrered and I dont remenber such a wet and muddy one. Entry fee, for us, is verry high ( 62£)but we will come again next year. Kind regards, Christian. ps; congratulations to the pilot of the FLYING DOUGLAS, I folowed him all the segond lap, WHAT A SPECTACLE!!!!

Hello all, I will be there with the big Norton. Hope we have a nice trial tomorow. Chris;

Hello all, Again a magnificent talmag this year, maybe a lot more difficult due to the very wet ground. Never seen a muddy talmag as this one. Sections where nice but even the smallest hill was a challenge. I went there with 6 six friends from Belgium( AJS+matchless+R-E+ 2 Ariels +Triumph+Norton) and everybody was smiling on the way home. Fortunately we left just before the rain. So it was an other sunny talmag again for us. Christian. Ps ; hello Albert.

Hello,my sprinter van is ready wih 4 bikes in it (norton/HT3/HT5/Triumph 3TA)for myself, my son & friends. We leave saturday morning at 7 for calais and we go to kempton park autojumblle .I am sorry, I think there will be no mud this time. Hope to see you there, no 68 & my son no 67. Regards. Christian.

Hello,my sprinter van is ready wih 4 bikes in it (norton/HT3/HT5/Triumph 3TA)for myself, my son & friends. We leave saturday morning at 7 for calais and we go to kempton park autojumblle .I am sorry, I think there will be no mud this time. Hope to see you there, Christian no 68 & my son Kyun no 67. Regards.

Hello Jim, I think I can help you with a pair of cams an some other parts from a Matchless G3L, I think you can use thse on AJS engine. I rode year ago when I was younger, a rigid matchless G3LC in trial in europe with great pleasure, I did rather hard sections with it. If you want pistures from the cams, send me your mail adress. Regards, Christian

Hello Ducman, hello Bobtlr, We had a very good trial in gressenich with hard and tight sections but ok even for me and my big Noriel. It was nice to see you there. For further pre 65 trials in belgium and around, visit my website http://sites.google.com/site/trialpre65be/ Ho I almost forgot, hello also to all pre 65 riders !! Christian[/size] ps; hope to see some of you at our next trial in Belgium at Mons 28th of June

Results can be found here http://www.ssdt.org/sitebody/modules/Uploa...ards%20List.doc Congratulation to Tony Calvert and specially to all the riders who finished the trial on real big machines like AJS/ Matchless, Ariels, Nortons and so on !!!!! Chris.

Hello, I also confirm that it is a PAL magneto. I use one of these on my Noriel 600,and I can tell you it works very well, engine can run at very low revs and starts easily despite high compresion and slow kickstarting. It has fixed advance and external ignition coil.This mag is so good, why should you convert it to electronics?? Christian. PS; I would like to buy a spare one!!!!!!!