laird387 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Hi, Recently Graham Howes telephoned for a general natter - he rode most of the trials in the British Bike championships and the Sammy Miller series, plus the Arbuthnot, the Exmoor Two-day, The Scarborough Three days trial - so we had a lot of pleasant memories to recall. Interestingly before 'finding' ORR and my various championships he had never ridden outside his home South Midlands centre - but finding his duplex framed rigid Gold Star in a swop with one of the early Honda trials gave him the introduction to a whole new trials world. I was fascinated to hear that he still visits one of the B+B's that he found way back then - and they greet him as an old friend and only charge him the same every year. Here we find him in rural Yorkshire riding in the Yorks Classic Captain's Trial on his springer B32C. Enjoy. Edited April 4, 2014 by laird387 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hi, Dave Camm, a competent engineer, enjoyed his classic trialling - but he had always wanted to find one of the rare duplex framed rigid Gold Star trials models. Why are they rare? - well to achieve a suitable steering head angle for trials use, the factory used the rigid racing frame - and the American market scours the world for that frame because it is the basis, for them, of a superb flat track racer. When Dave spotted that Graham Howes had found one, he borrowed it, copied and jigged the frame then set to and made himself a couple of frames one of which you can see here in the bike that Dave made. Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montymorris Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Fantastic shot and a brilliant rider. Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi, Jeff Smith back on a B32C! At a demonstration event Jeff Smith gave the spectators a pure dose of nostalgia, borrowing Graham Howes rigid Gold Star to add realism - he also proved he had lost none of his touch! Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Hi, Jim Bray was a rider from Birmingham in the 1950s, he, like most of us at the time rode trials in the winter months, then with minor modifications to the bike, scrambled in the summer. Jim was fortunate in that from his earliest days a very close friend was Reg Slinn, who worked in the Competition Shop at Small Heath and was able to set Jim's bikes up as only such expert tuners can. Here we see Jim on his BSA B32C in the 1949 Victory Trial. Enjoy. Edited April 20, 2014 by laird387 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi, This interesting restoration turned up as a spectator transport at an Ilkley Reunion trial in the late 1980s. The only BSA/Watsonian combnations that I can recall in the ISDT were in private hands. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi, Another view of Cwmcwefru in the 1992 Frank Jones round of the Sammy Miller championship, with Keith Quinn aboard his BSA. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Hi, Here's the 'other' Quinn, is he called Mark (?), on his BSA on a different part of Cwmcwefru in the 1992 Frank Jones trial. Enjoy. Edited April 3, 2014 by laird387 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi, Brian Patefield with his BSA Gold Star in the first Rhayader Classic Experts trial. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi, An interesting looking character who I am sure I should know - but sorry, who is it? At least I know that it is in the first Rhayader Classic Experts trial. Help - and enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashplate Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 With a Mo like that, he's got to be ex RAF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hi, Another version of the Bantam inspired theme - sadly I can't identify the rider but I do know it was taken at an early Bonanza at Sallywood. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hi, Another treat for Charlie Prescott - Scott Ellis with his BSA BOK 228, reputedly riding in the 1996 British Experts, based on Llandrindod Wells, seen in the Ashfield section. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hi, Scott Ellis again on BOK228 and the section is Hawks Nest - so the trial could be the Bemrose or maybe the Northern Experts. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Hi, An interesting image that has strayed from its identity - just who is this young rider of the BSA - and any guesses as to exactly what the bike is? Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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