With no riding apart from the occasional driveway hop boredom kicked in and i started inventing things to do to the bikes ! The front brake disc on the Beta was uncovered. Having fitted more modern front forks and the Braktec front brake from my TRS the standard TR34 disc protector no longer fitted … Read more about Lock-down boredom![…]
It’s been a while ! 10 years at least since I put the cycle trials bike in the garage and tried to forget about it .. Every so often i’d get the urge to have a hop out on the drive, and a couple of years ago riding mate Francisco bought a mod and came Read more about 10 years after …[…]
Over the course of many years the Beta has moved around the garages, complete or in boxes, been partially built and then stripped again but now it has not only been thrown together but actually ridden! Over the last two issues of the Classic Trial Magazine we have documented the final build, complete with some Read more about Finally things get Beta .. ![…]
Four months after it all began we could legally cross the bridge back to Wales, and as luck would have it the sun came out again. Old friend, and landowner of one of my old practice venues, James Bowers dropped me a message out of the blue a couple of weeks ago for a chat Read more about Allowed back out to play !![…]
Having been very impressed by Toby Martyn’s S3 sponsored clothing when i did the photoshoot for his TRS debut i asked Steve Saunders if they were going to do a replica set of kit with the TRS team logos on … and sure enough there is now a limited edition available! A huge thanks must Read more about New clothes and graphics .. again ![…]
I’ve been involved, and continue to be involved, in some other projects lately and have completely neglected this site !! And it’s about time that changed. One of the projects has been a new website … one i’ve been very honoured to have been asked to be involved with. 1979 World Champion Bernie Schreiber visited Read more about It’s been a while .. ![…]
1979 World Champion Bernie Schreiber visited our local practice area this week to spend the day with an invited group of mainly SWM riders to share his experiences and riding skills. Martin Matthews, known by many as the boss of motoSWM.com, organised the day when it become apparent that some of the UK SWM riders Read more about World Champion @ Frys ![…]
Those with a long memory will recall my Beta Evo in 2010, this quickly changed colour and also become a rolling advert for CSP cnc machined alloy parts. CSP stands for Costa Special Parts which is part of engineering firm OM Costa, started and owned by Giovanni Costa. His interest in off-road motorcycling led the Read more about CSP – Lovely Engineered Products[…]