After a quick mention that i’d love to attend a training day with top bloke Alexz Wigg it came to pass that I was invited to his next teaching day, to take place at Berkhamsted Motorcycle Clubs excellent Nash Mills venue. Alexz has been coaching relatively new rider Steve Brierty for a few months and Read more about Back to School … ![…]
The old Beta hasn’t seen the light of day for a while, so it was time to take it out in the sun! I fitted a Dellorto VHST flat slide carb a year ago and it was certainly an improvement on the very old standard Dellorto but i have to say i was still feeling Read more about Old one comes out for a play[…]
Whilst it’s great having a World Championship winning machine, it still looks exactly the same as any other 2021 300rr TRS ! If you look closely there is the smaller AJP clutch lever assembly, FIM legal brake discs, a larger spark plug that gives the game away about the high compression head insert, barrel porting Read more about New look for the Champ bike ![…]
I have purchased one of Toby Martyn’s 2021 Championship winning 300 TRS UK bikes !! I’m sure most will realise that during the course of a year riding World and British Championship events, plus some indoor rounds and of course time out practicing, top riders these days will have more than one bike for the Read more about World Championship winner !![…]
… Cheaper to change the graphics than the whole bike After switching between the Amped white and red graphics kit for the last year or two I decided I wanted something a bit darker. Almost stealth like … I also wanted to have something that wasn’t just off the shelf, so that my bike may Read more about It’s that time of the year again !![…]
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 .. ![…]