The latest version of Classic Trial Magazine is about to hit the post boxes of those that subscribe … Inside you will find … Focus: JCM 323 – A French Connection Meeting: The ‘Great’ Bill Martin Workshop: Fantic 300 – Part 2 (you may recognise this one again !) Sidecar: The 1975 Northern Experts Classic Competition: Martin Lampkins 1976 Superstars Win …
Lee contacted me a week or so ago from Germany to report that there was a nice Beta TR34 1989 260 for sale, and he could get it for what i would consider to be a very good price. He sent some images and video and the deal was done! So now I have the …
Montesa announced major changes in its Cota 4RT! 06/03/2015 Since the appearance of the model 260 in 2014, Montesa has continued to implement significant improvements in their models of trial. Continuing this trend, Montesa Cota 4RT will continue marketed the 260 and Race Replica, which begin trading by the end of July. In its 2016 version presented …
Although Bank Holiday weekends are not a time i traditionally enjoy travelling up or down the M5 I thought i would give it a go this weekend as it is half term and i figured all the holiday makers have all week to get stuck somewhere else !! The Hawks Motorcycle Club up in Gloucester …
After last weeks problem with the clutch it was time to go for a play up at the quarry again. To re-cap, after an hour of riding last time out there was suddenly a crunch and everything locked up in the gearbox department. Turns out that two of the clutch basket tangs had broken off …
After a few weeks of getting the steering side of the Fantic 300 sorted out, wanted to make sure the new top yoke cleared the tank covers to give full lock, it was time for a ride. I have been popping it around the driveway for 10 or 20 minutes here and there but it …
Continuing my theme on revisiting the past I was given the opportunity to ride an RTL 250 Honda recently, some 29 years after I sold mine. Andy B, the man responsible for the lovely Armac Tiger Cub I recently put together an article of for the Classic Trial Magazine, has taken to buying earlier Honda …
Strange how things come about … I had managed to get the 2nd of Jan 2015 off work and make a long weekend of the bank holiday so was lounging in bed as you do and decided to scan through facebook on the iPad at about 9.30am. In the “hard to find twinshock” page there …