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Always on the look out for the unusual at good value I came across this on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT I cant find any reference to them in my magazines/ books except for in the sandham/ Dickinson four stroke finale

from the archives.. i have sets of old mags and i've given them a good coat of looking at.. i havent evry magazine from every week / month but enough to give some light to the question.. was the m10 available for sale before dec31st 1964? Motorcycle dated 5th november 1964 ''after much speculation it is now certain that the British experts on nov 28th will be the last occasion we will have the chance of seeing Sammy Miller in action on his featherweight 500 Ariel. From December 1 he will be part of the rickman metisse concern and will be busy on development of the Bultaco trials machine. his bike is expected to arrive in this country in a couple of weeks. from the same issue in an article headed '' Butaco Metisse listed'' the last two paragraphs are... '' ... Rickmans are now the British concessionaries for Bultaco machines, they will be importing the 124cc TSS and the 196 cc Metralla.., A trials two-fifty, which sammy miller has assisted in developing will be announced in the near future'' From Motorcycle sport dated febuary 1965 but available in the shops jan 18th 1965.. in all the event reports and an article on road trials and two articles on the dominance of cubs, bultaco is mentioned three times but each is linked as sammy miller's bultaco the clearest evidence is that the earliest advertisment i can find is in the same issue of motorcycle sport (dated feb 65 but available on jan 18th) for earliest delivery order now bsa victor

shame you cant get enough entries to get it off the ground, if you genuinely think its do-able on a twinshock why not fire it off at traditionla trials championship std with perhaps an eased route.. us no good riders always like a ride out and our moneys the same as an experts.

to quote from'historia de la sherpa T' interest led to Oriel Puig Bulto and tom Ollerton entered the 1964 ssdt on sherpa N. the following year miller famously built /much modified the N on which he competed in mid november. orders were taken in the december for bikes. they are listed as in production 64 -67. they were certainly imported by Rickmans in 65. my solution would be rather to prove the bike is ineligble would be to ask the competitor to prove it is eligble.

no its even simpler than that.. you can put your foot down as many times as you like as long as you keep moving then you wont get more than 3 if your front wheel stops moving forward you get the 5

my apologies, i'll up my pills . i meant what you said but wrote the opposite.. NURSE!!

the popping is unburnt fuel exploding in the exhaust as the throttle is closed. lean the mixture slightly with the mixture/ air screw

''surges on tickover'' do you mean revs increase by themselves at tickover? if so do they keep rising until its screaming or do the revs rise and fall? ''popping'' do you mean that if you rev the bike and then kill the throttle the exhaust bangs as the revs slow?

The attraction of Yorkshires finest P65 trial is too great.... Yorkshire Classic's ''Captains trial'' start no. 76, Bantam 1964 P Gaunt Almost a full house of 130 on the entry list with a couple of days to go,

rode my pamp (03) in a couple of sammy miller rounds last year had exactly the same mods as above plus a slow action throttle, i'd also reccomend security bolts on the rear wheel if you want to run trials type pressure in the tyre. Of the rounds that i rode i'd definately reccomend the ikley round in the yorkshire dales, all sections were cleanable on the pamp. the lake district round was certainly NOT trailie friendly!!

no disrespect to Sandifords but if i gave a company 300 quid and heard they were closed for restructering then i'd cancel the payment IMMEDIATELY

better still OTF drag yourself up to deepest halifax this weekend for Yorks Classic biggest trial of the year 45 sections on a private estate, becks mud streams, muck and very few rocks, a real traditional pre 65 trial and i'd wager said bantam will be stretching its legs..

You may struggle to convince the 'commitee' that your sprite is 1964 unless you have some undisputable evidence, certainly they were in production in 65 and a few, very few individual bikes ( less than a dozen) may have been made in 64, ( i'd suspect you'd need written or photographic evidence that identified your specific bike as been built/ ridden in 1964, a v5 probably wouldnt do it.) your telescopic forks would be from a 67 or later bike with earlier bikes having the leading link forks. setting that aside getting a ride at the first time of asking on any 250 two stroke would be a rare thing, at least volunteer to observe this year otherwise you've probably only a very very slim chance of been drawen from the ballot.

a ha arena trials in a quagmire, that'll go done well. it would be very interesting to see the world stars in such a setting rather than the antisepticly dry and dusty stuff we usually get. excellent 'snaps' by the way showing the commitment clearly on the faces of the riders, perhaps proving that dropping over a hundred doesnt mean the end of the world.

and remember the dvla are right and your wrong even when your right

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-Sound-Tune-Electri...=item3a581a8184 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-BIKE-TRIP-COMPUT...=item20afbe6bf3 there you are

any bike greater than 250 is going to be a lot more difficult to masterthe basics on. i'm just shy of 100kg and my 250 beta hauls me around and over no problems. get something that will require as little work as possible and something that ALL the parts are readily available for, not just filters etc but bearings sprokets etc.

great benifit if you ever drop the thing in water.. i saw one drop into 6 foot of water last year and it was running again in 10 minutes. without the valve it would have meant turning it upside down etc etc..

1500/1850 gbp

SPOT ON.. DO ABSOLUTELY nothing WITHOUT SPEAKING TO LAMPKINS FIRST

Simples.. get on to surrey cycles and they'll do it all for you. if you do a search on here you ll find a thread including the specs that martin adams of Serco fame used

fantastic rider but heres the rub from a twinshock point of view, as soon as you use the clutch to do anything other than find a little grip or hoist a wheel IE stop the thing mid section then thats not trials like i want to see or ride. as soon as the bike stops moving forward thats it section over as far as i'm concerned.

a couple of basic principles i suppose. a long bike is a stable bike in a straight line ( land speed bikes are loooong and hill climbbikes have four foot swing arms) on the other hand trials often mean going around stuff so a short bike would be req. how does the length of the arm impact on suspension movement? a long lever makes it easier to lift an object, a longer arm may allow the suspension to be more laid down ala ossa and majesty

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from dave dawsons blog Jim Pickering, the Midlands 'Bantam' man rides the majority of the BMCA events and so far this season had been riding his Royal Enfield in the over 350cc class in the BMCA championship so I asked if I could borrow his Bantam as he was not likely to be using it himself and he kindly agreed to being my sponsor for the day!! Well, I must say that I was a little dubious about the BSA Bantam as even though Jim's bike was always going to be one of the best ones around (he does the engines for many Bantam riders including Peter Gaunt apparently)but even bored out to 180 or 190cc I couldn't really see it pulling my slender 17.5 stone up the muddy banks that were bound to be present after all the recent rain. A few adjustments on the controls and half a turn on the tick over screw were all that was needed and off I went...First impressions were that it felt a little flat off the bottom but was quite clean through the rev range and pulled quite well in both 1st and 2nd gear. So I was straight into the trial after 5 minutes of practice and section 1, on the side of a fairly steep bank with a tricky set of cambered turns up a sandy/muddy bank with a tricky steep exit where throttle control and low down power was required to get to the ends cards without either the front rearing up or breaking grip. I had a slack dab at the bottom (probably getting ready for the lack of power that I expected!) then the little bike pulled and pulled all the way to the top, never feeling like it was going to lose grip or want for power. Now confident that it would drag me round I took a different level of confidence into the rest of the first lap which included muddy drops, banks and ruts as well as rocky streams and as the lap went on I began to really enjoy the bike and the trial, never ceasing to be amazed by the grip I was able to get and the power that was available. It turned out that where I thought the engine was flat, it was actually an engine characteristic that allows you to bring the power on nicely without spinning the back wheel and once I was used to it was finding grip anywhere I needed it.. I completed the 1st lap for 4 marks which consisted of 4 single dabs on sections 1, 5,7 and 9. The second lap was similar with another 4 marks lost with 2 on section 2 which has become slippery and took me by surprise and another 2 on section 9 when I knocked my foot off the footrest on the bank of the stream and took 2 marks to sort myself out. The last 2 laps went for another 3 marks with my best lap of 1 mark coming on the last lap when the sections were at their worst. Overall a really enjoyable trial with good sections considering the conditions and a load of fun being a sponsored rider for the 2nd time in two trials... I was really pleased with how I rode too with no real mistakes, just dabs where I needed them and some really good and consistent rides. I must say thanks to Jim for the loan of the bike - if you need anything to transform your Bantam, he's your Man! He can sort you out with everything from engines, exhausts and even the Drayton Bantam frame which is his baby - give him a call on 07850 836571 - see the pics of Jim's bike here - I can now vouch for the fact that it goes as well as it looks!!........advert over...!