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Well just spent two days laying out and getting rid of brambles and branches etc. So nothing left to do but open the gates at Burrycliffe Quarry tomorrow for our Solstice trial our last round of the 2014 Club championship. Mince pies for every rider so whats stopping you ? 11.00 start Burrycliffe quarry, Elton, Derbyshire. See you there

i was wondering what you meant as i have never come across a size stipulation. Amal yes Mk 1 yes , unless you have a Cub in Yorkshire of course , but not a size restriction.

Just a reminder that we are holding our final trial of the 2014 season on Sunday 21st December at Burrycliffe quarry, Elton, Derbyshire. The details were sent to T&MX News but seem to have been omitted from both regs available and whats on. Please tell your friends as Burryclife is a great venue in the heart of the Derbyshire Peaks so forget that last minute Christmas shopping come trialling instead start time as always is 11.00 am See you there

The weather gods were smiling on the Peak Classic Trials Club this Sunday 30th November as the very wet weather of late abated and sunshine was the order of the day at Stathams Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire. There was still a chill in the air but the sun definitely helped to dry out the sections resulting in a great days sport if a little bit easier than it might have been without the change of climate. It was also great to see a good turnout of riders supporting the club and it really made the considerable effort involved in putting on a trial so much more worthwhile. On to the results. The most tricky section of the day namely section 4 managed to take marks of almost the entire entry with Martyn Stanistreet, James, losing 2 on the day all on that tricky section 4 to win the Expert British Bike class. Darren Walker, C15, came in second with a good ride to loose just 14 along the way 6 of which were taken by that section too. Nice to see both of you at one of our events and we hope to see you again soon. Expert Twinshocks winner Steve Hitchcock, Honda, had a single dab on yes you’ve guessed it section 4 to win his class with Simon Bown , Bultaco, pipping Simon Critchley, Majesty, to take second on the tie decider. A great ride by all three and nip and tuck right to the end. Nice to see another face that used to be a regular at our events Andrew Weston win the Expert Air Cooled Mono class on his Yamaha losing a very respectable 14 marks over the 4 laps of 10 sections which comprised the trial. That brings us to the Classic Expert British Bike category which became a bit of a Triumph Tiger Club Challenge with tony McKenzie taking top spot from Kevin Scott on the tie decider both losing 6 marks. That left Michael Dorricott in third nipping at their heels on 10 marks lost. Again that section 4 was the decider. Classic Expert Twinshock was also a closely fought affair with rob Mycock coming out on top riding his Bultaco to a single dab victory closely followed by Class Championship leader Dave Pattison also Bultaco mounted on 2. This left third place up for grabs and Andy Cantrill on his Ossa said thank you very much to take that on a score of 4. It could have gone either way guys. Jon Slack was one of the few riders to go clean all day and on his Yamaha TY won the Classic Expert Air Cooled Mono category. Superb ride Jon. Another rider to stay feet up all day was Gary Martin who skilfully piloted his SWM to victory on the Intermediate Twinshock route followed home by Yamaha riders Martyn Nelson on 1 and young Oliver Foulke on 3. Also on the Intermediate route but this time British Bike was Harry Lyons riding his Bantam to a class win over Werner Eckel on his pre war girder forked rigid Japette. Harry losing 3 to Werners 15 but considering the age and lack of suspension and ground clearance I think Werner did a fantastic job to lose only 15. Another new face was Russ Green who took the class win in the Intermediate Air Cooled Mono class on his TR34 Beta and only had 2 single dabs along the way. Good result and hope to see Russ at our future events too. Narrowly missing out on a clean sheet in the Classic Intermediate class was evergreen Mike Ransom who aboard his Francis Barnett had just the single dab on section 3 to take the win from Paul Beswick, James, who took second on 3 marks ahead of an unlucky Peter Elvidge, Bantam, who had an unfortunate 5 to marr his clean sheet demoting him to third place. Classic Intermediate Twinshock was an even closer battle with Tony Shaw, Bultaco, tying with Glyn Ridgeway, Ossa, both of them losing 3 marks but tony got the win on the tie decider leaving unluck Glyn in second place and Championship class leader Peter Austin on his Aprilia to take third on 5. That brings us to the Clubman British Bike class which saw another of those clean sheets held by Ray Critchlow on his Tiger Cub to take the win from Arthur Tomkinson on his Greeves who had a dab on section 3. This left the other Critchlow Alan riding his James to take third place on 2 marks lost. How close was that ? The tie decider was called into place in the Clubman Twinshock contest to separate Phil Green, Suzuki, Tony Fray, Yamaha and Michael Fletcher also Yamaha mounted as they all lost 0. Unlucky really that it had to come down to the tie decider after such sterling efforts by all three but sometimes trialling is like that. The final category of the day saw Steven Blower, Yamaha, win the Clubman Air Cooled Mono class with a mere 7 marks lost well ridden Steven and we also hope to see you at our future events. That just about wraps it up and with just one round of the 2014 Championship left which will be at Burrycliffe quarry on 21st December a lot of the Championship standings have been decided but for a few the pressure is still on to get those last few points to secure an award so heres looking forward to next month and round 12. See you there. Expert British Bike 1st Martyn Stanistreet James 2 marks 2nd Darren Walker C15 14 marks Expert Twinshock 1st Steve Hitchcock Honda 1 mark 2nd Simon Bown Bultaco 6 marks 3rd Simon Critchley Majesty 6 marks Expert Air Cooled Mono 1st Andrew Weston Yamaha 14 marks Classic Expert British Bike 1st Tony McKenzie Tiger Cub 6 marks 2nd Kevin Scott Tiger Cub 6 marks 3rd Michael Dorricott Tiger Cub 10 marks Classic Expert Twinshock 1st Rob Mycock Bultaco 1 mark 2nd David Pattison Bultaco 2 marks 3rd Andy Cantrill Ossa 4 marks Classic Expert Air Cooled Mono 1st Jon Slack Yamaha 0 marks Intermediate British Bike 1st Harry Lyons Bantam 3 marks 2nd Werner Eckel Japette 15 marks Intermediate Twinshock 1st Gary Martin SWM 0 marks 2nd Martin Nelson Yamaha 1 mark 3rd Oliver Foulke Yamaha 3 marks Intermediate Air Cooled Mono 1st Russ Green Beta 2 marks Classic Intermediate British Bike 1st Mike Ransom Francis Barnett 1 mark 2nd Paul Beswick James 3 marks 3rd Peter Elvidge Bantam 5 marks Classic Intermediate Twinshock 1st Tony Shaw Bultaco 3 marks 2nd Glyn Ridgeway Ossa 3 marks 3rd Peter Austin Aprilia 5 marks Clubman British Bike 1st Ray Critchlow Tiger Cub 0 marks 2nd Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 1 mark 3rd Alan Critchlow James 2 marks Clubman Twinshock 1st Phil Green Suzuki 0 marks 2nd Tony Fray Yamaha 0 marks 3rd Michael Fletcher Yamaha 0 marks Clubman Air Cooled Mono 1st Steven Blower Yamaha 7 marks Over 60’s on Moderns 1st Cliff Richards Ossa 5 marks

Just a reminder that this Sunday Peak classic trials club will be holding rd 11 of their Club Championship at Stathams quarry just off the A632 Tansley to Chesterfield road opposite Matlock Golf Course and the post code is DE4 5LZ Start time is 11.00am and entries close 10 mins before the start. Classes for British Bikes, Twinshocks, Air cooled monos and over 60's on moderns Routes Expert, Classic Expert, Intermediate, Classic Intermediate and Clubmen Please come along and support the club it makes all the effort putting on the event seem worthwhile oh and please bring an observer if you can.

Sorry got distracted from the point in the last post and went off on one a bit. Sorry

Agreed thats why you use a solder pot as the only heat that comes into contact with the cable and nipple is from the molten solder. We used to do all this stuff at school along with annealing, brazing, planishing, wrought iron work etc it was called metalwork. Doesn't anybody do metalwork nowadays ? We even did soldering in art along with enamelling and fabrication. I dont know what the worlds coming to most of the people i meet cant even use a lathe something else we did at secondary school. No wonder the countrys in a mess. Too many keyboards and not enough hands on stuff. I'll go and take my tablets now Oh as for solder i just used some of my old grandads stick solder left over from when he was a plumber. I bet people cant wipe a joint between copper and lead piping nowadays either

Just been informed that if you arent a tight git like me there electric solder pots available on flea bay for around £12 oh and agree bakers fluid is the stuff to use

LOL Cats a*** ? well you could have a look and that might explain but if you are squeamish basically splay the strands of the cable where they exit the nipple. Most nipples are countersunk on the exit side if not i just countersink is slightly anyway. The idea is that the solder not only penetrates the nipple and cable but forms a secure "blob" because you have splayed out the strands making it impossible to pull through the nipple even if the bond within the nipple fails. I have never had a cable failure since i began making cables this way. There thats tempted fate i said almost the same thing about punctures last Sunday and guess what

Best tip i can give you is dont use a soldering iron and NEVER EVER use a blowtorch !!! What you should be using is a solder pot. Whats a solder pot ? Kids today OK find a bit of old copper pipe, i use 1" dia, and flatten one end and bend so that the remaining bit will stand upright on the bench. Melt a stick of solder into the pot and leave to cool. You now have a solder pot When making a cable fit the nipple to the cable after cutting to length and make a cats a*** out of the cable end. Heat the solder pot with the blowtorch or similar till the solder in it is molten. Dip the cable end and nipple into the flux then into the molten solder. Make sure the nipple is covered too. After a few seconds remove and leave to cool. Once cool you can then dress the nipple and the cable is done. This is how we always used to make cables and i have used them on my bikes for years. Using a blowtorch on a cable overheats it and causes the end to break off. The solder in the pot lasts for ages as you only use very little each time and it penetrates the nipple and cable strands without heat stressing them.

If thats the case a lot of people prefer IRC rear and Michelin front.

The price the second bike fetched is probably as much a comment on spares availability as anything else.

cutting of the tread not allowed the ACU handbook is quite clear on tyres and what is and what is not allowed. As tyres are THE most important part you will fit on your bike it is important you get it right and that it's eligable. BTW Kinlochleven is no different to any other trial and if you think the only scrutineering takes place at the start then you are most definitely deluded. Why so evasive you must have a reason for asking.

Very very nice

Are NGK plugs Pre65 eligible ?

But the first one feels so lovely when you sit on it it just feels so right i only wish it were mine

The clocks went back an hour and everybody enjoyed their extra hour in bed but a turnout of 30 or so riders made the effort to come along to Round 10 of the Peak Classic Trials Clubs Championship at Bracken Rocks, Holloway nr Matlock. The weather stayed fine and even though earlier in the week the remnants of a hurricane swept through the area the venue was surprisingly dry. A few trees had given up the fight for survival but otherwise the venue was in prime condition. Bracken rocks has never been one of our most popular venues so all things considered along with the poor turnouts we have been experiencing lately it was nice to see so many support the Club. The results showed that the course turned out to be a little bit harder than envisaged but that’s Trials for you and laying out 4 laps of 10 sections will never be an exact science. Expert twinshock was won by Robert Carson on his 250 Honda for a loss of 22 marks 9 of which were on section 1 a jumble of rocks that always presents a challenge to riders even after all these years. Second went to Stephen Bisby making one of his rare appearances at our trials who lost 41 marks again mostly on section 1 and third was claimed by rising local superstar Daniel Slack on his own built Yamaha TY175 on 42 marks. Daniel will next year be riding a factory sponsored Sherco and he is still only 12 years old. A National superstar of the future. Classic Expert British Bike has long been the preserve of Peter Carson and today was no different as Peter rode his Bantam to the class win on 10 from Robert Spencer’s Ariel who lost 27 which all things considered in the David and Goliath battle was a very respectable score. Simon Smith scooped third on his Cub losing 41 marks on the way. Classic Expert Twinshock saw the replication of the current Championship positions With David Pattison taking the win on 32 marks from similarly Bultaco mounted Anthony Sprinks who lost 45 but was lucky to ride as he has a very badly damaged knee and obviously was being more careful than usual not to aggravate the injury. Nice to see Gary Shield, Bultaco, make the journey from Leicestershire to come and ride with us and it was all worthwhile because he took the Intermediate Twinshock win with a loss of 43 narrowly beating Martyn Nelson, Yamaha, into second on 46. Third was taken by another rider we have seen far to little of this season Phillip Higgins who lost 58 marks on his Ossa. Classic Intermediate Twinshock saw a close battle with Cliff Bradley, Yamaha, take the honours on 33 marks followed closely by Glynn Ridgeway, Ossa, into second place on 36 marks and third place claimed by current Championship class leader Peter Austin out on his Bultaco for a change who lost 47. This leaves just the Clubman classes with British Bike legend Arthur Tomkinson, Greeves, having a good ride to loose 48 marks on a challenging course especially considering his Greeves is baring the ignition totally standard. Clubman Twinshock saw another Leicestershire visitor have an outstanding ride namely Phil Green on his Suzuki who lost just 10 marks to take an easy win from Nick Colledge, Yamaha, in second place on 52 narrowly beating Michael Fletcher into third by just 2 points. So all in all a challenging trial but isn't that what a competition is supposed to be ? Our next event will be Round 11 of the 2014 Club Championship and will be at Stathams Quarry on the main Tansley to Chesterfield road opposite Matlock Golf Course. Start time as usual is 11.00 am. See you there. Expert Twinshock 1st Robert Carson Honda 22 marks 2nd Stephen Bisby Ossa 41 marks 3rd Daniel Slack Yamaha 42 marks Classic Expert British Bike 1st Peter Carson Bantam 10 marks 2nd Robert Spencer Ariel 27 marks 3rd Simon Smith Cub 41 marks Classic Expert Twinshock 1st David Pattison Bultaco 32 marks 2nd Anthony Sprinks Bultaco 45 marks Intermediate Twinshock 1st Gary Shield Bultaco 43 marks 2nd Martyn Nelson Yamaha 46 marks 3rd Phillip Higgins Ossa 58 marks Classic Intermediate British Bike 1st Paul Beswick James 15 marks Classic Intermediate Twinshock 1st Cliff Bradley Yamaha 33 marks 2nd Glynn Ridgeway Ossa 36 marks 3rd Peter Austin Bultaco 47 marks Clubman British Bike 1st Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 48 marks Clubman Twinshock 1st Phil Green Suzuki 10 marks 2nd Nick Colledge Yamaha 52 marks 3rd Michael Fletcher Yamaha 54 marks Clubman Pre 95 Air cooled mono 1st Russ Green Beta 21 marks 2nd Stephen Blower Yamaha 90 marks

Just updated our website with results and current Championship standings

Our next Trial which will be round 9 of the Club Championship will be at Longcliffe Tops, Longcliffe Nr Matlock, Derbyshire. As usual routes for Expert, Classic Expert, Intermediate, Classic Intermediate and Clubman. Classes for British Bikes, Pre 85 Twinshocks, Pre95 Air Cooled Monos and Over 60's on moderns. Please come along and support the club. Start time as usual is 11.00 am See you there

It would have made a LOT more sense if the Min weight limit was total of rider and bike combined. Well that's my thought same as F1.

I think what people are trying to say is that the speedo is not an MOT issue but it IS an issue for the rider if using on the road and it comes under Construction and use regulations if I remember correctly. Surprised no body mentioned number plate either ?

You are much better off with the Beta as you already said you have lots of tractors that need tinkering with and the cub would also require constant attention. The ty 175 less so but the Beta will or should be basically wash and go. Enjoy

As previously mentioned the problem is availability of tubed tyres. Only decent one is IRC which is widely available but you have some kind of aversion to security bolts so ruling out using a tube. Tubeless tyres and rims are ok for Scotland as long as a tube is fitted but sounds like you are not interested in riding the two day anyway so not a problem to you but worth checking with the clubs you intend riding with first re eligibility but you have probably done that already before building the bike. Some club's allow full Tubeless some don't. Either way you are stuck with security bolts in the front unless you want constant punctures or run tyre pressure so high the bike won't steer. Your choice. Me I just use tubes and security bolts no big deal.