laird387 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hi, An image from my offroadarchive showing Alan Morewood, with the Ariel HT5 that he built up for use in Pre-65 trials, mainly with the Midland Classic club and also the Yorks and Lancs Classic, as it was known in the 1980s. Here Alan is on Pipeline in, we think the 1989 Pre-65 SSDT. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin m. s/c Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Not sure its 1989. I know he rode it in 1985 when I rode his Royal Enfield 250 Crusader that Davy then went on to take to 2nd place a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hi Deryk, I can definitely confirm that it is earlier than 1989. The person on the left spectating with a bald patch and a beard is me - Mike Rapley - and I shaved off my beard in 1987 when it went down a Polish drain. I went to the ISDE for TMX that year at Jelenia Gora and of course the Iron Curtain still existed. I wanted to shave off my beard but didn't dare as my passport photo showed me with a beard and I thought that if I shaved it off before I went, I might not be allowed in. I guess that I wasn't bothered if they wouldn't allow me out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin m. s/c Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 I think with that helmet and his beard that big its more likely to be earlier than 85. Sure in 85 he wore a blue Nolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickymicky Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 That looks like the SSDT, not the pre 65. If so,it would be 1975-1976 ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hi, Mick, I'm sure you've hit the nail on the head, as it were. Sadly I only have full results for the SSDT up to 1969, but maybe someone will know. Cheers Deryk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin m. s/c Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 It's not the full SSDT as he has a normal card number on and in that era it was metal number boards with a black background and yellow numbers. Definitely the pre 65 SSDT prior to 1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickymicky Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 It must be 1984 then,which i think was the first year of the pre 65 Scottish. I remember your dad riding an Ariel in the SSDT though, '75-76 'ish, and finishing too, a terrific achievement. Ray Pettet owned the bike at the time, having built it from new genuine parts, but Alan subsequently purchased it, if i remember correctly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin m. s/c Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Yes that's correct. Think it was 75. It was the last year it started at the cattle market in Edinburgh. Yes he then purchased it off Ray and that's the bike in the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi Robin, Alan was definitely no stranger to riding his Ariels solo, for example I remember him riding solo in the 1959 Kickham trial, where I think he took a First Class. I haven't found an early picture to show yet - but I'll keep trying. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillary Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Hi All, I can confirm once and for all when it was. It was taken on Pipeline (we all know that) in 1984. Alan finished in 24th place losing 28 marks - details obtained from Jim McColm's book Six Days In May, and it was the first Pre 65 trial with 76 finishers. Sammy Miller won with the loss of 2, second was Malcolm Rathmell on 4 with Martin Lampkin third on eight. The sections were Mam Brec (1 section), Mamore (5), Loch Eild Path (8), Pipeline (3) and Grey Mares Ridge (5). I remember trudging up to see the sections on Mamore but worried that I would be missing the main Six Days action, for I was reporting for TMX in those days and found it a lot of work covering both the Six Day action that day and also the Pre 65 action. The Pre 65 was held on a Tuesday to help take vehicles away from Achlain where parking was a real problem as so many spectators wanted to watch there. Edited January 3, 2014 by hillary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hi Mike, Well done - saved me a lot of hunting, so now I have annotated my records accordingly, Cheers Deryk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naichuff Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 While checking out some slides I found two of this rider on Loch Eil Path dated circa 1984 He was waring a blue helmet and top and bib type trousers The date may be out not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hi, Not an Ariel this time, but Alan Morewood riding solo, this time in the Ilkley Grand National, a Scott-type trial. It has been mentioned in another post about a film in Yorkshire where there were deep bogs - well here is Alan 'sampling' just such a bog in that actual event, this is the Derncombe Bog, and the offroadarchive photograph was taken by Barry Robinson. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi, And here is another old friend who knows a thing or three about Ariels, Triumphs (any size) and life in general, George Greenland from Kernow, with his Ariel in the Scottish Pre-65 in 2000. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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