laird387 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi, This is Bob Tanner, winding up his Triumph-twin based special for the big climb in a Bath Classic club trial in late 1999, the section started with a trickle along a small stream, then a climb out up a steep field around 150 yards long. Most riders enjoyed the challenge. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi, There was always a good chance that when you heard the growl of a Triumph twin approaching up a section, there might be some interesting action. Needless to say we photographers usually spent a little while surveying where the photogenic spots might be......... Here is a good example, Andy Littler was climbing 'Hawks Nest' quite steadily round the first left hander and he came into my view, then he appeared to swallow his anti-gravity pill - and here is the result! Taken at the Reliance Trial round of my championship series in 1999. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi, Another shot from the 1999 Reliance trial, again on the Hawk's Nest sections, shows Dave Varley with his very nice Triumph twin, very much in the style of the Triumph Adventurer sold in the States. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Hi, Sarah Carter (as was) daughter of Dennis Carter, who with his mates Reg May and Ali Tanner, formed the 'Lord Derby Runners' when they rode as a team in the Talmag, the Bonanza and the Arbuthnot trial - named after the pub where their section of the VMCC had its meetings. Sarah's bike was known as the Triumph 'spares' since it was built up from various bits lying around their respective garages! Seen here in the 2001 Bonanza. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hi, In the Bonanza at Sallywood in August 2001, John Tym with his 350 Triumph twin, eases over the slimy Cotswold limestone. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hi, Winner of the Victory trial in 1964 on a Tiger Cub, Ray Sayer was photographed by Alan Vines in the 1969 event on his 500 Triumph twin, one of only two over-250cc four-strokes entered. Ray was happy to swop back to the twin when the factory team was reduced, to watch him coax grip on a slithery surface was to see a master in action. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hi, John Pym with his immaculate Trifield (350cc Triumph 21 motor in a modified Enfield Crusader frame) in the Talmag 2002, photographed by Gordon Francis. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hi, Way back when - or so it feels - I moved to the Cotswolds and was able to get more involved with Adrian Moss and his fellow Golden Valley club members, we wanted to expand the opportunities to ride our old British bikes - so we looked carefully into arranging events. At the time the club was an A-CU club and the local Centre rules limited the potential dates for British Bike events by not allowing them if there was a modern trial in the area. We argued it wouldn't affect the modern entries, we also had our own observers - but the Centre were adamant. No date clashes. So we reformed the club and, with the aid of Don Green, created the initial BMCA structure. That opened the chance for a totally new venture, which we called 'The British Bike Bonanza'. We had a helpful farmer with land available at Moorhouse Farm, Birdlip and the meeting was on. A trial on the Saturday followed by a Pre-65 scramble on the Sunday. Since then it has grown, at the latest count there were two trials on the Saturday - one out on the roads in the British Bike series, one for non-road registered bikes on Moorhouse Farm. On the Saturday night a Mountain Grass Track was held, then, on the Sunday the Bonanza Scramble. A truly magnificent achievement which attracts riders from as far away as the United States and Canada. Here is an image from the very first Bonanza, Arthur Dovey with the 650 Triumph in action on the Saturday. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hi, Riding in one of the Yorks Classic club trials in 1992, John Patefield with his special, based on the 350cc Triumph 3TA unit, the one fitted from new with with the wide ratio gearbox internals. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Hi, Many Triumph twin power units ended up in all sorts of 'other' frames - but were usually kept well within the spirit of the sport. Here is one of the founder members of the pre-65 movement, Howard Midgley of the Yorks Classic club, a Haworth-based plumber, Howard was prepared to travel the length and breadth of the country to support any club willing to put on a 'proper' pre-65 trial, that is back out on the road, just like trials always used to be in the heyday of the 1950s and 60s. Howard had a small collection of bikes - most of which he built himself - and with a distinct preference for AMC - but, if a Triumph motor could be found in the scrapyard cheaply enough.......... Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hi, Ray Russell gets to grips with his recently acquired ex-works Trophy in early 1955, deep in a disused Hampshire sandpit. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Hi, Tony Smith cresting a sharp climb with his pre-unit Triumph twin in the Perce Simon trial, caught by Gordon Francis. On the day, the big surprise came with the 500 cup, when it was won by Tony, who lost sixty five marks effectively being the third best solo rider. Enjoy Edited March 6, 2014 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hi, Mike Blandford with his rigid pre-unit Triumph twin in the 1998 Cotswold Cups round of the British Bike series. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Hi, Sadly lost to the sport, the late Geoff Chandler with his Triumph twin. The engine used is the sought after 'generator' model, created by Triumph during the '39-'45 war to power not a generator but a hand portable high pressure water pump for use by the Fire Service during the blitz - it was designed with alloy head and cylinders to keep the weight within 'hand portable' limits and tuned to give peak power in the lower rev. ranges - a really flexible unit they produced in tens of thousands long after the war had finished. The clues are the 'cast in' mounts on the cylinder sides for the cooling ducting. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi, Arthur Dovey with his very tidy pre-unit Triumph twin in action at one of the very first British Bike Bonanza events that we organised at Sallywood Farm. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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