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Flashback North �� 42 1968 Bemrose

Conversion �� 54 Honda TLR 250

International �� 62 Robregordo

On Trial �� 64 Montesa 4 Ride

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Flashback South �� 80 1968 Cotswold Cup

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FACTORY 'SHEPS' 360 HONDA Jean Caillou aboard his ex-‘Shep’ Honda at the recent Nostalgia Trial in Cumbria.

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FACTORY 'SHEPS' 360 HONDA

The engine is very compact, despite its overhead camshaft. Note the high position of the gearchange lever, typical of this works Honda.

Restoring a works trials machine is not very much more difficult than working on a production bike, the problem is in finding one! And when it comes to an ex-Rob Shepherd 1979 Honda RTL 360 it's like touching the Holy Grail of the greatest era of trials history. Come a little closer and look inside, you lucky readers, as we unravel the big red puzzle. Article: Jean Caillou and John Hulme • Pictures: JC and Eric Kitchen

he Honda RTL 360's career spans over seven years without much change, and the happy few who received two per season from Japan had a tendency to keep everything they could to gather a good little stock of spares year after year. In theory, everything was supposed to be destroyed at the end of each season to avoid paying huge import taxes, the machines and parts being sent to Europe tax-free only if they stayed there no longer than one year; well this was the theory, but the Japanese didn't want to pay for their return!

Detective work and negotiations Who could blame job-loving mechanics to be reluctant to send all these beautiful parts made of precious metal to the crusher? It is how this Honda engine was saved by a former Honda Britain employee and later sold to yours truly. The frame was traced in Belgium where several ex-Shepherd machines were sent in 1981, when he put an end to his brilliant career, to be used by Japanese test rider Kiyo Hattori. The wheels with their magnesium hubs were found in a shed by

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Sammy Miller, Shep's former team manager. It may sound easy summed up like this, but the quest actually took about 15 years in total. It also meant numerous encounters, trips abroad, hours of detective work and negotiations without any consideration for overall cost, all rare things being expensive as you will know. At least the expense was spread over many years, which makes it sound better. The goal however, was not to put this precious motorcycle in a safe; it had to be restored for good use thus leading to possible deviations from authenticity but hopefully not too many.

Lightweight material Apart from the modern Michelin tyres, which had to be fitted to replace the original hard-as-wood MT43 Pirellis, there will be only one deviation, the tank and seat unit. This beautiful featherweight fibreglass piece is as thin as cigarette paper, and a mould was made to make an accurate copy just a little thicker, for obvious reasons. We had to forget the extra weight, which was not too much when we replicated it. At least it might not explode on its first encounter

with a sharp rock, just as happened to Rob himself at the 1979 Scott Trial, who eventually lost out on victory due to a hefty loss of fuel through the gaping hole which was the size of his fist! Aluminium inserts for the fuel cap and tap had to be machined. The cap would come as an off-the-shelf part from the Honda TL125 and the fuel tap itself from an unidentified Honda moped model from the '70s. It took several years to find, and eventually, one was located at an autojumble in Belgium. Of course, when parts are simply missing you must have them reproduced. Having previously restored Eddy Lejeune's 1982 world championship-winning RTL 360, it helped a great deal since they are quite similar. One of its rear shock absorbers was sent to Rockshocks in England with spare springs, rings and cups. Rockshocks owner Gary Fleckney was able to make accurate copies, machining bodies from billet. Yes, it took almost seven months, but it was well worth the wait since they work even better than the original units. The air filter had to be reproduced as well, as there is no such hand-made item in the Honda catalogue. Other than that, it has no electronic ignition, and the conventional points almost never need adjustment. The coil, with its piggy-back condenser, can be found on several Honda period models. Black Renthal handlebars bars were even found which was not so easy, thank you to Oliver Barjon for these, so you can have the true Rob Shepherd ‘feel' when riding.

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Every year my events calendar is pretty much full, covering most things motorcycle and trials related. My ever-suffering wife usually takes a pen and marks the calendar in any random spot, and that’s my two weeks’ holiday booked! Having been married for 20 years, this year she wanted something special, and when the pen landed on late September we decided on Rome, Italy, bingo top result! Just before we booked our well-earned holiday I just happened to mention a new event in Kinlochleven, the Leven Valley Two Day Trial; ‘Hmm…’ was the response I got. So, after a roasting hot holiday in Rome reduced from twelve days to six we returned home on the Tuesday, and it was a Thursday departure up north to resume the ‘Holiday’ in the rain! The month of May has meant just one thing in my life since 1976, and that is the Scottish Six Days Trial. This new event was running at the end of September as autumn closed in on us in Kinlochleven, which is the location used for so many years in the SSDT and one strongly associated with the Pre-65 ‘Scottish’. This new event promoted by the Kinlochleven & District MCC over the weekend of the 29th & 30th September offers classic trials riders an alternative event as it is open to all twin-shock trials motorcycles. Article: John Hulme

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NEW EVENT LEVEN VALLEY TWO DAY

The winner John Charlton receives his award from Sammy Miller. Not dropping any marks at all this was a superb display over the two days from John.

t was really strange to arrive in the Highlands later in the year than my annual trip in late April/early May, and as I drove down Glencoe, the surrounding area looked so very different. Firstly, there was no snow evident anywhere, and secondly, the whole place looked so green! One thing which had not changed from the weather in May was the rain though. This beautiful part of the world had taken me from ‘baking’ in the Mediterranean sunshine with clear blue skies back to reality. As we approached Kinlochleven, it looked very dark and black, and the rain was falling. As it happened, the two-day event would be covered by a huge rain cloud for both days in late September, but one thing it did not do was dampen the enthusiasm of everyone involved.

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MECHANIC ‘SAM’ BROWNLEE

The Apprentice Trials and motorcycles have been my life if I am honest, and some of my fondest early memories always go back to Mick Andrews and his father, Tom. My father, Ron, had come into contact with Tom at local trials around the Buxton area and had witnessed a very young Mick turning up on the back of his father’s machine. Keen for his young son to have a ride on a trials model; Mick would soon be riding my father’s machine himself on some well-known hazards such as Cheeks Hill. As his career progressed, we all remained good friends. Whenever Mick was at a trial or practising Tom would prompt Mick to let me ride his works machines, which was something which was most certainly a privilege and envied by many onlookers. In the seventies, I would see more and more of an enthusiastic young person with Mick and his wife Gill who, despite his young age, was always interested and willing to help Mick. Tom pointed out it was a young boy from the village in Elton called Sam Brownlee, who had taken an interest in trials. In a conversation, I asked Mick who he was, and his answer was ‘The Apprentice’. Over the next years, my relationship with him would grow and continue until the present day. Oh, and just for the record, he never got fired as so many do in the Alan Sugar TV programme! He went on to become a mind of information on the Yamaha trials machines and remains part of the ‘Family’ at the Andrews household. Words: John Hulme with Mick Andrews and Sam Brownlee Pictures: John Shirt Snr, The Brownlee Family, Yoomee Archive and Barry Robinson

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MECHANIC ‘SAM’ BROWNLEE Looking very professional in his Yamaha jacket, Sam joined John Shirt Snr and Mick Andrews to display the new Majesty on the official Yamaha importer’s stand, Mitsui, at the annual Racing and Sporting show in London.

The first outing on the Yamaha TY 80 at ‘The Butts’ Ashover.

Well wrapped up in his Rush crash helmet, Furygan one-piece suit and Mick Andrews’ ‘Happytime’ gloves; Sam in action on the 320 Majesty at the 1979 Northern Experts.

When your wife’s car fails the MOT what do you do with it? Margaret Shirt’s little white Mini became ‘The’ car to ride over at Stable Lane in Burbidge, the home of the Majesty Yamaha project and John’s workshop.

Posing for the family picture at his home in Elton with his 320 Majesty in 1980.

Team Yamaha set sail for the 1980 SSDT from Stable Lane in Buxton Derbyshire.

Stephen Brownlee (Sam) The world was a much better place when Sam was born, on December 3rd 1962 in the quiet village of Elton, Derbyshire. In his earlier years, he would attend Elton Church of England School. Many readers will be thinking Elton, that’s where Mick Andrews is from; yes, you are correct. It is where the story of the apprentice begins as we join the adventure of one young man in the world of motorcycle trials. Just for the record, his name is Stephen Brownlee, ‘Sam’ came along a little later as you will find out.

The first workshop Life for Sam in his younger days was very much made up of schooldays, education and family life with the entertainment found, as in many small

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villages, just knocking about with your friends. All this would change one day as, when walking back home from school in 1969, he heard a noise which was a motorcycle with the engine running and he peered inquisitively into a workshop on the main street of Elton and saw Mick Andrews working on his Ossa. After a few weeks of passing by, he gently knocked on the door as he went into the workshop and was enthralled to see Mick working on his trials machines. After several weeks of calling in after school and becoming more interested, the friendship grew between them. Mick enjoyed the enthusiasm of young Sam, and in turn, he was engaged in Mick’s development work on the early Ossa on his now regular trips into the workshop. A few small tasks were given to Sam, and his relationship with the mechanical side of motorcycles

had begun. At this point Mick gave him the nickname ‘Sam’; maybe Mick thought we had another Sammy Miller in the making, who knows, but the name has stuck with him ever since. Over the next few years, the relationship matured to such an extent that Sam was helping Mick with the preparation of his factory supplied Ossa machines for high-profile events including the European rounds and, of course, the Scottish Six Days Trial. Mick would be victorious in the European Championship in 1971 and 1972, and the Scottish Six Days Trial which he won for the Spanish manufacturer from 1970–1972. The Ossa years were very much learning ones for Sam as he watched and listed to Mick taking notes on the changes that were made as they turned into the successful Mick Andrews Replicas.

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Lawrence Telling (250 Montesa): Hawk’s Nest: Known as ‘Sparkie’, he was riding one of the new 250 Montesa Cota 247 models. Introduced earlier in the year this was one of the very first production trials machines from the Spanish manufacturer that were supplied in kit form. Classed as a 1969 model it was priced at £285 and supplied in the UK from the official importers Montala Motors.

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Bemrose Trophy Gordon Farley (250 Greeves): Cheeks Hill: You can almost feel the wet and cold here as he attacks Cheeks Hill. Riding the ageing Villiers engined Greeves it’s ironic that the factory’s personnel were at their Puch factory in Austria looking for an alternative engine supplier for a new trials model the same weekend as the trial. Farley had already signed a letter of intent to ride for Montesa in 1969.

With a date change from its usual month of March to November, the weather that would have affected the event in spring came back to haunt the Pathfinders and Derby Motor Club with its autumnal mist and rain. Everyone, including myself, was looking forward to a clash between the previous year’s winner Sammy Miller on the Bultaco and local rider Mick Andrews on the development Ossa. As it happened, both riders would be missing from the event. In the case of Miller, he had suffered broken ribs in a crash with a gate earlier in the month at the Perce Simon Trial, and after competing in the British Experts, he had to take an enforced rest to allow to them to heal. Andrews was based in Barcelona in Spain, where he had spent the previous six months working at the Ossa factory as they continued the development of their new off-road range of machines. With ongoing work he would remain at the factory until December, forcing him to miss this event. Words: John Hulme • Pictures: Malcolm Carling

t was one of my earliest memories of a national trial, which the Hulme family had looked forward to for weeks. My father Ron had been friends with Mick Andrews’ father Tom for a few years, and we would meet him at the trial, where he would apologise to us that his son would not be riding. The trial started as it always had done, on Saturday on the Buxtonto-Ashbourne road from the Bull I’th’ Thorn Inn public house where we made the trip for a programme before the action started in our trusty green Austin Mini estate car, registration number OUT 835D; it’s strange what you remember from your boyhood years!

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Bill Wilkinson (250 Greeves): Hollinsclough: It’s a case of trying to keep forward motion for the elder of the two brothers from Kettlewell in Yorkshire.

John Roberts (125 Sprite): Hawk’s Nest: An enthusiastic member of the Manchester 17 MCC, ‘Johny’ as he was known also ran a successful motorcycle dealership, The Motorcycle Centre, in Stockport.

Malcolm Rathmell (250 Greeves): Hawk’s Nest: After starting out riding Triumphs the Yorkshire rider moved to Greeves for both trials and motocross.

John Hemingway (125 Sprite): Hawk’s Nest: Looking very calm and calculated, John had made the move along with many other riders to one of the new ‘Micro’ trials machines with Sprite. Priced at just £189 they were starting to prove very popular. A few weeks later ‘Hemo’ had finished second in the Scott time and observation Trial on this same machine; some achievement, believe me!

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Mick Bowers (175 BSA): Hawk’s Nest: This looks like a ‘clean’ ride from ‘Bonkey’ on the development BSA Bantam of the top section.

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On the Honda at the Highland Classic Two Day in Scotland.

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A Honda trials story: Nigel Land The trials ‘bug’ started in the early 70s; I have been riding in trials since 1974, my first trials motorcycle was a Honda TL125 which, as we all say, I should have kept. I was never more than an average clubman rider and the highlight of my early days was winning the 1977 Stalwarts Trophy Trial with the Spen Valley Club. The Stalwarts trial still takes place, the day after the Spen Valley Annual Dinner Dance, so the trick is to keep topping up your mates’ drinks, and you stick to the lemonade — how many times have you heard that story! Even all those years ago, I was obsessed with keeping the machine in good mechanical order and looking good. When I saw an advert in Motorcycle News that Sammy Miller had developed the ‘Hi-Boy’ frame kit, I persuaded my mother and brother to fund the purchase. I can still remember the butterflies in my stomach when the parcel arrived containing the lovely chrome-plated frame, and then the hours spent in my father’s greenhouse — which was much warmer than the garage — removing the parts from the old heavy TL frame, cleaning and polishing everything and then fitting them to the Hi-Boy frame kit. Since then, I have dipped in and out of trials. I also had a four-stroke CCM 350 — I wish I had it. That was stolen in 1991. The smell of Castrol R always reminds me, with much fondness, of the BSA engines. It was in 1992 when an accident competing in a sidecar trial brought an end to my riding, breaking my pelvis and resulting in a permanent right foot injury. It was then in 2004, when on hire with my JCB doing ground works for the Bumpy Trials

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Academy, near Leeds, that I went back to riding. My good friend Julian Ford, who is sadly no longer with us, was working at Bumpy as off-road manager and together we improved all aspects of the nine-acre trials park with expert advice from Dan Thorpe, who is still working at Bumpy. Every year, at the Motorcycle Live NEC Show, and in collaboration with the ACU, Bumpy run the Try Trials experience, which is a free 15-minute session on a trials motorcycle for anyone who has never stood up on the footrests. I assist with the event, and it never fails to amaze me how road riders with 20 years’ experience go to pieces when they stand up! Looking for a suitable twin-shock machine for my return to riding, I attended the Telford Classic Offroad show in 2005, known as Wrighty’s show back then.

Sammy Miller Products I had seen that Sammy Miller Products were selling an up-to-date Hi-Boy frame kit copied from the old fabricating jigs that would once again bring an old Honda TL 125 model back to life, and I made the journey to the stand at the show to check it out and take a closer look. While looking round the show though I came across the Whitlock frame kit for Honda TLR, and I was in love with a Honda conversion once again! The deposit was paid for the Whitlock frame kit, and I travelled home with a huge smile, just needing to find a good donor Honda TL 125 and off we would go. One was found, and I built the Whitlock TLR Honda during the winter, and it looked superb. It also had superb steering and handling and was really nice to ride and very forgiving. Since then, I have built twelve Honda

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A trial for everyone I love anything motorcycle related; it’s like an addiction, a drug that needs feeding to me, but the trials side of the sport is where my main interests lie, and that’s why we have both the Trial Magazine and Classic Trial Magazine titles — publications I am very passionate about. These are two titles that can cater for the sport in many different areas. If you are wondering where this story is going, I am about to race to the conclusion — and that’s the well-established two-day trial on the Costa Brava in Spain, as it’s a trial for everyone. It’s a classic competition held at the end of November in S’Agaro at Platja de Sant Pol, Sant Feliu, where the trials world comes together; young and old in both riders and machines, who embrace this opportunity to enjoy our beloved sport. Old friends reunite, and new ones are made, year after year — it does not matter where you are from, what language you speak or the colour of your skin as we all embrace these meetings to enjoy the sport we love. Around Europe, and in Great Britain, the two- and three-day classic trials formats are going through a period of great times, with the calendar becoming increasingly busy year after year. Four years ago the name Joan Comas and his family was not one I was familiar with but as we left the S’Agaro hotel and said our goodbyes the parting words were: “Please book me the same room again for 2019!” Article: John Hulme

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To say that French rider Mederic Delannoy on the Fantic was a happy winner of the red route was an understatement. This is the first time that the Elite course was run at the event, and the hazards were very testing for the twin-shock machinery to say the least.

Riding with so much passion and commitment, Oscar Mill and the Bultaco were at the front pushing for the win all the way.

Next time you see Kieran Hankin just ask him about his fastest lap at the TT! A very keen motorcycle enthusiast in many disciplines, his riding on the BSA Bantam was a pleasure to watch.

Machine problems cost Takahisa Fujinami dearly on the first day as he stopped in the very first hazard. Never one to concede defeat ‘Fujigas’ was back to form on the Honda on Sunday to post the lowest score of just two marks lost to move back onto the final step of the podium. Very much a new rider to the popular twin-shock scene, Dan Hemingway looked completely at home on his 240 Fantic. Outpointing his cousin Dougie on day two will no doubt be subject to some jovial banter for the next few weeks.

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Showing the same determination that his late father Martin always did, Dougie ‘bullied’ the Bultaco around the hazards with a smile on his face such was the enjoyment of participating in the event and winning the blue route. It was so good to see him in the cool ‘retro’ clothing provided by his sponsor Jitsie, which even carried the Hammond Sauce name as a reminder of one of his father’s sponsors!

A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR ANY MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST Looking at a very ‘Golden Age’ of motorcycle sport from 1965–1985 this limited edition 132-page publication spans Enduro, Motocross, Road Racing and Trials. The majority of pictures have never been seen in print before.

You will enjoy this motorcycle adventure demonstrated with black & white and colour photos captioned with informative text. Presented in an A4 magazine format, it is a step back in history for any motorcycle enthusiast to enjoy and remember an iconic time with the great names and machines. Inside you will find such great names as Jeff Smith, Roger De Coster, Malcolm Davis, The Lampkins, Jarno Saarinen, Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene, Giacomo Agostini, Mick Andrews, Yrjo Vesterinen and incredible machines of their time produced by BSA, Greeves, Bultaco, Montesa, Ossa, MV Agusta, Triumph, Honda and many more. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds.

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was restricted p The first ever Anglo-American series Triumph to factory contracted riders on BSA and in machines. Both brands were still very prominent problems road racing around the world despite the facing. the motorcycle industry in the UK was from Don way Number eight, John Cooper, leads the Dave and (6) Emde Don Castro (5), Dick Mann (4), Aldana (3). Rocket 3 was still t ‘Moon Eyes’ John Cooper on the BSA and goggles using an open-face ‘cork’ crash helmet for head protection!

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GREAT BRITAIN John Cooper (BSA), Tony Jefferies Smart (Triumph), Ray Pickrell (BSA), Paul (Triumph) and Percy Tait (Triumph) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Dave Aldana (BSA), Don Castro (Triumph), Don Emde (BSA), Dick Mann (BSA) and Jim Rice (BSA) RESULTS: 1: Great Britain 183; 2:

USA 137

971 — The Easter Bank holidays in April would come alive for the first time to the booming sound of the four-stroke BSA and Triumph machines in the Anglo-American Match Races. Launched by the BSA–Triumph group, two teams of riders from Great Britain and the United States of America would race over three rounds at Brands Hatch on Good Friday, Mallory Park on Sunday, and finishing at Oulton Park in Cheshire on Easter Monday. The winning team would be the one with the highest number of points. The two main teams of five riders were limited to factory contracted riders from both BSA and Triumph. This limited the strength of the American team, but without a doubt the new series format was a big hit with the fans. This was very much a show of power from the once mighty ailing British motorcycle manufacturers and the upper hand was without a doubt with the British from the very start. They would compete on the superior and lighter new triple-cylinder machines whereas their America rivals were on the 1970 model machines which were heavier and not as dynamic.

p Dick Mann on the left and Dave Aldana on the right, of the American team. The crash helmet Aldana was wearing was the latest offering from Bell helmets. u American Jim Rice signs another autograph. The Yanks were very popular with the ladies! q The full-on aggressive riding style from Dave Aldana was reminiscent of flat track racing as he ran onto the grass on a few occasions! You can see the ‘Gaffer’ tape holding the fairing together after numerous crashes.

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