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very time I ride in a competition I know that my fellow riders all want to beat me — it’s the nature of the game when you have set the level so high. With many riders changing machines for 2018 it will be interesting to see who can challenge not just myself but my constant rival Adam Raga on a more consistent basis. Adam had a massive crash at Vendee in the qualifying, but fortunately it was without injury. My old team-mate at Repsol Honda Jaime Busto took second position, with Adam third. I then went to Budapest in Hungary to help publicise the last event in the 2018 FIM X-Trial season, to be held in March, and it looks very much that it will be a huge success based on the enthusiasm from the organisers. Whilst there I had a small vacation with my girlfriend, and we definitely enjoyed this vibrant city and its culture with some much needed time away from trials. My first competitive ride of the New Year was at Sheffield. Despite the fact it was not a world championship round I always enjoy the event and the fantastic atmosphere from the crowd. My massive jump across section one in the qualifying was maybe a little crazy! It felt as though I was in the air for ages yet it was only a few seconds. Believe me though, the win was not as easy as it may have looked. As you read this the FIM X-Trial Championship continues in succession through to my home event in Barcelona. Be there!
NO REST
With the 2018 FIM X-Trial World Championship starting in December 2017 at Vendee in France the season lasted a little longer than usual. It made my festive break a little shorter than I would have liked, but with the 2018 now well under way we have no rest in the trials season. WORDS: TONI BOU AND JOHN HULME • PICTURES: MONTESA AND HONDA
Until Next Time – Ride On! – Toni
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Featuring a brand new colour scheme with white, red and blue graphics, it looks sportier than ever before. The 260cc engine has been enhanced to improve traction while minimised engine braking makes it feel even lighter. Switchable ECU ignition mapping offers dual maps for improved ridability in variable grip conditions. The Cota 4RT260 is a machine that has evolved over time into a base platform that the amateur Trial enthusiast can get the most out of. honda.co.uk 0845 200 8000 VPL Terms & Conditions: New Montesa Honda RT260 17YM orders from 01 January 2018 to 30 April 2018 and registered by 30 April 2018. Subject to model and colour availability. Representative Example based on 3 years 0% VPL. Offers applicable at participating dealers and are at the promoter’s absolute discretion. Indemnities may be required in certain circumstances. Finance is only available to persons aged 18 or over, subject to status. All figures are correct at time of publication but may be subject to change. Honda Franchise Dealers are credit brokers, not lenders. Credit provided by Honda Finance Europe Plc. Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1HL. Honda Financial Services is a trading name of Honda Finance Europe Plc. a company registered at Companies House No 03289418. Honda Finance Europe plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Register number 312541.
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FIM World Championship: What’s new for 2018
TrialGP
Trial2
Jaime Busto (Gas Gas-ESP): Right at the cutting edge of the sport is the Jaime Busto move from the Repsol Honda team to Gas Gas. Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas-ESP): Maybe the move from Vertigo to the Gas Gas where Jeroni first made his mark can deliver the goods. James Dabill (BetaGBR): Moving back to Beta is very much a move back home as this is where he made his mark in the TWC many years ago. He is still Great Britain’s un-disputed number one. Albert Cabestany (Beta-ESP): The ‘Shock’ move from Sherco was very much unexpected as he has been the main stay of the Sherco team for the majority of his successful career. Could a re-motived ‘Cabers’ challenge for the wins again, we will see. Jorge Casales (Vertigo-ESP): One of the most under-rated riders in TrialGP Jorge knows on his day he challenge the top five. Arnau Farre (Vertigo-ESP): After a tough year in TrialGP on the Gas Gas Arnau will be looking to move into the top ten in 2018. Iwan Roberts (TRRS-GBR): The 2017 Trial2 World Champion will compete in selected rounds with the backing of TRRS.
With the TrialGP rider paired with the Trial2 rider to compete for the coveted manufacturers’ title the choice of rider pairing becomes much more critical. The majority of the title challengers in Trial2 will remain with the same teams and machinery for 2018. The main mover is Toby Martyn (Montesa-GBR); winning the final round of 2017 gave Toby the extra level of confidence required to challenge for a title. Moving up into the class will be the Trial 125 winner Lorenzo Gandola (Scorpa-ITA).
FIM dates 2018 INDOOR: X-TRIAL
13th January, Montpellier France; 19th Januar,y Toulouse France; 26th January, Strasbourg France; 4th February, Barcelona Spain; 8th March, Sevilla Spain; 17th March, Paris France; 29th March, Budapest Hungary; 6th April, X-Trial Des Nations Nice France.
OUTDOOR: TRIALGP
19th/20th May, Camprodon Spain: TrialGP/Trial2/ Trial125; 2nd/3rd June, Motegi Japan: TrialGP/TrialGP Women/ Trial2/Trial2 Women Trial 125; 16th/17th June, Sant Julia Andorra: TrialGP/Trial2/Trial125; 23rd/24th June, Gouveia Portugal: TrialGP/Trial2/Trial125; 14th/15th July, Auron France: TrialGP/TrialGP Women/ Trial2/Trial2 Women/TrialE; 21st/22nd July, Comblan Au Pont Belgium: TrialGP/Trial2/TrialE; 1st/2nd September, Silsden Great Britain: TrialGP/TrialGP Women Trial2/ Trial2 Women; 15th/16th September, Arco Di Trento Italy: TrialGP/Trial2/Trial125; 22nd/23rd September, Trial Des Nations Sokolov Czech Republic.
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2018 will see Trial125 become a full FIM World Championship (promoted from FIM World Cup) alongside Trial2 that was elevated to the same level in 2017 and the longer established blue ribbon TrialGP and TrialGP Women’s classes. This prestigious recognition comes after the huge success of the five-round series in 2017 that saw a large increase in the number of riders who contested the entire championship. Speaking on behalf of Sport7 the TrialGP Championship Director Jake Miller said. “We would like to thank the FIM for recognising Trial125 as a true World Championship and as a highly important platform for developing the next generation of champions.” FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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Beta Evo Factory MY 2018 As we went to press Italian manufacturer Beta released pictures and information of its new 2018 ‘Factory’ replica models. Beta has launched three two-stroke versions on to the market (125, 250 and 300 cc) plus a 4-stroke version (300 cc). The new Evo Factory range has undergone considerable refinement, ensuring an even higher performance along with Beta’s proven reliability. As Italy’s only trials bike manufacturer, Beta is the undisputed global market leader and has introduced numerous technical upgrades across the entire Factory range. These upgrades join the new features already introduced on the Evo Standard MY 2018 bikes, putting the Evo Factory models at the very pinnacle of the trials market. Contact Beta UK the official importer for more information: www.beta-uk.com
Yes, you have read it correct, you can apply for 0% finance on any of the Montesa Cota trials models with immediate effect. The deal can be arranged over 2 or 3 years at any of the official Montesa/Honda dealers on the current range. You still get the superb reliability from the legendry fourstroke Cota 4RT engine as standard and the superior build quality, which has proved itself time and time again at such events as the Scottish Six Days trial. The 2018 models will feature some new aesthetics to further endorse the strong relationship between Montesa and Honda as opposed to any major changes. However, these models will not be made available until later on in the year so why not go along and order your machine in plenty of time for the coming season or maybe the SSDT. Visit www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles or call Montesa/Honda on 0845 200 8000 for more information and to find your nearest dealer.
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2018 Gas Gas TXT RACING
With the news that the Spanish riders Jaime Busto and Jeroni Fajardo have moved to Gas Gas comes an exciting new model for 2018. The RACING model is the benchmark model, the GP model is the ‘Limited Edition’ model which is the very highest specification from the Spanish brand, just to define the difference. The 2018 RACING carries on from the 2017 RACING tradition with only subtle changes. The sticker design changes and also the single rear ‘shock’ is changed from Reiger to Ohlins, both excellent and market leading suspension suppliers. A handy clutch preload spring with three positions to fine tune the clutch is fitted, along with an updated cylinder and a two-piece cylinder head. The machine has new different gearing, using 10 x 39 chainwheels. The Gas Gas TXT125/250/300 RACING will be available from February 2018. Visit www.gasgasuk.com, the official UK importer, for more information.
Telford’s annual classic off-road and road-racing show has a tradition of drawing the biggest names and 2018 is no different as the Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks returns to Telford International Centre over the weekend of February 17th-18th. Clubs and private entrants will pack into the venue once again bringing together the most fascinating collection of historic off-road machines you’ll find under one roof and they’ll be joined by a raft of traders offering everything from parts and spares through to accessories and riding kit and yes our sister publication Classic Trial Magazine will be there. Opening Times: Saturday, 10am-5pm (Early entry autojumble open at 9am); and Sunday, 10am-4pm (Autojumble open at 9am).
BACK ISSUES If you have any back issues of Trial Magazine or Classic Trial Magazine missing from your collection or you want to start collecting them please go to the website: www.trialmaguk.com as supplies are now starting to run low and when their gone that’s it!
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CATCH UP JAMES DABILL
Still a man in demand
Following in the footsteps of your sporting hero is always going to be a difficult task, especially when it’s the trials legend that is Dougie Lampkin.Off the back of a very successful youth trials career with a Junior world title in 2005, Great Britain’s James Dabill moved into the adult ranks. With the title in the bag, he finished the year by contesting the final rounds of the newly titled TrialGP class to finish 17th. He would enter the top ten in 2006 to finish 9th overall in his first full season with the ‘Big Boys’. Wind the clock forward to 2017, and he has remained in the top ten ever since. A TrialGP win still eludes the Yorkshireman but with seven British titles, two Scottish Six Days Trial and three Scott Trial victories he remains very much a man in demand. Since 2010 he has remained the highest placed UK rider in the world championship. In his adult career spanning over a decade he has ridden a wide range of machinery, ranging from Scorpa before moving to Beta in 2005, Montesa, Gas Gas, Beta, Vertigo and Gas Gas but for 2018 it’s back to Beta, where it all began. PICTURES: TRIALS MEDIA, MARIO CANDELLONE, AGNESE ANDRIONE AND WWW.PHOTOTRIAL.IT
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CATCH UP
JAMES DABILL
2006: Beta 9th TWC. 2007: Montesa 8th TWC – 1st SSDT.
2005: Beta 17th TWC. Is it sort of a move back home to Beta?
JD: It feels a bit like that to be honest, yes. As you are aware Beta
is a brand that I am very familiar with as I spent some years in my career with them, starting back in 2004 when the Top Trial Team first gave me my chance to become a professional rider and follow the dream that my parents and I had sacrificed so much for. The whole Bosi family and Beta were amazing to me from the start. They took me in as part of the family and helped to make my life on the way up so much easier. Without them, it probably would not have been possible. The Bosi family will always have a special place in my heart as we achieved so many great things together. Let’s move right back to the Scorpa.
JD: As you can imagine, riding for the Crosswaites there was
never much sympathy, and they could very easily bring you back down to earth very fast! But Neil and Martin were absolutely superb with me, and I learnt so much from them in such a short period of time, and it is a time in my career that I thoroughly enjoyed. When I explained to them both about the opportunity I had with the Top Trial Team they shook my hand, wished me the best of luck and said it was an opportunity that they could not match and I could not miss, and so for that I am very grateful. Having won the Junior world title was it a big step up to the TrialGP class?
JD: A lot of people do not realise how big the gap is from Junior
to the GP level of riding. We have seen in the past, so many good Junior riders just disappear as soon as they hit the GP class. But it’s the same for everybody and the only way you can do it is to drink a big old can of man-up, put on your big-boy pants and dive straight in! So to say I was happy in my first year to nail a top 10 finish would be an underestimation; I was ecstatic. TRIAL MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
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FOCUSED TOBY MARTYN
Stepping out ‘Living and breathing trials’ was my first thought when Toby Martyn started to make his mark in the Youth British Championship. He was very keen, to say the least, and most importantly he had a smile on his face, he was happy and getting the results to take the Youth A and B class championships. The ACU system has worked well and produced many riders who have moved into the adult ranks and started to make their mark in the very competitive world of TrialGP. Toby took the route of the 125 European Championships as his TrialGP apprenticeship before moving straight into the Trial2 World Championship in 2016. Taking a win in Italy at the final Trial2 World round in Italy in 2017 planted the seed for 2018. He was invited to join the RG Trials Team and to make the move to the 300RR Montesa four-stroke for a full season. With the ultimate goal to be the Trial2 World Champion; it was time to be stepping out into the big wide world away from his base at Truro in Cornwall, in pursuit of a dream. PICTURES: TRIALS MEDIA, JITSIE AND RG TEAM
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FOCUSED
TOBY MARTYN
So you want to be a Trial World Champion?
Toby: Yes that’s the dream. You are correct when you say I live and breathe motorcycle trials. The dream goes back a long way to the early days of having so much fun with my dad Tim as we moved through the various small trials motorcycles which included a Clipic 50 and Gas Gas 50 as an introduction to youth trials, before many years riding the Beta where success came in the Youth British Championships. I had a 50, 80, and 125 before moving to a 300 for the last couple of rounds in the Junior World Champs in 2016. How important were the ACU Youth Championships to you?
The youth championships were a vital part of my riding career and a perfect beginning for me as it gave me something to aspire to and a goal to aim for. It was a new beginning from the local trials that I was used to in Cornwall, but these were the trials that also got my enthusiasm going. Once we started to travel more and more, we met many people from all different corners of the country, and the youth championships brought us all together. My ACU British Championship started in 2008 in D class which I won, I then went on to compete in the C class, B class and A class, winning the B class and the A class. These were the results that started to get me hungry for success on the British scene. You then moved to the European Youth 125 Championship in 2014. 2017: On the podium on day two on home soil, it got messy!
After hearing from friends at events about the European Championship and the amazing events that they put on as well as the incredible venues they used, me and my dad were curious, so we decided in 2014 to compete in the top class of the Youth European Championship. It was an eye-opener at first because of the level of the riders in the paddock, so I quickly got shot down when I started to try the stuff they were doing, but that’s not stopped happening at all, I will always be well known for crashing in the practice area! After a slow start in 2014 in the European Championship I went on to win it in 2015, this came as a shock at first but this was just a stepping-stone, and it added to the determination I already had. Why did you opt out of competing in the Trial125 World Championship?
During 2015 when we were planning the 2016 season the Trial125 was for 16 and overs. This would have meant missing the early rounds due to my birthday being in June, so we decided to get practising on the 300 Beta as soon as the 2015 championships had finished and concentrate on the move up to the adult class in the middle of 2016. 2016 was a year of juggling exams and trials riding?
2016 was an awkward year for me as I had exams to juggle as well as thinking about a machine change from 125 to 300. We were stuck with what to do, so we asked John Lampkin at Beta UK for his honest opinion, and between us, we decided to move to the 300. This did mean competing on the 125 in the first three adult British Trials Championships rounds while training on the 300, which was eventful but I did manage two top 10 results. As well as the move I decided to not concentrate on any championships and just ride a few events and see what results came. School was something I didn’t like much at all because my motorcycle wasn’t involved, but I had to go either way; I still came out in the end with good enough grades that I was happy with. After finishing school I continued my British Championship season on the 300 halfway through, the fourth round started slow, but I went to the next event and got my first podium in the championship class, which made me realise I had a fighting chance of finishing the season off very strong. In 2017 you moved away from long-term sponsor John Lampkin at Beta UK
2017: Self-belief gave the first win in Trial2 at the last round in Italy.
I cannot thank Beta UK and John enough for the support they gave me throughout my time on the Beta even with a disrupted year in 2016. The opportunity then came to move to Vertigo and to be involved in the Trial2 World Championship for the full 2017 season. They were also looking for a rider to be involved in the Manufacturer’s Championship. TrialGP set new rules for this, and that meant that you had to have a rider in the Trial2 class and the TrialGP class. Being able to ride and represent Dougie and Vertigo in the UK was a huge opportunity. To be involved with someone with so much experience, knowledge and skill was an impossible offer to refuse. The level of competition in Trial2 is very high.
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The Trial2 World Championship has been an eye-opener for me because the level of riding is so high; the top ten riders on the day have all got the ability to be on the podium. Japan was the first time I realised how close it is between riders on the day. I had an unfortunate five on the last section on the first day, and this led to me dropping from second down to third but then losing third on the tie-break; that’s just the way trials goes though. I then made sure at my home round to really hit that top pack, and sure enough, I did get second on the day, which was incredible for the team and me because it showed I could do it. It was even better doing it in front of the home crowd and my family; it was a perfect day for the team and me. I then had a drive to aim for that top position, and my qualifying results had been getting better during the year; recording the fastest time in the last three rounds was a big confidence booster. In the final round in Italy, I hit the top mark; the look on my face at the end was disbelief and surprise mixed into one. It was also Vertigo’s first World Championship victory, which the team deserved; I cannot thank them enough for what they did for me in 2017. 35
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FIM X-TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Time for change
With the rule book thrown out of the window it was a time for change at the opening round of the 2018 FIM X-Trial World Championship, which opened the door to a new dawn for the future of indoor competitions. The Vendeespace stadium in France and the new promoter 2Play had the five fixed riders Toni Bou (Repsol-Honda-ESP); Adam Raga (TRS-ESP); Jaime Busto (Gas Gas-ESP); James Dabill (Beta-GBR) and Benoit Bincaz (Scorpa-FRA) and the four invited riders Arnau Farre (Vertigo-ESP); Jorge Casales (Vertigo-ESP); Matteo Grattarola (Montesa-ITA) and Jeroni Fajardo (Gas GasESP) on show in front of a packed stadium of a crowd of 3,200 motorcycle fans. The action was very ‘compact’ and intense but one element still remained the same, the winner Toni Bou! ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA
Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP)
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efore the opening event a press release was made to explain what was happening with the changes: ‘The FIM and the company 2Play are pleased to announce that they have signed a Promoter Agreement for the FIM X-Trial World Championship – indoor trial. The Agreement is initially for five years and it will take effect for the 2017–18 season. This partnership is in line with the FIM’s strategic objectives for the development of the quality of its World Championships and the modernisation of its organisation. In addition to the X-Trial des Nations the 2017–18 calendar should feature between 7 and 8 events’.
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INTERNATIONAL
FIM X-TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Jaime Busto (Gas Gas-ESP) The FIM President Vito Ippolito welcomes the Agreement: “For some time now the FIM Board and the Trial Commission have been exploring ways of reinvigorating our indoor Trial World Championship. The new concept put forward by 2Play and their ideas for the sporting side are very appealing. Also, the considerable experience of Bernard Estripeau and Josep Vergel in the world of motorcycling sport, and of Trial in particular, impressed us as a solid indicator of their ability to carry off the growth of this spectacular discipline. The FIM looks forward to working with 2Play for this new chapter in the history of X-Trial.”
Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas-ESP) TRIAL MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
The 2Play Event Production Manager Bernard Estripeau added: “This new working relationship with the FIM and 2Play will enable us to launch a new concept for X-Trial. The rules will be a total innovation in our discipline. This new system will enable us to change the concept of the sections and open up the sport to a larger number of riders. We also hope to attract young riders into the discipline. Altogether the new concept should make the sport more spectacular and dynamic.” Under the new process where the riders qualify and go through to the final this has also changed. A new format will see three groups of riders go
through the elimination stages to determine the competition’s eventual winner, as the top six then proceed to the next round in two heats and then the semi-final, where only the best of each of the two groups will go through to dispute the final. With the changes to the Championship it is expected it will be both exciting and spectacular, with a demanding selection of hazards while racing against a time limit of six minutes that will put the skills and balance of each of the nine riders to the test in this new competition format over the timed lap. Out of the nine riders six were making their first appearance on new machinery for the 2018 season.
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FIM TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Bou masters Montpellier Once again it was the Repsol Honda rider Toni Bou who was the man on form in round two in France. This time the win was not as easy as the hazards took more marks from him in round one but he kept his nerve to further extend his championship lead in the early part of the season. Suffering with fatigue in his arms, the six man-made hazards were more difficult than at the opening round but in front of a crowd of 6,000 trials fans and under a fantastic light show, once again Bou managed to hold off the opposition to take the win in front of his arch rival of many years, Adam Raga – TRRS. ARTICLE: TRIALS MEDIA
Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP)
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t was France again for round two of the eight round series as it moved to the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier in the south of the country. Throughout the last decade Montpellier has been the scene of various X-Trial events. Following its new format, the five fixed riders were joined by the automatic qualifier from round one, Jeroni Fajardo, who qualified to the second round as the best performing ‘Event Rider’ in the opening event. He was joined at this round by the Japanese veteran Takahisa Fujinami, local rider Benoit Bincaz and the young exciting Spaniard, Miquel Gelabert. This new system aims to increase the variety of different riders participating whilst also enabling a wide selection of riders to gain experience in the X-Trial indoor competitions. In this way, competitiveness and the highest possible level of spectacle are guaranteed, enabling the development of the FIM X-Trial World Championship and its young riders from various nationalities.
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Adam Raga (TRRS-ESP)
BUSTO DISAPPOINTS
The new exciting format threw out some real surprises at round two as the man who was expected to be the new challenger to Bou, Jaime Busto – Gas Gas, never even reached the second phase of the competition. It was once again left to Adam Raga to push Bou all the way as he was joined on the podium by Great Britain’s James Dabill who was riding the new Beta looking radiant with its new colour scheme. Right from the opening heat it was going to be a tough night as Fujinami parted with too many marks to finish at the bottom of the three riders. In the second heat it was very close as a confident looking Fajardo – Gas Gas,
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CLASSIC COMPETITION 1978
Inter-Centre Team Trial
Forty years ago in the April the prestigious Inter Centre Team Trial made its way to the Lake District in the north of the country. Many older riders who read this article will know that the hazards were located on the old Lakes TwoDay course as opposed to what is ridden today, but still based around Broughton in Furness. The old course would take in hazards in the Duddon Valley and its surrounding area, Walna Scar and Ulpha, which is situated just over four miles from Broughton. A tough but fair singlelap course laid out by the late Bill Birkett, Nigel’s father, would take in forty-six hazards using the varying terrain found in the area which includes rocks, rivers and steep wooded climbs, making it an ideal trials location. With the Yorkshire Centre team manager Tom Ellis chasing an eighth consecutive win who would have betted against the ‘Yorkies’ continuing with their winning streak. Tom Ellis was a very well-respected Yorkshireman and ex-BSA works rider. He was very proud of the team’s achievements and respected by all who knew him. WORDS: JOHN HULME • PICTURES: MALCOLM CARLING
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Rob Shepherd (Honda): This was one of the last outings for the three year old long-stroke 306 Honda that had taken ‘Shep’ to the 1977 British Trials Championship. He was informed by Honda in Japan that a new, even longer stroked, four-stroke model which had an engine capacity of 359cc was on its way for the SSDT. It turned up on the Thursday before the ‘Scottish’ weigh-in on the Sunday! FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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John Reynolds (SWM): Priced at a wallet-breaking £1,048.00, the new SWM trials machines from Italy had arrived in February for both Colin Bell and John Reynolds to ride. With Rotary Valve induction they produced a unique engine noise and ‘JR’ was delighted with its performance. Reynolds had been under the guidance of Cliff and Roger Holden, riding Ossa machinery, but with problems with the Spanish production he also made the decision to import the SWM range of machines.
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Alan Lampkin (Bultaco): With Malcolm Rathmell forced out of the event with his damaged eye, a late night phone call had ‘Sid’ dragged out of bed to replace him. His Bultaco was loaded up and he travelled to the event early on the Sunday morning.
Martin Lampkin (Bultaco): After a late night ‘fettling’ from the previous day’s Wye Valley Traders Trial Martin was back on form and looking good. The new machine he had ridden the previous day was parked up for the Inter Centre and he rode the machine that was used in the world championship events. The main difference between the two was the cylinder barrel. His world championship machine had more power than the other one he had been testing for the SSDT, which suited his strong aggressive riding style.
Nigel Birkett (Montesa): After riding the 325 Suzuki for a few seasons with some success, which included the highest place world championship finish ever for the Japanese manufacturer, in Switzerland in 1975, Birkett moved to Montesa in 1978. He was a man on form at the Inter Centre Team Trial, having won the previous day’s Wye Valley Traders Trial. A few weeks later he would win the Lomax on the run up to the SSDT, where he would ride a new prototype 350cc Montesa. This would eventually become the Cota 349.
Norman Shepherd (Bultaco): The younger of the two Pateley Bridge based farmers he was supported in all national trials by the UK Bultaco importers Comerfords where he scored some impressive results.
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The first casualty was Martin Lampkin and his Bultaco. This was a brand new machine he had practised on and the one he would ride in the SSDT, his number one machine. The machine, prepared by Reg May, was in excellent shape but he had a new modified air filter box he had been trying that he had fitted in readiness for the six-day event to make sure in the heat of the competition it was okay. Unknown to Martin it had started to let a small amount of mud and water enter, causing the carburettor slide to jam wide open, and he looped the machine down a waterfall hazard breaking many parts in the subsequent crash. After some pretty handy spanner work, he soon had the Bultaco up and running but was not happy with how it was performing. At a two-thirds distance, he retired and rushed back to his Yorkshire base to affect some repairs for the Inter-Centre event the day after. Held at Pontilas, Herefordshire, the Traders Trial turned into a four-way battle between current British Champion Rob Shepherd (Honda), Malcolm Rathmell (Beamish Suzuki), Rob Edwards (Montesa) and eventual winner Nigel Birkett (Montesa). Riding a heavily modified machine as he tried to adjust to the Beamish Suzuki after many successful seasons on a Montesa, Rathmell was in with a shout for the win until three hazards from home when a wooden branch hit him in his right eye, affecting his vision as the damage around the eye swelled up. He finished the event but had to take a three on the last hazard as he could not see clearly. An on-form Nigel Birkett won on 48 with Rathmell next on 49, Shepherd on 50 and Edwards with 54 marks lost. Rathmell travelled to the Lake District but pulled out of the event as the eye closed. A late-night phone call to Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin had him pulled out of bed to compete with the team in place of Rathmell! TRIAL MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
Allen Collier (Honda): This 200cc Honda that Allen is seen on here has a very interesting history. His friend John Banks, of motocross fame, was building some special Mugen Honda powered machines. When the engines arrived in mid-1977 there were also two trials engines. John Banks Motorcycles were Honda main dealers. The two engines were prepared by Honda Racing Developments and featured a long stroke and heavy flywheels. Both the ignition and carburettors also came for the same supplier. These engines were built into Sammy Miller Highboy frames, with factory supplied Showa leading axle front forks fitted and Honda TL 125 wheels. Collier won the Eastern Centre Championship on the machine before it blew up in the Colmore Cup Trial! 69
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Adam along with Oliver Weightman and the BIU Elite 20” World Champion Vasek Kolar from Czech. Pictured at the BIU worlds in Spain.
BIU Worlds round 1 podium riders: Owen Gawthorpe, Ben Savage, Adam Morewood and Oliver Weightman.
Great Britain – proud Cycle Trials may be very much a low participation sport here in the UK but what it lacks in numbers it certainly makes up for in quality, with home riders taking five World Titles and one European Title in 2017. ARTICLE: TRIAL MAGAZINE
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There are two slightly different genres of the sport internationally. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world’s governing body for cycle sport, organising road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and BMX events amongst other things. They organise trials which are very much a city centre sport held over man-made obstacles with similar rules to the FIM X-Trial indoor series in that if any part of the bike touches the floor, except for the wheels, results in a dab. Then there is the Biketrial International Union (BIU) who organises BikeTrial, which is more like traditional motorcycle trials run over natural sections. This organisation started with young riders emulating their fathers riding motorcycle trials and allows riders to balance on their pedal or bashplate without incurring penalties. 92
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The World Championship season is very much organised during the summer months and this year the first title to be awarded was the UCI Trials World Youth Games which was held over two days in Viborg, Denmark, in the heart of the city centre. The UK sent a team of six riders over the various age categories. Qualifying was held on the Saturday with the top twelve riders in each class qualifying for the finals on Sunday. Charlie Rolls and Adam Morewood comfortably qualified for the finals in the Cadet class, with Charlie going on to dominate the finals and take the title and Adam finishing in fourth position. Sam Shepherd scraped into the Minime final but improved on the second day, finishing in tenth position. In the Benjamin class Josh McParland qualified in ninth place but in a very difficult final dropped one position to tenth. Bailey Dacker failed to qualify in nineteenth place with Finn Johstone finishing 29th in the well supported Poussin class.
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The next titles to be awarded were just one week later in August at the BIU World BikeTrial Championships held in Spain. This championship consisted of two separate rounds, with points being accrued for the overall title. For this championship the UK had eleven riders ranging from 8 years old to 30 years old. It was an extremely successful championship for the UK team, who finished third overall in the nations cup and picked up three individual world titles and a second place. In the youngest category Eddie Weightman was attending his first World Championships, picking up sixth position. In the Benjamin class for 10-12 year olds his brother Oliver, also competing at the Worlds for the first time, had an awesome time picking up a win and a second position to take the World title at his first attempt. He was backed up by Bailey Dacker in eleventh and Harry Turner in fourteenth. The Minime class saw another World title for the UK team with Adam Morewood taking the win on both days to lift his third BIU World Title. Reece Seymour had a good week in fifth place with Sam Shepherd in eighth position. The senior 20” class saw the UK come very close to another title as Owen Gawthorpe finished second in the first round, losing out on most cleans, and with a third place on the second day he secured the silver medal position, with Aaron Duke finishing in seventh position overall. Scott Wilson was competing in the senior 26” class and some great riding saw him take fourth overall. To round things off Ben Savage took comfortable wins on both days in the Elite 26” class to take home another World title for the UK. 93
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2017: Takahisa Fujinami (Honda-JPN) – The Costa Brava Classic Two Day Winner.
2004: Takahisa Fujinami (Honda-JPN) – Trial World Champion: 2004. Since his first appearance on the world scene in 1996 the ever popular Japanese rider has remained in the top ten of the Trial World Championship over a long and distinguished career, taking many individual world round wins. What makes Fujinami quite unique is the fact that he has remained loyal to the Honda/ Montesa machinery on this incredible adventure. Taking the 2004 championship, which was the last for the brand using two-stroke engines, he last won a world round in France 2016 on the fourstroke Cota 4RT and still remains a force to be reckoned with at the very cutting edge of the sport. 96
In 2017 the event was pleased to welcome two of the current top ten riders from TrialGP, world number five and the 2004 World Champion Takahisa Fujinami, and world number ten from Italy Matteo Grattarola. Fujigas, as he is affectionately known, is the original playboy from the trials world having spent over twenty years competing in the championship. His enthusiasm and encouragement for the world of motorcycle trials is a credit to his ongoing commitment to the sport. He loves the fun factor — and anyone who will have seen him being thrown into the swimming pool after the awards presentation will know exactly what we mean! Matteo Grattarola was encouraged to ride the event on a twin-shock Honda four-stroke as has moved to the Montesa Cota 4RT for the 2018 TrialGP season. In this article we have a look at the past and present with the many riders who have given so much to our sport over the years. We also look at other winners of trials events in more recent times. FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018 • TRIAL MAGAZINE
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I have been attending trials since my earliest recollections, from 1967 of Mick Andrews at Hawk’s Nest. Over the next fifty years I would witness some of the most magical events in trials, watching so many of the great riders in action. In more modern times, and with my work now totally focussed on both this publication and our sister one Classic Trial Magazine, my travels take me far and wide around the globe. This was my second year at the Costa Brava Classic Two Day in late November, and it is with great delight that I can witness some of my early trials heroes in action as they are now very much a part of the classic scene. With a full entry of three hundred and sixty riders it was very much a who’s who of the trials world. ARTICLE: JONNY • PICTURES: YOOMEE ARCHIVE, CYRILLE BARTHE, TOON VAN DE VLIET, NICK NICHOLLS COLLECTION, MORTON’S ARCHIVE, COLIN BULLOCK AND BULTACO
2017: Yrjo Vesterinen (Bultaco-FIN). Inset: 1976: Yrjo Vesterinen (Bultaco-FIN) – Trial World Champion: 1976–1978; Scottish Six Days Trial Winner: 1980; Finnish National Champion: 1970–1980; British Trials Champion: 1982. In a career which has now been extended to the classic world, Yrjo ‘Vesty’ Vesterinen was the first foreign winner of the ‘Scottish’ on Montesa in 1980 before becoming the only ever foreign winner of the British Trials Championship, for Bultaco in 1982. After retiring from top flight trials he started the world famous Apico brand in 1984 with his wife Diane. After selling the business in 2014 he became more involved with classic trials, where he is just as competitive now as he was when he was chasing world championships.
2017: Steve Saunders (Fantic-GBR). Inset: 1983: Steve Saunders (Armstrong-GBR) – Vice Trial World Champion: 1986; Scottish Six Days Trial Winner: 1988–1991; British Trials Champion: 1983–1992. After a very successful youth career on both Fantic and Bultaco machines Steve moved to the new Armstrong trials project in 1983, and his domination of the British trials championship would run for ten years riding Armstrong, Honda, Fantic and Beta along the way. During his world championship years he would win nine individual rounds. His four consecutive Scottish wins were won on both Fantic and Beta machines, two each. Now the official UK importer for TRS, his skills are still a pleasure to watch in classic trials. TRIAL MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
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