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RED DNA DAY An early start to the day had rich rewards when we departed Manchester airport on a 06.05 Tuesday morning flight to Barcelona in Spain. We arrived to be welcomed by the air-conditioned transport to the Mas Salagros Ecoresort resort near Vallromanes, and I just knew we were in for a special few days. After a relaxed lunch and a rapid power-hour of sleep, it was time to register with our hosts for the next few days, GASGAS. I had Michael Brown for company as our official Trial Magazine test rider for the launch of the new GASGGAS MY23 trials model range. Soon we were surrounded by a pack of similarly enthusiastic journalists and test riders from around Europe. As we registered, I noted amongst them Albert Cabestany, Miquel Gelabert and Laia Sanz; we were in good company, I think you will agree. After an extensive development programme, the next generation of GASGAS trial machines is now rolling off the production line in Terrassa, Spain. So the time had come to visit the new purpose-built GASGAS facility for the MY23 trials launch due at 17.00 hours. Words: John Hulme and Michael Brown Pictures: Trials Media and GASGAS 28
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or the next few days, our chaperone would be the head of GASGAS marketing in the UK, Simon Roots, supported by the super-enthusiastic factory personnel. As the security doors opened on the brand-new GASGAS facility, one thing was for certain the DNA was still red.
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It was very warm under the afternoon sun, but so was the welcome, which included some light refreshments, including dark brown bottles with Estrella Damm written on them in ice buckets! Before the factory doors opened, our ‘Master of Ceremonies’ representing GASGAS, presenter Josh Sampiero, a largerthan-life American, introduced the heads of departments at the new factory and their various roles in this fresh environment which is GASGAS. He presented each one of them individually, starting with Fabian Simmer, Managing Director GASGAS Spain; Maria Frey, Brand Marketing Specialist; Albert Cabestany, Trial Team Manager; Javier Zapata, Technical Product Manager; Gordon Vom Bauer, Product Marketing Manager; Joachim Sauer, Product Manager; and Miguel Alcover, Team Leader Brand Marketing. In addition, I noted some older names from the past who still had the GASGAS DNA, including Javier Zapata and Albert Cabestany. Walking through the new factory doors was a special moment for me as I had visited the old Gas Gas factory in 1987 and then the new factory at Gerona in 2002 when it opened. Two decades later, the proud Managing Director of GASGAS Spain, Fabian Simmer, gave us a brief talk on the heritage of the brand name before turning his focus to the new facility and its exciting future with its new owners which come under the PIERER Mobility Group. They are Trial Magazine • August-September 2022
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International Sport • FIM Trial World Championship
FIM TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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TrialGP Championship Leader: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP)
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What a super start to the six-round 2022 FIM Trial World Championship. This year the series visits Spain, Andorra, Germany, Belgium, France and Italy with ten points-scoring days. Already the action has been really hot at the opening three rounds under the baking sun in Hospitalet de L’Infant, south of Tarragona in Spain, for round one before moving to the high-altitude venue at Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra. Round three then moved to the cooler area of Neunkirchen, which can be found 60 miles east of Cologne. The championship leaders are TrialGP Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP), Trial2 Pablo Suarez (Montesa-ESP), Trial3 Harry Hemingway (Beta-GBR), TrialGP Women Emma Bristow (Sherco-GBR), Trial2 Women Sophia Ter Jung (TRRS-GER). With the manufacturers, Montesa leads the way with its top two riders in TrialGP and Trial2, Toni Bou and Pablo Suarez. Article: Trials Media Pictures: Trials Media and Repsol Honda August-September 2022 • Trial Magazine
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Trial2 World Championship Leader: Pablo Suarez (Montesa-ESP)
In Spain, the TrialGP, TrialGP Women, Trial2 and the new Trial3 (formerly Trial125 class) would attract a solid entry of just under 90 competitors, with the majority of the 12 sections located in the local dried-up river bed at Llastres found just outside the host town. Made up of huge, dry rocks and climbs based around the river, the riders would compete over two laps on the 12-kilometre course. Riders arrived at Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra, for another two points-scoring days. As we have seen so many times in the past, this location had a varied selection of sections from the dry, rugged exposed rocks on the hillside overlooking Sant Julia de Loria before moving to the rocky river found on the opposite side of the hillside in the shaded wooded area. This 12-kilometre course would take in 12
TrialGP Women Championship Leader: Emma Bristow (Sherco-GBR)
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Trial3 World Championship Leader: Harry Hemingway (Beta-GBR)
sections to be ridden over the two laps. After Spain and Andorra, the championship moved to Neunkirchen in Germany, 60 miles east of Cologne, for round three. The classes to be contested would be the TrialGP, TrialGP Women and Trial2, as well as the first round for the Trial2 Women. The four classes attracted a strong entry of just over 80 competitors. This location has a varied selection of sections split into two halves with a mixture of man-made sections near the start area and followed by more natural ones close by in the very steep wooded hillside area. This compact five-kilometre course would take in the mandatory 12 sections to be ridden over the two laps. With a summer break in the championship now, let’s look at what’s happened so far in the first three rounds in 2022.
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SWITCHED ON With its presence growing year on year in an ever-changing world, particularly in motorcycle trials, the ‘switched on’ EM company, better known as Electric Motion, continues to raise the bar with its electric-powered model range in this significant area of securing the future of the sport. The Production of the electric motorcycles is at the new factory, which was opened in 2019 and can be found in Vendargues, France. Around this new production facility, you can find a beautiful business area, with the opportunity to expand when the time arrives. A machine test area is easily accessible, as is the nearby motorway. We use the words’ switched on’ again because that’s the entire vision of the motorcycle manufacturer’s future secured with the knowledge and experience of its leader, the superenthusiastic Philippe Arresten and a team of young, forward-thinking staff. This year the official 2023 model launch would again take place at the superb Moto-Club Sommierois, found just outside Villevieille, France. Words: Trial Magazine – John Hulme • Pictures: Jean Finiels Trial Club and Ulrich Masen
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EM 2023 • What’s new
A world first for EM: the 2022 Scottish Six Days Trial.
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quick catch-up with Philippe Arresten is always welcome, and he is more than happy to tell you just how pleased he is about how the new generation of EM models is driving the change in the sport of motorcycle trials. Philippe Arresten: “Already 2022 has been a fantastic year, starting with the efforts of our French rider Gael Chatagno and Matthew Alpe, our official UK importer, at the Scottish Six Days Trial in May. We were ridiculed and laughed at when we made it apparent that the two riders would enter this historic six-day event on our EM machines, but we had every faith in our product. I was confident that the battery life was capable of taking on this arduous challenge; the electric machines are homologated to the equivalent of 125cc fuel-aspirated machines, and the suspension and cycle components are very similar to the same motorcycles. “Both riders did EM proud, with Gael finishing 19th and Matthew 72nd. The icing on the cake was the award for the Best Foreign Rider and Best up to 200cc machine against some very strong opposition for Gael. “Winning the 2021 FIM TrialE World Championship was another first for a French motorcycle manufacturer before the class was removed in 2022. In this situation, we moved Gael Chatagno into the FIM Trial2 World Championship.
Gael Chatagno has been a revelation on the EM in the FIM Trial2 Class World Championship.
Jean Pena, the Commercial Director of Marketing at EM, takes to the stage.
Christophe Bruand puts on his ‘Dust’ display.
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Meeting • Jack Challoner
JACK CHALLONER
RIDE ON SUNDAY, SELL ON MONDAY
It is an age-old saying, ‘Ride on Sunday, sell on Monday,’ but it is one that still works in the modern world of motorcycles. I first came into contact with Jack Challoner at the back-end of a very successful youth trials career in late 2006. He was a lovely young lad; if anything, a little shy when I first met him, maybe reserved is a better description, but very ambitious. Dougie Lampkin has influenced a whole generation of trials riders, you can argue he still does, and a young Jack always looked up to his hero. The lifespan of a professional trials rider can be short but enjoyable; success and championships can be won before the move into the sport’s premier league, now named the FIM TrialGP World Championship, is made. But, as you are about to discover, Jack made his mark before injuries forced him away from the world championship dream. He still enjoys his trials riding but can now be found heavily involved in the sales department at Craigs Honda as part of a very successful two-wheel road-based dealership. So just remember when you enquire about a motorcycle purchase at Craigs Honda, and Jack Challoner picks up the phone, the ‘Ride on Sunday, sell on Monday’ still applies to someone with a huge amount of experience in the motorcycle world. Words: Trials Media with Jack Challoner • Pictures: Trials Media 68
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Jack Challoner • Meeting
Selling road-going motorcycles was a huge new area to work in.
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ith a very rewarding and successful youth career behind him, he moved into the adult world in 2009, and it was tough, to say the least. As part of the Top Trial Team based in Italy, he won and finished fourth in the 2009 FIM Junior World Trials Championship before taking a hard-fought title in 2010. In his debut in the 2011 FIM X-Trial Indoor World Championship, he finished sixth and ninth in the FIM World Trials Championship. It was time to speak with Jack about his world championship career. 2011 was when it all got serious Jack Challoner: “I was living in Italy with the Bosi family, who were the Top Trial Team, using Beta machinery. Before this, for the last 12 years, my parents had helped finance the whole job. They have been a total inspiration throughout even the toughest moments. I can never forget my minder Michele Bosi and the whole Bosi family at Miton Top Trial Team. 2011 was the fourth year I had ridden for the Top Trial Team. “I moved to the Bosi team to meet the family at the end of 2007. John Lampkin, the Beta UK importer, introduced me to the team, and during a meeting with them, I explained my ambitions. Michele said he would do everything he could to give me the best chance of winning the 2008 World Youth Championship, and we won it!” Trial Magazine • August-September 2022
Working at Craigs Honda has been a steep learning curve.
Winning the ACU Youth A Class in in 2007.
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Electric • Oset
ELECTRIC
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The Press Release announcing the acquisition of OSET by Triumph Motorcycles went global and put the word ‘Trials’ in front of a truly worldwide audience. Big News indeed; amongst all the speculation that resulted, the Press Release was left to speak for itself. No interviews were granted, with the exception of this one for Trial Magazine… The OSET story has always been interesting. But wow, it has now become even more intriguing, even more interesting, and even more exciting! If any of you have been hiding under a rock, you may have missed the news. OSET Bikes have been acquired by Triumph Motorcycles. Yes – one of the premiere motorcycle companies in the world, and by far and away the biggest British brand, has dipped its toe back into the trials universe. OSET founder Ian Smith confirms: “For me, this is a perfect match. OSET remains OSET, with the support and backing of the very best company we could ever dream of working with. Triumph are huge players on the global stage and are venturing into the off-road sector in a big way. The future could not be any more exciting!” Words: Words: Ian Smith and TM • Pictures: Triumph and Trials Media 78
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Oset • Electric
Above: Triumph are the sole engine supplier to the Moto2 series. Top left: Triumph’s ‘Factory Tour Experience’ features a two-storey museum. Bottom left: Historic bikes including the 1902 ‘first bike’ are on display.
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n last month’s Trial Magazine, Ian revealed OSET’s own bold strategy. A complete makeover of the foundations of the business has been going on since 2018. This is about to bear fruit, with new products in the pipeline. Ian predicts 2023 will be a big step forward for OSET. Ian Smith: “I already revealed that OSET will have new, ground-up redesigns of our existing trials range. What I couldn’t reveal before was the tie-in with Triumph. We are only a month into this ‘new beginning’, but I can safely say that the chocks are off the wheels and we’re ready to fly. I can’t reveal anything other than short-term plans, so will leave the market to speculate for itself.” Tell us more about the relationship with Triumph. IS: “Triumph have purchased OSET from myself and Louise. Triumph are very much behind OSET as a brand and wish us to continue everything as we have done before, but with their backing, support and advice. We will remain in exactly the same structure, with the same OSET HQ location, the same staff, and the same involvement in the sport of trials. I am CEO, and Louise is still integral to the business on a daily basis. We have no intention of switching off and are actually more enthusiastic about the future than ever before.” And presumably more power in the market? IS: “We can all see that electric products are ‘hot’ and part of our futures. Electric cars, bicycles and skateboards are enhancing and expanding those core markets. I see the same for trials and off-road motorcycle products. BUT, in the great scheme of things, OSET have been swimming in a small pond — despite selling 40,000 bikes in our time. Bigger fish will be coming into the market and OSET would struggle to fight to expand our ’space’ in the future. With Triumph behind us we have the best of both worlds. We can remain with our ethos and outlook, and stay firmly based in the trials universe, but we also have potential to expand into other areas. It’s been a dream of mine to swim with the bigger fish, and now I know we can do it. Nothing happens overnight but I see our future as very bright.”
Trial Magazine • August-September 2022
Ricky Carmichael and Ivan Cervantes are working on the Triumph off-road range.
Steve McQueen. A legend who loved his Triumphs.
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Sport • ACU Trial British Championship
Toby Martyn (TRRS UK)
TRIAL GB
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Despite its introduction in 2022 to reverse the order of starting positions, where the winner from the previous round in ACU Trial GB class will be the first rider to start, followed by the other riders’ finishing positions, meant the fight for supremacy remains between the current championship leader Jack Peace and the defending champion Toby Martyn on the TRRS. Article: Trials Media • Pictures: Heath Brindley and Trials Media
With six rounds contested, Jack and Toby have three round wins and three extra points for the best-lap scores. The twopoint championship lead the younger of the two Peace brothers holds is the result of the second-place finish from older brother Dan in the Lake District round held at Torver as he pushed Martyn into third. Of the last four rounds, the Lake District event proved to be on the low-scoring side, leaving no room for error, whilst Addingham Moorside near Silsden is always a hard venue, reflected in the winning score of 30 marks lost. The move to the Devon double header and the exposed Peter Tavey venue was again affected by rain and wind, resulting in a tough day’s riding on the rocks and mud, with Martyn’s winning score of 53 marks lost the highest of the year.
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ACU Trial British Championship • Sport
Dan Peace (Sherco)
At the heavily wooded area of Kelly’s Farm near Newton Abbot, it was Martyn who rose to the occasion, knowing he needed to win to keep his championship hopes alive. Using all his skill, he took a clear victory from Jack Peace. The remaining two rounds, one in Yorkshire and the final in Wales, should prove very interesting in the fight for the premier title on the UK trials scene; these are two totally different venues. Dan Peace holds a strong third position as Billy Green (Scorpa) looks for that elusive first podium of 2022, followed by the newcomer in this class Jack Dance who is learning all the time on the GASGAS.
ROUND 3, TORVER RESULTS: 1: Jack Peace (Sherco) 12; 2: Dan Peace (Sherco) 18; 3: Toby Martyn (TRRS) 19; 4: Billy Green (Scorpa) 25; 5: Jack Dance (GASGAS) 34. Billy Green (BMS Scorpa)
ROUND 4, SILSDEN RESULTS: 1: Jack Peace (Sherco) 30; 2: Toby Martyn (TRRS) 36; 3: Dan Peace (Sherco) 55; 4: Billy Green (Scorpa) 78; 5: Jack Dance (GASGAS) 100.
ROUND 5, PETER TAVY RESULTS: 1: Toby Martyn (TRRS) 53; 2: Jack Peace (Sherco) 59; 3: Dan Peace (Sherco) 66; 4: Billy Green (Scorpa) 88; 5: Jack Dance (GASGAS) 89.
ROUND 6, NEWTON ABBOT RESULTS: 1: Toby Martyn (TRRS) 32; 2: Jack Peace (Sherco) 53; 3: Dan Peace (Sherco) 74; 4: Jack Dance (GASGAS) 90; 5: Billy Green (Scorpa) 128.
2022 ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 OF 8 ROUNDS
Jack Dance (JST GASGAS)
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POSITIONS: 1: Jack Peace (Sherco) 114; 2: Toby Martyn (TRRS) 112; 3: Dan Peace (Sherco) 88; 4: Billy Green (Scorpa) 78; Jack Dance (GASGAS) 70.
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Catch up • Oliver Smith
OLIVER SMITH
CASA DEL SMIFFY When your passion in life involves two wheels, you soon become part of a larger family of enthusiasts. In the case of 21-year-old Oliver Smith, the hand of friendship from myself goes back to a very wet day in Derbyshire in 2008, would you believe! Near to where I live is Victory Quarry, a well-known off-road motorcycle trials venue near Buxton in Derbyshire. It was the very early days of my career with Trial Magazine, and I had gone along to watch a YMSA trial when I spotted a very out-of-place family — you may ask, why out of place? It was July 2008, and in a very heavy summer downpour, there was this family with no waterproofs. So it was a dash back to my van for umbrellas and waterproofs and a huge thank you from a very appreciative Ian Smith, his wife Louise and the rest of the young family. It was my first introduction to the oldest of the children, Oliver, and my first sighting of the new OSET electric trials machines. As they say, the rest is history. Wind the clock forward to 2022, the relationship has grown, as has the family. From that very day, we all remain the very best of friends. With a massive passion for motorcycle trials, it was time to learn about the new world of ‘Casa Del Smiffy’ and his latest project. Full concentration in the 2022 ACU British Trials Championship.
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Words: John Hulme with Oliver Smith • Pictures: Trials Media, Andy Withers OSM and Leah Robinson
August-September 2022 • Trial Magazine
Oliver Smith• Catch Up
On the early OSET in 2008.
The first question has to be – why Casa Del Smiffy? Oliver Smith: “It all started with Stuart and Sarah Hammond, who started calling me ‘Smiffy’, which was quickly adopted by the large group of friends that all rode at Hookwood’s Trials Centre at the time. Eventually, there was a Facebook Messenger group chat to arrange a ride at my small plot of land in St Leonards with a group of friends, and on a whim, it was named ‘Casa Del Smiffy’, which literally means ‘House of Smiffy’. The small and rather insignificant name morphed into the parent company that it is today. The inspiration for the logo stems back to Stuart Hammond, who kindly made a sign to hang up in the riding area, which I now proudly have in my room at Uni.” Why clothing? OS: “Riding kit is a necessity, as we all know when competing. Some brands do it better than others but also stand at contrasting price points. For me, there was a gap in the market for inexpensive yet high-quality gear that can be used and abused every weekend. I set out to fill this gap and am pleased to see it coming to fruition. I have a product that I would genuinely choose to buy over the established brands due to its durability and price. It will be difficult to compete in an already saturated market, but I hope that people will see the work that has gone into it to make a quality product for the public to enjoy.” Trial Magazine • August-September 2022
Oliver with his father Ian at the 2019 Scottish Six Days Trial.
Tell us briefly about your OSET connection. OS: Without OSET, there would be no Oliver Smith within trials today, as would be the case for many of the riders coming up the youth ranks. Watching the brand grow alongside me has been fascinating, to say the least, taking in machine development and what it requires to run a successful business but also noting the hardships and the commitment it takes
to keep everything afloat. All of these will prove invaluable in my future journey with my business. “In terms of my trials career, the opportunities that OSET has opened for me have been brilliant, allowing me to meet incredible people along the way and compete across the globe. These are things you cannot learn behind a desk and for which I am forever grateful. I have
OSET has been Oliver’s life from the very early models through to the present range.
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Celebration • Santigosa Three-Day Trial
SANTIGOSA: 1972-2022
A GOLDEN JUBILEE
As a base point of fact in history books, we all look to the Scottish Six Days Trial in Scotland as the most famous motorcycle trial in the world. Since 1909, it has given ideas and inspiration to so many other events over the years. As we all know, the sport grew from its British origins of man and machines before the European interest in the 1960s. Spanish motorcycle manufacturers, inspired by the great Sammy Miller and his move to Bultaco in 1965, wanted a piece of the trials action. Over the next few years, they would push the once-mighty British motorcycle manufacturers aside. Bultaco, Montesa and Ossa were the machines to own, and with such interest in them, the sport of motorcycle trials would continue to grow in Europe. The Spanish looked in envy at the famous Scottish Six Days Trial; they wanted their own event. As a competition, Santigosa was born in 1970 with a one-day trial, driven by three friends, Oriol Guixà, Jordi Permanyer and Miquel Canal. With the idea in place and with more support from a large number of people from Sant Joan de les Abadesses in 1972, the Santigosa Three-Day Trial was born. Words: Trial Magazine with support from the Moto Club Abadesses and Josep Cubi Pictures: Joan Valls, Nacho Bertran, Pep Segales and Narcis Sans 100
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Santigosa Three-Day Trial • Celebration
At the very first Santigosa One-Day Trial in 1970 the local people came to see what trials was all about.
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resented with a book by my good friend Carlos Casa at the Scottish Six Days, it catalogued the history of the Santigosa Three-Day Trial from 1972 to 2022. I felt very privileged to receive it. Using the book as a reference point, I have included some words from it to give you an insight into the event.
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The parents of Oriol Guixà had purchased the Santigosa estate, and in 1970 he and Jordi Permanyer, the son of the owner of Montesa, had an idea for a one-day trial. It would be a low-key event for local riders, but word soon got around just how good the organisation was and — the most important factor — the trials area to be ridden on. In the early days, chalk-boards were used to record the results.
Discussing a section in 1973 are Oriol Guixà, Jordi Permanyer and Jordi Magnet.
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Local people embraced the trial and welcomed it into the town.
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