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What’s the Story?............. 14 1981 WTC

Flashback........................ 18 Bernie Schreiber

New Models..................... 24 Showroom 1978

Profile............................. 28 Gustav Franke

Archive............................ 42 1964 – 1975

Specials.......................... 54 Made in Holland

Sport............................... 60 Kia Championship

Classic Event................... 64 Highland Two Day

Kit Machine..................... 70 Miller Honda

Heritage.......................... 76 Talmag Trial

Mystery Machine.............. 82 Heuser Trials

Let’s Travel...................... 86 Andorra

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2019: MAKE A DATE The Classic Dirtbike Show, the annual off-road and road-racing show returns to Telford International Centre on Saturday and Sunday, February 16th and 17th 2019. Come and dig out classic dirt bike machinery galore. From parts and spares to accessories, riding kits and motorcycle projects — if you’re up for a challenge. Clubs and private entries will pack into the venue once again to display a fascinating collection of off-road machines. The outdoor Autojumble, starting at 9.00am, will be overflowing with bargains for you to get your hands on. The exclusive three-course, sit-down dinner will be served on the Saturday evening and is expected to be another memorable occasion where guests can wine and dine with off-road legends for just £33. Between each course the dirt bike stars will recount tales of their adventures. Why not join them for dinner? Check back to www.classicbikeshows.com for further information coming soon. As always Classic Trial Magazine will be in attendance, as will be the major players on the trials scene.

FLAGS: A TRIALS INSPIRED BOOK Photographer and former Trials rider Joshua Turner is releasing a book inspired by Motorcycle Trials. Having competed in various clubman events held by the likes of Manchester 17, Macclesfield Trials Club and Staffordshire Moorlands from 2007 to 2015, Joshua is the third generation of Trials riders to come from the Turner family. Trials has had a significant effect on Josh’s development as a photographer, particularly in the inspiration for this book. The recurring theme of his work is the relationship between the individual and the landscape which, although a vast subject, has a personal significance due to the influence from riding Trials. The photobook is called Flags, taking its name from the objects used to mark out sections. Josh photographed the field where he learnt to ride a motorcycle to tell the story of how Trials riders develop a deep connection with the landscape which comes from using the motorcycle to navigate the various terrain. The book will contain approximately 30 pages, with 17 large-format film photographs. Josh has also chosen four images where he used to mark out sections when he first started riding; the sections are printed on to tracing paper and laid over the photographs of the sections. Please show your support for a fellow Trials rider and upcoming photographer by pre-ordering a copy of Flags. To do so follow the link to Josh’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter: RCM TrialMag Dave Cooper Trial Mag 0817.pdf 1 14/08/2017 22:51 www.joshuaturnerphoto.format.com/kickstarter

LEVEN VALLEY TWO DAY TRIAL 2018 The Leven Valley Two Day Trial, new for 2018, promoted by the Kinlochleven & District Motorcycle Club, is proud to announce that Sammy Miller has donated a trophy to be awarded to the winner. Sammy Miller needs no introduction, with a long and successful sporting career in the Highlands from his winning years at the Scottish Six Days Trial on the four-stroke Ariel to 1965 when he changed the face of world trials forever with the win on the two-stroke Spanish Bultaco. Also making a return to his old hunting ground will be ‘Magical’ Mick Andrews who won the Scottish Six Days Trial from 1970 – 1972, he will ride a twin-shock Ossa in the event. Martin Murphy: “This is a huge honour for the club and the event to have Sammy Miller donate this magnificent trophy. Having Mick Andrews riding on the Ossa will allow many people to relive what were very special times in trials. The interest in the trial continues and we look forward to seeing you all in Kinlochleven on the 29th & 30th September 2018”. For more information please visit the website: www.kinlochlevenmcc.co.uk 0116.pdf 1 15/01/2016 19:17

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that he was so taken with the track that he had asked if he could do a lap of honour and do a queen-like wave to the crowd. The organisers said it was possible, but he had to ride slow. I suggested an upgrade, why don’t we get some well-known riders to do a parade behind Brad; he thought that was a ‘neat’ idea. Before I knew where I was I had the following former champions and stars on borrowed motocross machines: Vic Allan; Roy Black Jnr; Billy Edwards; Tony Caig; Willlie Wallace; Willie Simpson; Mark

Fulton and even North West 200 winner Glenn Irwin out on a gaggle of Maicos, CZs, Hondas, Bultacos and a JAP Metisse. The crowds loved it! The icing on the cake was on the Sunday, when Brad came up on my blind-side and presented me with a copy of the book he wrote with Len Weed, ‘Motocross Techniques, Training and Tactics’, inside it read: “To John, thanks for the chat – Brad Lackey #82”. Dude – You are the man!

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980 was a year of change in the trials world as Bultaco were in significant financial difficulties and the world was watching the Spanish manufacturer. Now based in Thames Ditton, near London, its factory supported rider Bernie Schreiber and he had some tough decisions to make. With the factory doors closed at Bultaco, Bernie was approached by Italian Pietro Kuciukian who was the team manager of SWM. He wanted to buy a Bultaco and support him to ride it on the understanding he would move to SWM for the 1981 season. He declined the offer, to take up an opportunity at the Italian

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motorcycle manufacturers Italjet. He moved to the green machine mid-season in 1981; a blue Bultaco painted a different colour, winning the last four rounds of the FIM World Trials Championship. Overnight the American world champion from 1979 became a development rider! Leopoldo Tartarini, the owner, was full of ideas and he believed Schreiber was the best and could win on any machine. Italjet were new to the trials game, and soon Bernie realised he couldn't win on his own and that he also needed a good machine. This picture from the Mauri/Fontsere Collection and the Giulio Mauri Copyright archive sees Schreiber arrive at the opening world round in Spain 1981. The Spanish public are motorcycle enthusiasts at heart and wanted to see just how good the new combination of Schreiber and the Italjet was. In a poor season beset with problems, the American dropped to sixth in the FIM World Championship in a challenging year. In 1982 he would move to SWM under the guidance of Pietro Kuciukian.

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In early 2017 I made the short-haul flight to Barcelona in Spain for a round of the FIM X-Trials World Championship at the magnificent Palau Sant Jordi Stadium. It was a very special occasion as the Barcelona Indoor event also celebrated 40 years. The organisers had invited many people associated with the event in its long history, including one of my all-time favourite riders Bernie Schreiber. As the only American World Trials Champion, he is still as popular now as he was back in the day. I had last seen Bernie speak at the Scottish Six Days Trial in the mid-eighties but, as I glanced across to a table of activity, there he was, as busy as ever, signing autographs for an excited crowd reminiscent of the days when he was contesting the world trials championship. Nothing had changed. Yes, he was a little bit older, but as we shook hands, it was as though time had stood still. Words: John Hulme â€˘ Pictures: Francesco Rappini, Eric Kitchen, Yoomee Archive, Claudio, Toon Van De Vliet, Mauri/Fontsere Collection and the Giulio Mauri Copyright

The dream team at the Nostalgia trial 2018: Bernie Schreiber (USA), Yrjo Vesterinen (FIN) and Manuel Soler (ESP).

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FLASHBACK BERNIE SCHREIBER

With the sun on his back and a Bultaco between his legs Bernie loved his time in Spain.

At the 1977 Scottish Six Days Trial chatting with ‘Captain’ Eric Hooke.

next came into contact with Bernie in Toulouse at the 2018 X-Trial, where he told me he had been invited to travel to Great Britain to compete in the Bultaco Reunion Trial run by the Westmoreland Motorcycle Club. As many of our readers will tell you, they had a fantastic day at the event as for the first time in many years. He was back riding with his fellow works riders and meeting with his many friends he had made over the years. After the event, the Classic Trial Magazine office telephone rang many times, and we received emails endorsing how good it was to see Bernie back with the boots on and riding in trials. For those who want to know a little more about Mr Schreiber, read on!

1980: Chewing the fat with, left to right: Ulf Karlson and Yrjo Vesterinen

Come and have a look The introduction to the ‘Dirt’ took place after a friend of his father suggested they come and watch his son on his trials machine. Both Bernie and his father were excited at what they had seen, and a converted Kawasaki 90 was soon entered in a competition, and he beat his friend’s son to finish seventh. It was now a life of trials at the Schreiber household. The next step was to a Bultaco Lobito 125cc in the early 70s, and soon the success came along. He had the trials ‘bug’. In Los Angeles, the largest Bultaco dealer, soon offered him a contract to compete in trials on a more professional level. As with many of the Spanish factories at this time, they would send representatives to help them develop the trials market, and the USA was no different. He impressed Bultaco enough to be offered the opportunity in 1977. As a 17-year-old he travelled to Europe to compete in the FIM World Trials Championship. After the long-haul flight across the water, he arrived in Brussels to be met by the Belgian Bultaco importer Marcel Wiertz — he was wearing a tee-shirt in the cold of February. Speaking in American/English, communication immediately became a problem and the cold, wet weather was not what he had anticipated. After a few days of adjusting to the climate, it was straight into a trial. His first event was typical of the European trials scene at that time of the year with cold weather and muddy conditions greeted by many trials fans who lined the hazards to watch the American in action on the Bultaco.

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The move to the painted green Bultaco was a difficult one.

SHOWROOM 1978

Time for change

YRJO VESTERINEN

Winning three FIM world titles from 1976–1978 the Finnish rider kept the Bultaco name in the limelight, giving it a superb global sales platform. This picture from 2012 has ‘Vesty’ with his 1978 world championship winning Bultaco.

From the moment Sammy Miller moved to Bultaco in 1965 the wind in the sails of the Spanish Armada meant they just got stronger. It seemed that they had it all their own way from that day on. The Japanese interrupted proceedings in the early eighties but to be honest if you wanted to win in the seventies you had to be on a Bultaco, Montesa or Ossa. With financial problems just around the corner for them, as seen with Ossa, and the Japanese selling off what was a majority of old stock the Italians started to take note of an opening in the trials market place. Bultaco and Montesa were still developing new models but for Ossa it needed an injection of government money to continue with production. The Japanese, as has been well documented, didn’t get the production models quite right to mount an attack to the big three, but in Italy and with strong moped sales they had the finances to develop, manufacture and sell a new breed of trials motorcycles. Article: Yoomee • Pictures: The Beamish Suzuki Owners Club, Beamish Suzuki, Bultaco, Fantic, Gollner Kawasaki, Honda, Montesa, Ossa, SWM and Yamaha.

BULTACO

Having won the world championship, first with Martin Lampkin in 1975 and then with Finland’s Yrjo Vesterinen, their success continued with Lampkin’s ‘Scottish’ victories. With refined models rather than drastic changes, updates were introduced and the machines actually sold themselves to the expert or clubman rider. Recommended Retail Price RRP: January 1978: 250, £739.83; 350, £839.70 (incl. VAT).

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SHOWROOM 1978

BEAMISH SUZUKI

With a very smart business head on, the Beamish organisation secured a huge number of the Suzuki RL models. These were stripped down and the engine and suspension were then fitted in the superb Mick Whitlock fabricated chrome frame. The RL 250A was the model to be replaced by the yellow Beamish models. After a relatively slow start in sales the move to the yellow 325cc and 250cc models proved to be very popular. RRP: January 1978: RL 250A, £780.84 (incl. VAT). December 1978: RL 250Y, £899.64; RL 325Y, £1,026 (incl. VAT).

FANTIC

When Don Smith was seen talking with the Fantic Vice-President Henri Keppel at the London Show it was maybe time to put two and two together. With success in Enduro and massive sales of smaller mopeds they wanted to move into the trials sector. With a 125cc machine available it was later announced that Don Smith would start to organise trials schools and promotional days. RRP: September 1978: 125, £729 (incl. VAT).

GOLLNER KAWASAKI

After securing a deal to purchase unsold KT 250 Kawasaki trials machines Bob Gollner commissioned frame specialist Wasp to fabricate a new chrome frame for the machines. The fitting of the KT model cycle parts turned them into a very competitive machine, and they proved very popular in the south of the country. RRP: January 1978: 250, £779 (incl. VAT).

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SWM

Along with Fantic the Italians had most certainly arrived on the trials scene with the new Rotax powered SWM TL 320. Cliff Holden along with son Roger became the first dual machine importers as they were also the face of Ossa in the UK. The SWM was sold as a premium product and came at a premium price, as it was recorded as the first trial model in the UK to top the £1,000 price mark. RRP: April 1978: TL 320, £1,048 (incl. VAT).

PROFILE THE FIRST WINNER

The article was originally printed in the German Trialsport magazine produced by Hans Greiner. After speaking with him we both agreed it needed to be seen in Classic Trial Magazine. John Hulme: “I would like to thank Hans for this; he, like myself, is a true trials enthusiast”.

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Gustav Franke STORY With Spain’s Toni Bou breaking the history books year after year we decided to turn back the clock to the very beginning of the Trial World Championship story. It was not until 1975 that the FIM sanctioned the championship that runs in the present day, but who was the very first winner? It was German rider, Gustav Franke. Words: The author of this article is Steffen Ottinger, with the translation by Matthew Heppleston supported with words by John Hulme. The article was originally printed in the German Trialsport magazine produced by Hans Greiner. Pictures: Trialsport – Hans Greiner, The Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive, Brian Holder. Archive: Gunter Sengfelder and Gustav Franke.

ustav Franke is Germany's most successful trials rider of all time. In the 1960s he was recognised, in addition to Sammy Miller and Don Smith, as one of the best in the world. Gustav Franke first saw the light of day on December 4th 1937 in Neudorf, near Grottkau in Germany. At the age of six-years-old he was deported with his parents and three siblings to Silesia, and the family moved into some barns near Furth.

Boxer or rider In their new homeland, Gustav learned the profession of a car mechanic. Later he found his way to motorsport. "I originally wanted to be a boxer, but my mother did not allow this", he reported with a wry smile. His big new goal then was to have a motorcycle. He saved diligently, and in 1953 acquired a 125cc Hercules with an ILO engine. In 1957 he competed firstly in smaller competitions such as the ‘Solidarity Trial’ hosted by the Vach Motor Sports Club on a 175cc Puch. On May 1st 1960 Gustav won a gold medal at the second Aischgrunder reliability trial. A few days later he took part in the ‘Bavarian Mountains Trial’. There were already excellent riders in Germany such as Lorenz Specht, not to mention a few others such as Volker Kramer, Gunter Sengfelder and Siegfried Gienger at the start. By mid-June, after the fifth Rother Area Trial, he finally stood on the podium of a high-profile trial event. He finished in third place in his class with a 196cc Ardie.

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PROFILE THE FIRST WINNER

1960: Bayern’s Berge.

First trials victory in the Bavarian mountains Bayrischzell, in rural Bavaria, would be a good trials ‘patch’ for the young lads used to living in barns. He purchased a 250cc Zundapp from Hans Schlicht, and his first notable victory came on April 22nd 1961 at the third Bavarian Mountains Trial. The Automobile Club Munchen, under its Sports Director Wiggerl Kraus, organised his next event and he prevailed against Erwin Schmider, Richard Heßler and Hermann Bitzer, who were already well known German trials riders. After the second-to-last trial of the German trial championship in late July 1961 Gustav Franke was third overall in the over 200cc machines class, and over the course of the year, he would ride to other notable successes. Later, in March 1962, Gustav found himself close to Brussels near the village of Waterloo as one of the participants in the traditional trial ‘Lamborelle’ in Belgium, and Georg Weiß the Zundapp Motorsport Manager became aware of him. He was disappointed that he was not the winner of the expert class for up to 200cc machines but only the second-best German. Three weeks later he won the international two-day trial of Holzkirchen, beating the reigning German champion Hermann Bitzer and the Swiss elite rider Ruedi Wyss. It was followed by more victories in Geroldseck, Schatthausen, the Westphalia-Lippe trial, and in Altdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, as well as the two final rounds in Luneburg and Zirndorf. During the afternoon of the 30th September 1962, Gustav Franke became the first German Trials Champion. For the first time during the 1960s, there were awards in three engine capacity classes: up to 100cc, 200cc, and over 200cc. Seven more national

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titles in the largest premier category followed until 1969 without interruption. After a foot injury, he was once more leading the Zundapp team to the overall victory in 1971. He continued his career on the international circuit in early March 1963 at the Belgian Lamborelle trial, the ‘Mecca’ of trial events on the European mainland. There he appeared in the final result in the top ten. Behind the legendary winner, Sammy Miller were three more British riders in the top six, David Clegg, Bill Wilkinson and Don Smith. Against the mighty Ariel of Miller, the three Greeves riders were unable to match Gustav Franke’s performance.

The passport tells its own story.

Privateer Victory in Montbeliard France Gustav entered two trials in France. In early June he went with Hermann Bitzer, from Saxony Grossheim near Stuttgart to Montbeliard. There they were the only German starters at the event organised by the MC Sochaux club, who also had entries from Belgians, Dutch and British riders in addition to the locals. More than 50 years later, Gustav told me about the unforgettable experience, recalling the following detail: "The rain of the previous day had left more than half a metre of swell in the river Doubs where a section was marked. It dropped off numerous steps into the deep water. I waded down the section in my leather boots as I was already soaking wet. Before the section ends, I felt a large high stone under the water. I asked the 18-year old Belgian rider, called Ickx, to stand on top of it so that I missed the rock, and this worked a treat". It was the same Jacky Ickx who later came to become twice runner-up in the Formula One World Championship, winner of the 1983 Dakar Rally and the Le Mans 24 hour. Unknown to many is the fact

1961 Westfalen-Lippe-Fahrt: The under-slung exhaust pipe can be seen on the Zundapp.

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ARCHIVE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

1968: Don Smith shows off the new Montesa Cota 247 to Gunter Senfelder and Gustav Franke at the European round held in Ashford, Great Britain.

Riding with the throttle wide open, Arthur Lampkin makes the BSA ‘sing’. He along with many of the other BSA works riders rode in both trials and motocross in Europe in the early sixties.

How did it all begin? With the sport of motorcycle trials originating around the turn of the 20th century, Great Britain as a country can quite proudly claim to be the home of the sport, but what about the world trials championship? It has been on my mind for quite a while now to delve into the start of the Trial World Championship as we know it today, but where did it all begin? After my recent trip to the Belgian world round at Complain Au Pont, I spoke with my good friend Charly Demathieu who is the premier custodian of all motorcycle trials statistics. It was the Belgian motorcycle enthusiast by the name of Henry Groutars who was behind the recognition of the sport of trials as we know it today in the world championship. Words: John Hulme with support from Charly Demathieu, John Moffat and Mortons Archive Pictures: The Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive, Lejeune Family Collection, Malcolm Carling, Brian Holder, Motociclismo Magazine, Bultaco, Justyn Norek, Heinz Schlumpf and Yoomee Archive

ith the war years having a suppressive effect on the world of motorcycle sport it started to come back to life in the fifties, giving the working class a motorsport in which they could compete that was relatively inexpensive. Army surplus and road-going machines could be quickly, and cheaply, adapted into trials models and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. Looking at developing new markets the proud manufacturing industry of motorcycles in Great Britain looked further afield to open and expand new markets, and Europe in particular to increase sales.

Across the channel Travel as we know it today was not as easy in the sixties as it all relied on cross-channel ferries into Europe. Many motocross, road race and speedway riders made regular trips to Europe,

and soon the trials riders would follow. Start and prize money could be earned, and soon the public wanted to see the great trials rider they had all heard about, Sammy Miller, in action on his equally famous Ariel HT5. Miller was one of the pioneer trials riders to explore Europe, and soon others would follow. Great events had emerged such as the Belgian ‘Lamborelle Trial’ and in France the ‘Saint Cucufa’ and ‘Clamart’ events. Thousands of spectators, sometimes as many as 20,000, would turn out to watch the European trials competitions, such was the excitement. Henry Groutars was a Belgian trials rider and quite a character by all accounts. Tales would come to life from his fellow friends and competitors of his exploits during the Second World War as he organised motorcycle trials. With the German occupation forces busy trying to win the war to no avail, he would find any

Later to become a motocross world champion, Belgium’s Roger De Coster competed in the very first Challenge Henry Groutars Trophy trials in his homeland.

motorcycle he could; as long as it had two wheels and would run, you had a trial on! He would speak with his friends and arrange to ‘borrow’ from the German military a BMW or Zundapp machine, and in turn, 10 to 15 of them would plot out a small course and take it in turns to negotiate it as fast as possible, one rider at a time! With so much enthusiasm for the sport Henry was elected as the FIM Vice-President, a position he would hold for many years. On the 4th April 1961, Henry Groutars passed away, but he had planted the seed in the minds of the governing body, the FIM, that to progress the sport motorcycle trials needed a European Championship. It would bring riders from all over Europe to meet and compete against one another. For the manufacturers, it was an ideal export opportunity to give their products exposure and be able to prove them in the competitive world of motorcycle trials.

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ARCHIVE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

In the sixties the off-road scene in Europe was becoming very attractive to riders from Great Britain. It paid start and prize money, with the added bonus of foreign travel thrown in! Dave Bickers leads the way here on his CZ.

On the left is Jean Marie Lejeune and in the middle Charly Demathieu. Generating this type of article is made much easier with the help and knowledge from Charly. The man in the dark glasses is ‘Papa’ Lejeune. He was very influential in the sixties with trials in Belgium.

From France, Claude Coutard on his Greeves was a very prominent rider.

Dave Thorpe, the third from the left, was a regular visitor to European trials when it started to evolve in the mid-sixties.

Jacky Ickx (Zundapp-BEL) competed in the first Challenge Henry Groutars Trophy trial before moving to Formula cars and the F1 scene

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SPECIALS FROM HOLLAND

A dutch treat

In this Bultoonco the engine is based on the Bultaco 199A type with five-speed gearbox, standard ignition using contact breaker points and a standard 60mm stroke but with an 85mm bore, giving around 340cc cylinder capacity I guess.

What started as a hobby nearly turned into a business for Dutchman Hans van Marwijk. He put together many B40 based BSA trial machines and also a Matchless, an AJS and fantastic, newly built, Royal Enfield machines with engines from India. As a friend of mine, he also built me two immaculate Bultaco engined Sherpas. One of them I have named the ‘Bultoonco’ because my Christian name is Toon. The name Toon comes from Anthony, and I have to explain to the interested trials people why I did that. During the building of the machine the name Bultaco had just made a comeback but Ignacio Bulto, the owner of the Bultaco name and thumbs-up logo, was not happy. So the new founders of that trials machine had to change the name to Sherco. To avoid any problems, by using the name Bultaco, I changed it into ‘Bultoonco’. I’m sure Bulto doesn’t have a problem with the handmade Hans van Marwijk built frame with the Bultaco engine. True or not true? A good Dutch saying is ‘Don’t spoil a good story by telling the truth’!. Article: Toon Van De Vliet

A little overnight tuning to the cylinder was carried out by myself, and the clutch plates were changed for Honda ones.

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SPECIALS FROM HOLLAND The secret of this machine is the excellent handling because of that superb frame layout, fabricated out of high standard Reynolds tubing and then chrome plated, with outstanding positioning of the engine.

Bultoonco In this Bultoonco, the engine is based on the Bultaco 199A type with a five-speed gearbox, standard ignition using contact breaker points and a standard 60mm stroke but with an 85mm bore, giving around 340 cubic cylinder capacity I guess. A little overnight

tuning to the cylinder has been carried out by myself, and the clutch plates are changed for Honda ones. The secret of this machine is the excellent handling due to that superb frame layout fabricated out of highstandard Reynolds tubing and then chrome plated, with outstanding positioning of the engine.

This machine has handling like a Gas Gas and is completely different from a genuine Bultaco Sherpa. It’s not much lighter but so well balanced that I almost feel guilty riding it. Maybe also a good reason for the name ‘Bultoonco’ because it feels miles away from a standard Bultaco.

‘Bultoonco’ was a nickname given to me by fellow Bultaco motocross rider Leo Brans, a former GP contender also on Bultacos in the seventies, and we did a lot of work together on Twin Air filters.

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SPORT KIA TWINSHOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

Focussed finish on the

With five rounds now completed and three still to go, the 2018 Kia Twinshock Championship still continues to attract good, strong, quality entries. The latest two rounds of the championship have taken in the Spen Valley MCC round at the allterrain Tong venue near Leeds and the Nene Valley MCC round at Geddington, Northants. Both events were run in the very dry conditions which have covered the country in the summer months. At Geddington it was a baking hot day as the riders rode in the valley and then the old quarry workings at Glendon. With the summer break over the championship leaders and challengers will be focussed on the finish of the year and the remaining three rounds. Words: John Hulme • Pictures: CJB Colin Bullock

ere we take a brief look at each championship class and who is looking good for the wins. Bear in mind that the riders can all drop their worst round score at the end of the series.

EXPERT CHAMPIONSHIP Twinshock A new winner appeared in the series for the first time at the Spen Valley round as Classic Trial Magazine test rider and recent classic ‘convert’ Phil Disney headed the score sheet on his immaculate Honda. Roy Palmer on his home-built Kawasaki four-stroke was a distant second. With series leader Richard Allen giving the round a miss he came straight back in at Nene Valley with a convincing win on a completely different choice of machinery with the two-stroke Aprilia. Another rider swopping machines in the series is Chris Forshaw who skips between two- and fourstroke power. Allen may appear to have a clear series lead but he knows that Roman Kyrnyckyj, Chris Forshaw, Olly Wareing and

Roy ‘Pushrod’ Palmer will still have an eye on the championship victory.

Historic Spanish & Pre-78 Twinshock This championship still has room to grow so much more and attract more riders, which I am sure it will but at the moment the main man is Cumbrian Chris Myers on his Bultaco. His nearest challenger is Steve Bisby but he was absent from the last round in this poorly supported class on his Ossa, although he still holds a strong second in the series. Dave Wood made it a Bultaco one-two, finishing behind Myers at both rounds. It was good to see the top female rider Donna Fox making an appearance in this class at Spen Valley on her 125cc Honda finishing in fifth position.

Monoshock This still remains one of the better supported classes, no doubt helped by the ever popular and easily available monoshock Yamaha. The championship remains very much a Japanese dominated one with both Yamaha and Honda

machinery involved in the action. Nigel Scott gave Honda the victory at Spen Valley before Steve Bird bounced back to the front on his Yamaha at Nene Valley. In the championship Steve Bird continues to edge away from the threat of Nigel Scott, with the ever present Dean Devereux waiting to pounce on his Honda TLM. This class is still attracting more riders, which has to be good news all round.

British Bike Who would have believed, all these years after Dave Rowlands’ heroics on the BSA Bantam in 1967 when he was runner-up in the Scottish Six Days Trial behind Sammy Miller, that the tried and tested machine would still be challenging for championship honours! The actual machines have moved on considerably some 50 years on from when Rowlands rode his but they still want riding. Ian Peberdy took two wins in the last two rounds and it was good to see Danny Cockshot out on a Triumph Tiger Cub at Spen Valley. Ian has one hand on the 2018 trophy as the series moves into the final three rounds.

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SPORT KIA TWINSHOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

Dave Wood (Bultaco)

CLUBMAN CHAMPIONSHIP Twinshock Can David Wilkinson on the Honda do enough to secure this close championship as he is drawn into battle with Antony Charles on the Fantic? Out of the five rounds contested each event has produced a different winner, but when you look at the championship it comes back to the consistency between Wilkinson and Charles. Wilkinson is the only round winner of the two, which is part of the reason why he holds the advantage after taking the top spot at Tong in the Spen Valley Motorcycle Club event. The last round winner, Stephen Wilde on the Honda, has only contested the last two events. Look out in the closing rounds for Jim Williams on the SWM and Colin Stubbs on the Honda. They have both scored good points and could push for the title in the final three rounds.

Historic Spanish & Pre-78 Twinshock When you look at this championship James Waters and his consistency have given him this early championship lead over Robin Oliphant. Robin has only contested three rounds, which he has won on his Suzuki, and holds second position in the series. In reality if he wins the final three rounds he will take the championship but we are sure James Waters will do his best to try and carry his winning form from the last round into the next one. David Matthews on the Bultaco uses all his scores from the five rounds

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Richard Allen (Aprilia)

to tie on 60 points with Robin Oliphant, and do not rule out Russell Walker on his Montesa either. It’s interesting to note that out of the 26 points-scorers, 16 of these have been on Spanish machines.

Monoshock With huge helpings of monoshock Yamahas available to contest this series you expect them to dominate the results, but this is not the case. The championship is led by a Fantic followed by a couple of Hondas and another Fantic, which has to be a good thing. Attracting different machinery is one of the key points of the championship that makes it exciting and opens the door for many riders. With only one win at the opening round Paul Whittaker leads the way in the championship on the Fantic. Hot on his heels is Dave Wardell on the Honda, who from his four rides has taken three wins to keep him in contention for the championship. The other round winner is Nathan Hanley on his Yamaha. Having won the last three consecutive rounds, the question on everyone’s lips is who can stop Dave Wardell?

Chris Myers (Bultaco)

British Bike The ruling of this Pre-72 British Bike class is a well-thought-out one and proving one of the most popular of the Kia Championship in 2018. It’s interesting to note that we have had five different round winners with Owen Hardisty, Peter Edwards, Jim Pickering, Jim Tennant and Darren Phypers. All the wins have gone to the two-stroke machines, which are probably easier to ride than the four-stroke counterparts. The top points-scorers after five rounds have all only contested a maximum three of the rounds, putting Paul Howells at the top on his BSA Bantam. He has not taken a win yet but no doubt will be looking to change this. Owen Hardisty sits in a close second position, with Peter Edwards next followed closely by Ossy Byers and Mick Grant. Will we see a four-stroke win in a round in 2018? Please visit the website: www. twinshockchampionship.org.uk for more information on events, venues and classes.

CLASSIC EVENT THE ALVIE TWO-DAY

A Highland success story

Over the past five years, the classic trials world’s attention has been awakened to the Highland Classic Two-Day Trial in Scotland but up until now very little has been known of its origins or history. Trials Guru’s mine of information John Moffat has been at the sharp end of the event’s promotion from its inception, and now he reveals how it came about, and how the successful mixture of theme and celebration have increased the trial’s profile and standing on the International Classic Trial stage. Words: John Moffat • Photographs: John Hulme, Mike Rapley, Eric Kitchen, Mauri/Fontsere Collection and the Giulio Mauri Copyright

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CLASSIC EVENT THE ALVIE TWO-DAY The truth in the phrase ‘The Friendliest Classic Trial in Scotland’ is evident here as the 2015 guest of honour Bill Wilkinson keeps everyone entertained.

he current Highland Classic Two-Day can trace its origins back to the year 1950 with the Highland Two-Day Trial organised by the Highland Car & Motor Cycle Club of Inverness, which had been formed the previous year in 1949. It was a Scottish national event run under a permit issued by the Scottish ACU, and it attracted many southern stars of the day, such as BSA supported rider Tom Ellis and Bill Wilkinson, to travel north to compete. History did, however, record that Fort William’s Allie Cameron won the event in 1962 on a Triumph Cub before he went to work for Greeves at Thundersley as a factory mechanic.

A new club Thanks to motorsport enthusiast John Mackenzie, from Fortrose, he recently discovered the following information about the Highland Club. It was an extract from the Scottish Clubman magazine of January 1960: “A new Highland Motor Cycle Club has been formed in the Inverness area and, following the Annual General Meeting in November of the Highland Car and M.C.C., it is expected that a new Highland Car Club will emerge. We understand that it was mutually agreed

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in September that the car and motorcycle interests in the eleven-year-old original club should go their separate ways but at the same time retain a friendly association. The formation of the Highland M.C.C. was fostered greatly by some of the ‘old hands’, and Chairman at the inaugural meeting attended by about thirty was Mr Jack Gregory, founder secretary of the old club”. Much of the history of this event has been lost, due in part to the separation of the club into two when the then committee felt that car enthusiasts and motorcycle enthusiasts were polarising when it came to their passion as they became very distinct and specialised sports. Two separate clubs were spawned, and the Highland Car Club exists to this day. However, the Highland Motor Cycle Club faltered in the mid-1960s, with the Lochaber & District Club taking up the slack in the west of the region which led to the creation of the Inverness and District MCC formed in the mid-1970s. The Inverness club was founded out of the Grampian MCC when like-minded trials riders demanded more events whereas the Grampian club was predominately motocross based. One of the founding Inverness members is Malcolm Smith,

The current Highland Classic Two-Day can trace its origins back to the year 1950 with the Highland Two-Day Trial organised by the Highland Car & Motor Cycle Club of Inverness.

a keen trials rider who had moved north from his home at Dunsfold in Surrey to Ardersier in the early 1970s. He was a specialist gun-dog trainer and shooting consultant who worked for Cawdor Estates and had set up his consultancy and livery business.

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In 1974 when my father Ron took delivery of his Honda TL 125 from John Taylor Motorcycles in Stoke, it was quite a time for change at the Hulme household. On further inspection I quite understood why he was so attracted to the little Honda as the quality of components was second to none. Power and performance wise, however, it was not anywhere near as good as the Spanish opposition. In six months it was traded in at MacDonald Motorcycles for, you can guess, a Bultaco. The Honda trials success story continued with Sammy Miller at the helm. He sponsored a trials team on the converted TL 125cc machines. The Sammy Miller Hondas featured the Hi-Boy frame and various upgrade parts. These were ridden with moderate success until the full factory machines arrived from Japan. Miller guided them to their first British title with Rob Shepherd in 1977. Wind the clock forward to 2018 and my good friend in Italy Justyn Norek contacted me to say that he had a very old Miller 125cc Honda to test, what did I think? My answer was a definite Yes Please! It opened the door for this article, which takes us back to the early days of our sister publication Trial Magazine. Words: John Hulme â€˘ Pictures: Yoomee Archive

A new machine at the Hulme garage in 1974

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s an introduction to the Justyn Norek story, we take a quick look back at a test we carried out in 2008 on the Sammy Miller Products Honda TL 150cc produced by Richard Jordan. With the great man Miller moving his interests to his superb museum he sold the Sammy Miller Products business to Jordan. Looking at new ideas he had reproduced the frame kits that Miller had first produced in 1974–1975.

Starter Machine The Sammy Miller 150cc Hi-Boy

As an introduction to the growing classic trials scene the standard Honda TL 125 could still be found for a reasonable amount of money so why not reproduce the frame kits? In 2008, and with all the current market interest in the twin-shock trials machines, especially the clubman wanting a fun day out, it would possibly be a good idea to re-market the Honda TL but with the Hi-Boy frame and all the associated accessories made available. Richard contacted Sammy Miller to see if the old frame jig was still available. After a while, Sammy came back on the phone to report that all was well and he could supply the relevant parts of the original jig to reproduce the frame. They still required a base-point to start the project, and he went about trying to find original Miller HI-Boy Honda trials conversion. He found one of the people who worked on the frames, an ex-Rickman Engineering employee, who was more than happy to assist with the new one. With many advances in engineering taking place over the years since the first frame kits were first constructed it was decided to apply these to the new frame. A small production run was carried out and they all pretty much sold before they were finished — we think around 30 in total.

On Trial At the time Richard had Mick Andrews assisting him with his new Honda and Mick had a ride in the 2008 Nostalgia Trial on the new 150cc Hi-Boy Honda. Mick Andrews: “For me, this is an ideal way to get you into classic trials. The machine is not aggressive, just very easy to ride. No power surge although the engine does have more ‘go’ than I first thought it would have. Suspension is down to individual requirements, and the only complaint I have is it seems a little stiff on the rear suspension. "I find it so easy to ride, the engine is so flexible, which makes for a good beginner machine although I think a competent rider would surprise many on the Miller Honda”. Riding as a guest, Mick would not qualify for any awards but it did give him the option to try the expert route on the dreaded section fifteen, the steep hill climb. The clubman route veered off before the steepest part of the climb and Mick initially tried this in bottom gear, expecting the engine to run out of power, but he was pleasantly surprised as he got to the top with the aid of a quick dab. Never one to be beaten, he quickly shot down to the bottom of the section for another go but this time in second gear. It was a pleasure to watch the old master at work as he forced the little 150cc machine to the top of the climb on sheer riding ability; the nickname ‘Magical’ was very evident! As Mick originally explained, this machine is ideal for the fun factor sometimes missing in modern trials. If you know where there is an old Honda TL 125cc purchase it and start enjoying your trialling!

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HERITAGE TALMAG TROPHY TRIAL

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Ralph Venables wrote in the programme notes in the early 1980s that The Talmag Trophy Trial was “the world’s most nostalgic get-together of real enthusiasts”. I’m a Talmag rookie of a few years but, from my experience, forty years on it still has that claim. My enthusiasm for this event is so great; I arrived too early forgetting it was still dark at 7.00am! However, while walking back from section 15 at 7.45am satisfied that I knew where all the sections were, I wasn't alone. From the bushes, a familiar figure strolled out in front of me, and I said ‘morning’ which frightened a friend, Neil Roberton, half to death! A warm handshake followed, and banter about ‘where is section 4’; Neil is not a rookie, and now in his seventies, he travels from mid-Wales observing, marshalling and spectating all over the country, but he doesn’t like to miss a Talmag. Great minds think alike; the aim was to have a good look at the sections and then have as much time as possible to socialise and photograph before the ‘off’ at 9.30am. Report: Andy Withers • Pictures: awsportsphoto

Team Levis before the off.

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HERITAGE TALMAG TROPHY TRIAL

Finishing a close second in 2018 the 2017 winner Phil Gray on (Ariel).

Premiere Class: Over 300cc Sprung winner Roger Higgs on his 1958 Ariel HT5.

Flying to their first Talmag victory are Bernie and Charlie Chambers (Rickman).

trial has been held on the sandy slopes of Hungry Hill near Aldershot since the early 1950s but the ‘Four-Stroke Only’ pure version began in 1977. It is always oversubscribed, with only 180 places available this year, so a few were disappointed. It is a big social event, usually on the last Sunday in January launching another fantastic season of classic biking, but it is much more. It brings together some of the most beautiful pristine trials machinery you will ever see, celebrating the golden era of British motorcycling with bikes from 1929 to 1964, a sprinkling of European machines and an occasional ‘Red Indian’. Riders come from all over the UK and Europe to cross the Talmag off their ‘bucket list’ or get hooked and come back year after year. It is a serious trial, with every rider begrudging any marks lost and racing against the time ticking away on the special test, wanting to follow in the footsteps of some of the trials greats including Gordon Jackson and Sammy Miller.

Politics and trials Unfortunately, the Talmag Trophy Trial has turned into somewhat of a battleground! The Talmag MCC originates from the Territorial Army London Magazine — a magazine for motorcyclists in the T.A. As you can imagine, the Army is used to taking

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The Sidecar Class runners up Paul Fishlock and Debbie Merrell climb Hungry Hill on the Ariel.

on all comers, but staging this prestige event has become a complex balancing act between the club, its riders, the M.O.D. (Ministry of Defence) and Natural England, the public body protecting the natural environment. In May 2017, Ian Allaway and the Talmag MCC

team applied to the M.O.D. for permission to run the trial in January 2018. Nothing came back from the M.O.D. until they were chased up in October 2017. The response was the ‘land was not available,’ as part of the site is an S.S.S.I (Site of Significant Scientific Interest) designated by Natural England.

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PETER HEUSER THE STORY OF A MOTORCYCLE MANIAC I have had this brochure shot for many years, and when looking through some old computer files recently, I found this article about its builder. I tried to find its originator, Peter Lohre, who I lost contact with many years ago, to no avail. It’s such an inspiring but sad story that I have decided to print it. Peter, if you are out there, please could you contact me? I would love to have a catch-up. Words: Peter Lohre and John Hulme

eter Lohre talks about his friend Peter Heuser. “There are certain people who for some reason you can never forget in life. Peter Heuser was such a character.”

The first meeting The dateline is the early seventies and the venue Troisdorf, West Germany. I first heard of a Fina brand petrol station owner Peter Heuser at a time when his mind was focused on a brand new breathtaking motorcycle the Italian Benelli six-cylinder machine. He had never seen anything like it. He liked it, and he started a Benelli sales business. As everybody knows about Italian motorcycle manufacturers, they are most wonderful with their designs and most dubious in their reliability. Frustrated as he was, Heuser changed direction and looked towards the British Isles. Wasp

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of South Newton, Salisbury came into focus. He convinced Robby Rhind-Tutt to build him a Norton-engined trials special. He took it over to Germany and started playing with it. That was when I first met him as a rider. I heard a deep sound crawling up from behind the hills in my usual trials practice grounds. Heuser turned up with this fascinating trials sidecar outfit, shouting at his passenger. He usually shouted at them all the time. This chap walked away, and I was given the hot seat in this special. We got along, and I became his number one trials passenger and Peter Heuser more or less finished my solo career — not that it was anything to mention. We quickly discovered that the old Norton lump was too clumsy for modern-type sections; steep hills or muddy bottomless pits were more suited to it. One day Peter bought a Suzuki 250cc two-stroke enduro

engine that he wanted to be fitted into one of these Wasp frames.

Travelling man The next step was to travel to South Newton near Salisbury where he had special lightweight trials chassis tailored around us. The process took five days from bare Reynolds 531 steel tubes to a hand-brazed rolling chassis. Using a CCM engine as a stopgap, it turned out not to be any good. When I went to CCM at Bolton Jubilee Works, I blew up Heuser’s newly acquired 2.8 Litre Capri on the M4 at full speed. Oil poured out everywhere; the Salisbury Ford dealers said they had not seen anything like it before! The Suzuki engine connection led to Beamish Motors at Portslade near Brighton. The Beamish Suzuki was the sidecar to have in the 1970s. Heuser became the sole importer to Germany, and we were both in business as ‘works’ riders. Deutschmark after Deutschmark was poured into organising a national German Sidecar-Trials Championship and we were always having the latest technical modifications fitted to our Beamish Suzuki.

LET'S TRAVEL ANDORRA

CLASSIC TWO-DAY 2018 A N D O R R A

To say I am excited about this new two-day Classic trials event is a massive understatement. My first adventure to Andorra was back in 1989 in John Shirt’s ex-Parcel Force Mercedes 307D Van. We were in Spain on a visit to the Gas Gas factory in Gerona, when on route to the Spanish world round we took a detour via this small principality of Andorra close to the Spanish border. As it’s a tax-free haven the price of things compared to the UK was ridiculously cheap. The thennew Shoei TR2P trials helmet was the one to have, and we found these around 50% cheaper than at home. As always when you are abroad we also bumped into one of John Shirt’s oldest friends, Harold Crawford and his wife Audrey. A few of you will remember when ‘Harry’ used to compete in all the world rounds on his Yamaha living in his converted van with Audrey! He soon informed us that a gallon bottle of Jonny Walker Whiskey was a mere £12, which Audrey soon confirmed as she had bought one. As with many of the current FIM Trial World Championship rounds Andorra has been a firm fixture on the list for many years and the small town of St Julia de Loria at the southern edge of the principality welcomes the sport of motorcycle trials with open arms. Article: Frank Delubac and John Hulme • Pictures: Jean Claude Comméat/Canon Eos 5D

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he ever-growing classic trials scene is gathering pace at a rapid speed, with the two-day format proving very popular all around Europe. My trip to the Costa Brava Classic is a firm fixture in the diary, and for events such as the Highland Two Day on the Alvie estate (which I'm unable to attend due to world championship commitments) we always have other motorcycle enthusiasts representing Classis Trial Magazine. This year, the Leven Valley Two Day trial joins the calendar for the first time in Kinlochleven, which is where we will be in September.

Andorra 2018 Andorra is a well-known place for the motorcycle trial enthusiast, and just three weeks before the classic two-day the FIM had visited the principality located in

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the Pyrenees between France and Spain for round three of the 2018 Trial World Championship. A ‘hub’ for sports enthusiasts, it has welcomed the world of motorcycle trials for many years with the first FIM event held in 1992. With a population of around 85,000, Andorra is an independent principality better known for its ski resorts as well as enjoying a tax-haven status. Just for the record, Andorra’s most famous motorcycle trials resident is a certain Toni Bou. Andorra is a fantastic place and one of outstanding natural beauty, leaving an impression on everyone who visits the area. On the weekend of 30th June and 1st of July, the local Andorra trial club took their chance in organising the first two-day classic trial in Sant Julia de Loria, which has an altitude of some 900 meters.

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INTERNATIONAL 1978 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Yrjo Vesterinen stands proud with his three world championship-winning Bultaco machines.

BULTACO TAKES ALL

For the Spanish manufacturer Bultaco the thumbs up symbol it displayed on all its motorcycles was undoubtedly a winning one, as they once again dominated the FIM World Trials Championship. They had won the first European Championship in 1968 and again in 1970 with Sammy Miller, followed by some bleak years with nothing to show for their efforts. A new breed of young riders was coming through the rankings though, and in 1973 Martin Lampkin made Bultaco proud once again. The 250cc model had been dramatically improved by opening the cylinder bore to 325cc and approved by its riders. The events were changing, and more power was needed, and Bultaco delivered in style. Lampkin was replaced at the head of the championship in 1974 by fellow Yorkshireman Malcolm Rathmell before the series was rewarded with full world championship status in 1975. As history recorded, the great Yorkshire trials legend Martin Lampkin won the first official FIM Trial World Championship in 1975. In a close contest, he outpointed Finland’s Yrjo Vesterinen. In 1976 and 1977 ‘Vesty’ had won the world title and was chasing a first for the sport’s third win in succession. As the series approached its conclusion, with three of the twelve-round series remaining, it was still wide open, with Vesterinen holding the advantage over Lampkin. American Bernie Schreiber was breathing down both their necks in what would turn out to be a very close series finale. Words: John Hulme, Motorcycle, Morton’s Archive, Motorcycle News • Pictures: Rappini/Commeat, Mick Whitlock, Erik Kitchen, Toon van de Vliet, Mauri/Fontsere Collection and the Giulio Mauri Copyright, The Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive, Family Vesterinen, Yoomee Archive and Trial Museum Austria

The ultimate professional in many people’s opinions, Yrjo Vesterinen made it three consecutive wins for the Finnish rider and Bultaco.

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INTERNATIONAL 1978 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

American Bernie Schreiber had laid the foundations to become a real challenger for the 1979 world championship. In a Bultaco-dominated world championship it was down to Sweden’s Ulf Karlson to break it with a win on the Montesa in his home round.

e take up the action and conclude our review of the 1978 series, starting at round ten in Sweden before moving to Finland and the Czech Republic.

Round 10: Sweden, Molndal, 20th August 1978 Any trials rider will always tell about the home advantage, where it all appears to go your way. It was the case in Sweden where around a difficult 20-mile lap course Ulf Karlson won on the Montesa, breaking the stranglehold on the Bultaco dominated championship. Separated by a single mark at the close of the day Vesterinen considered it almost like a victory as he fought all day for the win with Karlson, and Martin Lampkin slumped to seventh undoing all the hard work he had done to gain an advantage before Sweden. His low position behind Rob Shepherd meant that they would go to the next round in Finland as joint leaders of the championship on 103 marks each. Bernie Schreiber still considered himself very much a championship contender, coming home with some good solid points in third position. Another disappointed rider was Rob Shepherd. Honda had supplied a new 360cc engine for him to use and even though he started well, the four-stroke power plant went off ‘tune’ during the second lap, much to his frustration. Lower down the order SWM were still struggling with the Rotax engined machines. French rider, Charles Coutard, requested frame modifications. With the machine's overall dimensions lowered and lengthened, he still struggled to make the top ten taking the last championship point. In an entry of 36 riders, Martin Lampkin and Rob Shepherd were the only two UK riders in the event.

Despite a win at the final round Martin Lampkin’s dream of a second world title was over.

Round 10 RESULTS: 1: Ulf Karlson (Montesa-SWE) 78; 2: Yrjo Vesterinen (Bultaco-FIN) 79; 3: Bernie Schreiber (Bultaco-USA) 102; 4: Jamie Subira (Montesa-ESP) 110; 5: Manuel Soler (Bultaco-ESP) 113; 6: Rob Shepherd (Honda-GBR) 118; 7: Martin Lampkin (Bultaco-GBR) 126; 8: Timo Ryysy (Bultaco-FIN) 129; 9: Joe Wallman (Bultaco-AUT) 131; 10: Charles Coutard (SWM-FRA) 132.

Top Three World Championship RESULTS: 1: Vesterinen 103; 2: Lampkin 103; 3: Schreiber 99.

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Yrjo Vesterinen applies his best riding skills as he chases the win in the Czech Republic.

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