Photographs from Belgian trials in the 1950s, from the camera of Louis Nassogne, now part of the ‘OB Collection’.

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Trials started in Belgium in 1934, thanks to Jacques Ickx, father of the famous motor racer, Jacky Ickx. Jacques was a car journalist In the 1950s and two makes of machines were popular: big single cylinder four-stroke machines from the UK and local manufactured bikes from Belgium, these were Sarolea and small capacity two-strokes from Belgium such as Salira, Socovel, FN. All these pictures were taken by Louis Nassogne.

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