Scots photographer Jimmy Young and John Moffat (Trials Guru) have been friends for well over forty years, but only recently Jim has unearthed even more of his treasure trove of trials and other photographs!
Jimmy was very busy in the period 1977-1981 taking images for Trials & Motocross News and covered the Scottish Trials scene with the then reporters Tommy Sandham and David Murie.
It gives Trials Guru great pleasure in sharing more of Jim’s photos with readers of Guru – now on Jimmy Young – Take 2!
Note: As always, please be considerate, the photographs are the legal property of Jimmy Young and should not be displayed on social media or any other website without permission and accompanied by the wording: ‘Copyright: Jimmy Young, Armadale’. Without this addition, any images broadcast or displayed are in breach of Jimmy Young’s copyright.
Featured riders Index:
Adamson, Allan – Aitken, Bill – Alexander, Andy – Allan, Robbie Jnr – Ballantyne, Jimmy – Bell, Mike – Birch, Peter – Borthwick, David – Bryans, Ralph – Carruthers, Mike – Chapman, Stuart – Cope, Charlie – Cownie, Robin – Cunningham, Jim – Dalling, Willie – Hodge, Alastair – Hodge, John – Hume, Stuart – Maxwell, David – McMaster, Billy Jnr – McMorran, Campbell – Miller, J. Grant – Morton, Jimmy (J.D.) – Mylius, Caspar – Noble, George – Peden, Matt – Reid, James – Smith, Graham F. – Somerville, Jack – Thomson, Ross – Watson, Douglas – Whitham, Mark – Whyte, John
Dalmellington (Ayrshire, Scotland) Trial 1979
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Peter Birch (Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Bill Aitken (Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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George Noble from Skirling, Biggar (Fantic) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Alastair Hodge from Abington, Lanarkshire (Fantic) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Jim Cunningham from Carrington, Midlothian on his 348 Montesa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Allan Adamson from Fife (Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Mike Bell from Gorebridge on his 325 Bultaco – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Mark Whitham (Bultaco) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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J. Grant Miller (Fantic) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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James Reid, Penicuik (Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Willie Dalling (350 Ossa) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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John Whyte from Loanhead (Montesa) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Graham Smith from Hawick (325 Bultaco) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Ross Thomson from Edinburgh (325 Bultaco) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Andy Alexander (200 Seeley Honda) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Douglas Watson from Airdrie (348 Montesa) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Robbie Allan Jnr (200 Montesa) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Jimmy Young – 1979 Avon Valley ‘Clark Cup’ Trial
Billy McMaster Jnr from Ireland was a regular competitor in Scotland when he worked for Olio Fiat. Here seen on his Lloyd Bros, Hamilton sponsored Suzuki – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Ulster’s former world 50cc road race champion, the late Ralph Bryans lived in Ayrshire and ran the ‘Pop-On’ body panels business. Seen here on his 348 Montesa Cota – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Scottish Champion in 1978 – Robin Cownie from Penicuik, Midlothian on his Vic Allan Motorcycles sponsored Bultaco 325 – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Ross Thomson from Edinburgh (325 Bultaco) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Jimmy Ballantyne (280 Gori) was an ISDT rider from Newbridge, near Edinburgh and later a publican in Annan – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armafale
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Charlie Cope from Midlothian on his home built Kawasaki – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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John Hodge from Carnwath, Lanarkshire on his 250 Bultaco – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Campbell McMorran from Carnwath, Lanarkshire – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Caspar Mylius of St. Fort Farm, Wormit, Fife on his 348 Montesa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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The late Jimmy Morton (J.D. Morton) motorcycle dealer and rider from Sorn, Ayrshire on a 325 Bultaco – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Mark Whitham (Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Matt Peden (Montesa 348) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Willie Dalling from Gorebridge on his 348 Montesa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
The late Jack Somerville from Skirling riding his ex-John Moffat 250 Bultaco – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Robbie Allan Jnr from Lesmahagow on his 156 Fantic – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Stuart Hume (348 Montesa) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Stuart Chapman from Livingston on his 348 Montesa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Watched by Mike Bell, David Maxwell on his 250 Yamaha Majesty – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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David Borthwick from Edinburgh on his 348 Montesa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Allan Adamson (250 Suzuki) – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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Mike Carruthers on his 350 Ossa – Photo: Jimmy Young, Armadale
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(Some images have black lines along the base or up one side, this is because they were taken from colour transparencies without being cropped in any way)
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