Something different for Trials Guru readers. We occasionally collaborate with other trials enthusiasts and here is something special for you.
Ulf Karlson on ‘Pipeline’ in the 1975 Scottish Six Days Trial – Photo copyright: Rainer Heise/TRIALSPORT
Not a lot has been written about the 1980 FIM World Trials Champion, Swede, Ulf Karlson. However that has changed recently when James Brown of the ‘retrotrials.com’ website went across the sea to Sweden to interview Ulf at his home.
Read about the quiet man of trials who let his results do the talking for him.
Ulf Karlson captured by Rainer Heise/TRIALSPORT in 1975 at the SSDT
Karlson was faithful to the Montesa brand throughout his career.
Read about his achievements and what happened to him when he disappeared from the trials scene.
World Championship action in 1976 at Gefrees, Germany – Photo copyright: Rainer Heise/TRIALSPORT
Ulf Karlson’s story is exclusive to retrotrials.com, read the Ulf Karlson interview:HERE
Terry Hill on his Bultaco at the Dublin University Club’s Grafton Trial on Old Boleys section on 5th February 1966 – Photo courtesy of Pat Ewen, Dublin
Just opened, a special Trials Guru ‘section’ for trials in Ireland.
Alan Lampkin aboard his historic factory BSA C15, on which he won the 1966 SSDT and Scott Trials – Photo: Fiona Watson
If you haven’t had a look at our special ‘ section’ on the Lampkins, have a look!
Recently updated, there is an article on Alan ‘Sid’ Lampkin and some information provided by one of the Lampkin sisters.
Motorcycles were always a part of Lampkin family life. This is Arthur Lampkin’s factory trials BSA Gold Star, but who are the three riders? See Lampkin of Silsden for the answer! – Photo courtesy and copyright – Janet Pawson
Of course we are not finished yet, there is still more to come.
Here at Trials Guru, we are always trying to bring you something interesting from the sport of trials across the world.
Gordon Farley with a photo of him on the works Montesa Cota in the SSDT – Photo: John Hulme/Trials Media
Recently we have collaborated with two other websites and two media organisations to enable our viewers to access interesting material, some of which has only been available in magazines by subscription.
John Hulme, Editor of both Trial Magazine and Classic Trial in the UK has generously made available articles on Yrjo Vesterinen, Gordon Farley and Eric Kitchen to name three personalities from the sport. As has Sean Lawless of Lawless Media UK – Trials Guru is very grateful for this level of support.
Eric Kitchen with Mike Rapley at the World Trials Championship in Spain in 1984
Photographs are sourced from a wide range of photographers and again we are very grateful to these photographers who are credited on each photograph and in the end credit listings of any articles or features. Please respect their copyright as we do.
We know from feed-back, comments on the articles and our ‘Contact’ page that you are enjoying the experience and we thank you for letting us know.
Here is a message direct from Rob Edwards, former Montesa factory rider.
Hi Everybody!
Thanks for the great support you have given me throughout our story on the Trial Guru website.
The ‘Trials Guru’ whose idea it was for this story is more than happy for us to continue until we all get our fill.
I am honestly amazed at your response. My only problem is that I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your response but of course that’s not possible, but the one person I can thank is ‘The Guru’.
When he said that he was interested in me doing my story back in October 2014, I wasn’t sure if we had enough material to keep you occupied. I now know there was!
The response both locally and overseas has been fantastic. The fantastic Thornaby gang who have followed the story from day one. There has been a list of riders who during my riding career I used to see most weekends but since then we went our separate ways.
The group would have in it is Steve Robson, Chris Griffin and Mick Illing who keeps us stocked up with yesteryear’s photos, thank you very much indeed.
Thornaby’s Tony Clarke’s three pictures of his drowning Dot. These are fitted in among the various stories by The Guru, John Moffat.
As 16 year olds, we used to ride in the woods from morning till dark.The woods at one time were part of Thornaby Airfield.
In one section we dropped down into the beck, turned across a large piece of wood and back up the bank. It was years later that we discovered that the wood was the propeller off a Spitfire aeroplane. It has since been retrieved, renovated and is on the wall of the Spitfire Public house. – Rob Edwards
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From our ‘Rob Edwards Story’ – 1975 in Germany – Dave Thorpe; Alan Lampkin & Martin Lampkin – Photo: Rob Edwards
For many trials enthusiasts, Trials Guru is becoming the ‘go to’ website for the history of the sport.
We didn’t set up Trials Guru to be a reference work, but given that we speak to many of the sports former riders, sponsors and journalists it was inevitable that we are a place for more than just looking at photographs.
From our Honda Trials ‘section’ – Eddy Lejeune in 1984 on his RS360T Honda – Photo copyright: Colin Bullock/CJB Photographic
We have set up a variety of ‘sections’ on Lampkins, Sammy Miller, Yrjo Vesterinen, Bultaco & Honda motorcycles and much much more. Still more to come when time allows.
We have also directly collaborated with trials websites: todotrial in Spain, retrotrials in the UK and The Honda Trials Story to bring you a variety of information, photographs and articles from the world of motorcycle trials.
We have brought you archive material with the express permission of Mike Rapley; Colin Bullock; Iain Lawrie; Jimmy Young; Rainer Heise; Kimages; Heather Mead; Justyn Norek and many more.
So sit back and enjoy Trials Guru … Dedicated to the sport – free of charge!
Well-known author Tommy Sandham has penned a short article for Trials Guru and trials fans, especially of the Honda marque.
Tommy wrote four books on the Scottish Six Days Trials and of course ‘Four-Stroke Finale? – The Honda Trials Story’ and now we get the inside story of how and why it was written.
Trials Guru’s John Moffat and Tommy have been friends for more than forty years, tracing their friendship back to the 1970s in the Lanarkshire Motorcycle Club in Scotland, when Sandham started riding in trials on the ex-JimSandiford BSA B40 (776BOP).
Read all about this exclusive, only in Trials Guru Honda Trials ‘section’.
Recently opened, the new ‘section’ on Trials Guru – dedicated to the Honda trials effort over the years.
With direct co-operation to Trials Guru from ‘The Honda Trials History’ website, Honda author Tommy Sandham and many more!
Rob Shepherd in 1977 at the Scottish Six Days Trial with his factory Honda TL300 (PEL2R) the number 69 machine is that of team-mate Nick Jefferies (PEL1R) – Photo copyright: John Hulme
Exclusive to Trials Guru – Dedicated to the sport.
Go straight to the new ‘section’ for you to ‘observe’!
Coming soon only on Trials Guru, the story of the most successful Scottish Trials rider of all time, Gary Macdonald.
Read about the Kinlochleven lad who practiced hard and took on the best rider’s in Britain and the world – only on Trials Guru.
Gary Macdonald from Kinlochleven is without question, the most successful Scottish trials rider of all time, having won more Scottish trials championships than everyone else and a British title!
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