With thanks to former trials rider and bike builder, Steve Wilson for sourcing the photographs in transparency format, we bring you the archive of the Walker brothers Keith and Dick who were based in Birmingham and Brecon. Their sister, Hilary, has given Trials Guru permission to showcase their work. The photos are a selection of Scottish Six Days, World Rounds and some national trials in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dick Walker was not only a well-known rider and member of the Lickey Ash MCC, but also the man behind WES Exhausts who made many after-market exhaust systems for the popular trials brands from 1976 until he sold the company in 2010.

Keith Walker became an ACU steward after a few years in trial sidecars.

The original photographs were produced in transparencies, converted to digital format for this website, Trials Guru.

Main Photo: 1982 SSDT – H.M. Lampkin, SWM 280 (Walker Brothers Archive)

Riders featured:

Andrews, Mick; Birkett, Nigel; Brefitt, Ted; Buckworth, Joe; Burgat, Gilles; Coutard, Charles; Chandler, Geoff; Clarke, Chris; Cucurella, Javier; Desnoyers, Christian; Doney, Paul; Dunkley, Paul; Edwards, Rob; Evans, G.G; Evans-Leavitt, Debbie; Galloway, Jack: Gaunt, Peter; Geebelen, B; Griffiths, Rob; Haaf, Franz; Hattori, Kiyo; Hemingway, John; Howells, Joe; Jackman, Howard; Karlson, Ulf; Kemp, Mark; King, Alan: Lampkin, Martin; Lejeune, Eddy: Luft, Walther; Leavitt, Lane; Metcalfe, John; Moy, David J; Nishiyama, Toshi; Rathmell, Malcolm; Rapley, Mike; Rivière, Jérôme; Rees, J: Reynolds, John; Poynton, Allan; Prato, Adrian; Schreiber, Bernie; Shepherd, Norman; Shepherd, Rob; Smith, Don; Sunter, Richard; Sutton, Chris; Thorpe, Dave; Tosco, Giovanni; Vesterinen, Yrjo; Walker, Dick; Ward, Bunny; Weatherill, Ian; Wilkinson, Bill; Wilkinson, Mick; Winwood, Mike.

Scottish Six Days Trial:

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1978 British Round of the World Trials Championship

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More images to be added shortly!

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