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Posted: **Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:28 pm**

Some more interesting bikes

Posted: **Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:24 pm**

Hi JC1
Now thats what I call irrefutable evidence that Sprites were on the pommie market Pre 65 as shown in the page from the MCN, Nov 18th 1964 good one John, lets hope we see that particular model competing in Pre 65 events !!!!!.
The late Chris Leighfield was a works rider for the Frank Hipkin Sprite concern for a number of years, as was Dennis "Jonah" Jones whose Suzuki was also pictured in your previous post.
This very standard but great HT5 was picked up for a bargain price only recently.

: Beaut Ariel spotted at my last BMCA trial a month ago; php4nB6QsAM.jpg (181.55 KiB) Viewed 7465 times

Posted: **Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:05 pm**

And some more

Posted: **Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:25 pm**

Zundapp were a significant player in early-mid 60s trials - prominent in German trials & the Euro Ch'ship from '64 with 100/125 & 175/200/250 models

Posted: **Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:32 pm**

A couple I missed - from back in the day, before 1965:

Pat Slinn's C15 from '64 - the bike the Otter frame is built from

: Bsa-c15-trials-1964 by Pat Slinn.jpg (90.4 KiB) Viewed 7331 times

And a Butler, unfortunately without the distinctive fibreglass. Built in 1963ff

: Butler trials, less f'glass bodywork.jpg (124.41 KiB) Viewed 7331 times

We tend to think most of the bikes back in the day were British, but looking at national & international results prior to 1 Jan 1965, I found considerable variety - at least 18 diff non-british manufacturers involved, so I'll finish this thread with bikes from those manufacturers. (It'll need a few posts)

One of the actual Bultacos ridden in the FIM trial at Grenoble, France in Oct '64 (courtesy Club Bultaco website). A converted M4 trail bike

: Sherpa proto ridden in Grenoble 10-64.jpg (141.74 KiB) Viewed 7331 times

CZs

: cz-250-typ475-trial.jpg (47.28 KiB) Viewed 7331 times

Derbi - I couldn't find one in trials trim, but this maybe what was converted:

: Derbi 125S 1963.jpg (149.65 KiB) Viewed 7331 times

DKW

: DKW trials 2.jpg (43.44 KiB) Viewed 7305 times

Gilera

: Gilera 125 rg, c1965 jhg.jpg (66.42 KiB) Viewed 7305 times

Hercules from 1962

: Hercules100T 1962.jpg (150.83 KiB) Viewed 7305 times

Husqvarna

: HUsky 175 Trials, 62 SSDT.jpg (34.71 KiB) Viewed 7299 times

Horex

: Horex-Regina trials.jpeg (197.88 KiB) Viewed 7305 times

Posted: **Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:11 pm**

Here is a recent photo of a local (Queensland) trials bike. The frame and motor are Moto Guzzi Stornello 125 4 stroke from the early 1960s

Posted: **Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:13 pm**

and a lovely Matchless trials bike - also a local bike

Posted: **Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:25 am**

Following on from my last post, here's the rest of the non-Brit bike manufacturers:

Jawa 350 (probably modified from this)

: Jawa 350 type 575 1963.jpg (51.88 KiB) Viewed 7134 times

Kreidler 50 (hard to take these seriously, but that's what they rode in trials)

: Kreidler 50 pre65.jpg (30.43 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Maico (there were quite a few Maicos of various sizes - 150, 175, 250 - in German & Swiss events)

: Maico Trials.jpg (60.57 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Montesa - converted Impala's

: Impala Trial.jpg (125.55 KiB) Viewed 7134 times

Morini (Roger Decoster competed very successfully on one)

: Moto_morini trial_boniburini.jpg (164.94 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Motobecane

: motobecane trials, french.jpg (43.2 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Novy (Belgian made). Couldn't find a pic in trials trim

: Novy_1955_St_Kruis.jpg (126.31 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Puch. Couldn't find a pic in trials trim from the era

: Puch250cc MC, 1957.jpg (116.62 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

TWN

: TWN Cornet trial 2.jpg (38.88 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Zundapp - the actual bike ridden back in the day by multi-national champ (Germany)

: Zundapp Trials, Gunther Sengfelders original.jpg (64.62 KiB) Viewed 7137 times

Thats the last of them - 18 different non-Brit manufacturers showing up in National & International observed trials results back in the day (1962-64) that I found in a quick search (no doubt there were more):

Bultaco, CZ, Derbi, DKW, Gilera, Hercules, Horex, Husqvarna, Jawa, Krediler, Maico, Montesa, Morini, Motobecanne, Novy, Puch, TWN & Zundapp