And so to the trial, less than an hour after the enduro ended, aboard my trusty 1932 OK-Supreme, with its reliable 250cc JAP motor. At number 8 I was one of the first away, clean through the first section and getting away with a neat two on the large rocks of the second, both in front of large crowds of spectators. There’s a bit of a show-off in all of us. Then up and out away, following the enduro track. And here’s where it went a little awry.
The track through the woods might have been fine for enduro bikes with plenty of clearance, but on a trials bike the clarty mud just stuck to front tyres and clogged low mounted mudguards. The front wheel simply refused to turn, what…
