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The Lancashire Lampkin’s and a charity ride Santander to Colne May 2016

21 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Highwayman in England, Reliability Trials, restoration, Spain

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Cancer Research UK, Colne, Royal Enfield, Sponsored ride

The famous Lampkin dynasty of off-road stars will be known to nearly all readers of this blog, all of them famous far beyond their home in Yorkshire. The family also has connections over the border in Lancashire.

Photo – Graham Lampkin and BSA in 2014 ridden to Lerwick, Shetland and back from Colne Lancashire

Graham Lampkin is one of the less well known Lancashire Lampkins and a regular classic bike long distance trailer and in 2014 undertook a ‘there & back’ ride to Lerwick in Shetland on a favourite BSA to raise funds for Cancer Research.

On 24 May 2016 he is planning to head to Santander in Northern Spain by ferry from Plymouth then will head back home in Colne via the Picos de Europa, Pais Vasco and Rioja then crossing the Pyrenees heading up France to cross the channel in Brittany. As much of the route as he can do will be off surfaced highways. Rather than choosing the soft option of taking along one of those plush BMW or KTM adventure trail bikes, he’s decided to go a bit ‘off-grid’ by taking a 500cc Royal Enfield he rebuilt himself along with Chris Nutter on an ex-WD BSA B40.

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ISDT 1953 – video of promotional movie discovered

19 Friday Feb 2016

Posted by speedtracktales in Czechoslovakia, Enduro, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Media, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux, Video

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Bratislava, Gottwaldov, ISDT 1953, ISDT video

1953 was a great year for Great Britain in the ISDT, with one of its dream team line ups in the Trophy team who gave us our last win of the premier event award. A movie of the event was recently spotted on Youtube and is now added to our ISDT Tube feature of all known ISDT movie footage.

At an early stage of the ISDT 1953 we catch Rider #1 FH Whittle with his Panther 598cc sidecar [HYG 477] going through scrutineering. A nice view of British Trophy team member #237 Jack Stocker riding his 496cc Royal Enfield into Scrutineering #37 Olga Kevelos on the start line with her 150cc CZ. #71 PVK Baldwin with his 348 Matchless CC riding for the Sunbeam MCC comes in for fuel then later on again passing through a woodland swamp. #231 David S Tye of the Silver Vase team with his 497cc BSA [NON 496] The course includes checkpoints in Bratislava, open countryside and woodland with the usual ISDT throng of fans and curious local spectating at this festival of motorcycle action. The video finishes with coverage of the night stages and hopefully this is only part 1 and I can find the second part to add to this one.

ISDT 1953: Hugh Viney’s works 498cc AJS

30 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by Highwayman in Czechoslovakia, Enduro, England, Europe, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, International Six Days Enduro, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, Media, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Motorsport, Photography, Regolarità, restoration, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux

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AJS, Hugh Viney, ISDT 1953

I’ve been lagging with a number of articles needing posting but here I’ve now put up a short article on the ISDT 1953 winning 498cc AJS ridden by Hugh Viney which turned up in auction in 2015 after its long term owner passed away.

Photo – Works AJS 498 of Hugh Viney ISDT 1953 (Courtesy Bonhams)

read the article here in our Folk’s and Motors section

Speedtracktales XMAS Present Bonanza 3 ISDT Programmes to check out.

25 Friday Dec 2015

Posted by Highwayman in Enduro, Europe, Gelände Sport, Germany, International Six Day Trial, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Italy, Magazine, Media, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Poland, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux

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ISDT 1967, ISDT 1968, ISDT 1969

Thanks to the generosity earlier this year of Brian Catt who started scanning his collection of ISDT programmes, here are the first that have been uploaded to our online library at issue.com

Image – scanned cover Official Programme of ISDT 1969 (Greenwood Family Collection)

Link to browse 1969 programme at Speedtracktales ISDT programme library at issue.com.

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Merry Xmas 2015 – snowy trials scene, Loggerheads Inn, Denbighshire 1938

24 Thursday Dec 2015

Posted by Highwayman in Enduro, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux, Trials, Wales

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Christmas, Loggerheads, Loggerheads Inn

Photo – South Liverpool Cup Trial start at Loggerheads Inn 1938 (courtesy SLMCC)

In the distance are the famous cliffs at Loggerheads, at that time a Tea Garden owned by Crosville Coaches who ran regular trips from Liverpool. The Tea Gardens featured in pre war ISDT event in Wales where they were the most northerly point and served as the venue for lunch stops. The petrol pumps have long gone and there is still a petrol garage in Loggerheads despite their demise in many areas of rural Wales.

Thanks to al those who made the trip to these web pages in 2015 and also contributed material and comments to the work so far. Although the stats show a lot of readers across the world out there, it is very nice when we get comment, feedback and corrections to show our audience is active.

ISDT 1968: Event daily check times and schedule sheets

22 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by Highwayman in Enduro, Europe, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Italy, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux

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ISDT 1968, San Pellegrino

I am often greatly indebted to Brian Catt who not only feeds me first hand memories of the great ISDT events in the 60’s and 70’s because…. ‘he was there’. His personal ISDT and Enduro knowledge is almost as vast as his library of photos and books. I was therefore very grateful when he passed me copies of the road time sheets for each day of this event along with the schedule options. I am sure these will prove to be very helpful to some readers.

Image – Page 1 Day 1 Road times and Schedule ISDT 1968

These sheets set out the distances times and type of checks and where the feeling stops would be. The two columns on the extreme right gave optional schedules for the time for riders which would be set in the morning in accordance with prevailing weather and ground conditions.

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ISDT 1952: Artur Fenzlau Part 1 – pix of the Brits!

29 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by Highwayman in Austria, Enduro, Europe, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, International Six Days Enduro, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Photography, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux

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These images are part of a 1000 image library of ISDT images from the 1952 ISDT held in Austria taken by Artur Fenzlau and were the photos featuring the British entrants both Factory, Military and privateer teams. Please enjoy….

#57 Olga V Kevelos, Birmingham. Parilla 150 (entered as Italian) abandoned day 2

photo - #57 Olga V Kevelos Barilla 100 at the start venue ISDT 1952 (© Technisches Museum Wien - Erwin Jelinek)

photo – #57 Olga V Kevelos Barilla 100 at the start venue ISDT 1952 (© Artur Fenzlau/Technisches Museum Wien)

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Tomas Melander’s unused 1974 Monark 125GS

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Highwayman in Enduro, Europe, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, International Six Days Enduro, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Manufacturers, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Photography, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux, Sweden

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Monark

Tomas Melander bought this Monark 125 in 1974 and promptly parked it hence its exceptional condition. Who would not want a gem like this.

photo – RH front view of Tomas Melander’s unused 1974 Monark GS125 ISDT (Courtesy vintagemonark.com)

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ISDT 1971: Event report AMA News Nov ’71

15 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by speedtracktales in Enduro, Europe, Gelände Sport, International Six Day Trial, Internationale Sechs Tagefahrt, ISDT, Isle of Man, Magazine, Mezinárodní Šestidenní Soutěž, Motorcycling, Regolarità, Sei Giorni Motociclistica Internazionale, Six Jours Internationaux, UK

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ISDT 1971, Isle of Man

Thanks to the marvellous resource of Google Books I have been able to find the Nov 1971 issue of the American Motorcycle Associations AMA News which includes a 20 odd page report on the ISDT 1971 written by US motorcycle journalist Ed Youngblood, giving as good a history of the Isle as a report on the racing.

Image – cover Nov 1971 AMA news with review ISDT 1971

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ISDT 1974: Penton Motorcycles promo film of the event

15 Tuesday Sep 2015

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ISDT 1974, Italy, Penton

Filmed and produced for Penton Motorcycles this interesting Pro movie shows the changing nature of the ISDT as well as the technology that was being developed.

The below 2 videos were produced by Penton covering their riders involvement in the ISDT 1974

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