Classic Dirt Bike — Autumn 2017

AlanLampkinsomehowmanagedtowrest

themicrophoneawayfromTrialsGuruJohn

Moffat(centre),whileAlan’ssonJames

seemstobeconcentratingonthetrialahead.

Mostoriginalcategorywinnerwas

ChrisGascoigne’sradialhead

Sherpa.Itworkstoo,asChris

hadtohaulitoutwhenbesetby

puncturesonhisotherbike.

A

casualcomment led to alarge part

of the 1970s and 1980sBultaco

works trials teamassemblingnear

Kendal for the WestmorlandClub’s

specialtrial, to celebratenot only the marque

but to raise fundsfor CancerCare.Trials

fans from the Seventieswon’tneed to be

remindedthat Martin –youngest of the three

Lampkinbrothers–was thefirs tofficial world

trials championin 1975, nor will theyneed

remindingthe legendwaslost to the world

whenhe succumbed to cancer lastyear.

Westmorland MotorClub assembleda

numberof notablesfrom Bultaco–flying

themin from Spain,France,Yorkshireand

Lancashireto celebratein the summer

sunshine.SuchstarsincludedOriol Bultowho

had the task of marshallinghis youngcharges

on variousworks teamsin the factory’s

heydayand still seemedto be doingthe same

in 2017.

In abid to raise fundsfor cancerresearch

and care, JamesLampkin rode his dad’sworks

Bultaco,asister biketohis uncleMartin’s

championship winner.

At the trial, the former factoryteam

membersgot to grips with aselectionof

Bultacossuppliedand preppedby Yrjo

Vesterinen.So, enjoyour pictorialof the day

and let us knowif you were there.

Bultaco Revival

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weweren’ttheonlyonesthereeither.

Words:TimBrittonPics:FionaWatson

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