HIGHLAND CLASSIC2019
Hang on Clive, that’snot aMontesa!More
associatedwiththe SpanishMontesa marque,
former British Expertwinner CliveSmithshows off
hisTriumph“...built from bits Ihad ly ingaroun d...”
he says.
From theleft, Inverness DMC’s John Moffat whotirelesslyworks
behindthe scenes to ensure th eevent runs smoothly; Jamie
Williamson,Laird oftheAlvie Estate withoutwhosepermission
theevent couldn’t happenand formerworld champion Bern ie
Schreiber,guest of honourand oneof thereasonsthe entrywas
filled up fast.1:Gettingataste of theTwo DayTrial li fe is OssyByers–secretary
of Castleside MotorClub andorganiser of theBaa Clas sicTwo Day
TrialinC ountyDurham inJuly...get anytips Ossy?
2::Thatthisevent is internationally popular is demonstratedby
thenumber of foreign riderswhomakethe journey to Aviemore
forthe trial s–suchasMontesariderEric Levavasseurwho drives
from NorthernFrance eachyear.
3:Calum Murphynormally ri desaDrayton Bantam andridesit
well .For theHighlandClassi chewas enteredonaTY175Yamaha.
so,Calum,why theAriel? “...theYam wasn’t runningright,Martin
Murphy suggestedItrythe Ariel,wewereallowedtochange to a
biggerbike...”
Left:In theday,StephenRobson wassupported by Montesa
andFantic ;the ladhas beenworking onthis250 MontesaCota
andhas gotitr unning well andheridesitw elltoo.Aboveleft:Trying to arrange aphoto of allthe
guestridersand guests in one placeatone timeis
akin to herdingcats! We managed it though, with a
lotofs houtingand orderingabout.
Aboveright:We couldfill th epaper with
indi vidual pics of thewinnersbut agroup shotis
best ...welldone to allthose whopickedupawards.
Left:At one timethe world rode theBig Three
Spanish marques,then allofasuddenthe industry
fell apar tand many of thetop factorypeople
joinedorcreatedother makessuchasMerlin.The
Bell family–Davidispictured–haveacoupleof
them.
Right:DavidMoffat turns out onthissuperb
Hondafor Alvie.