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Dec 24th 2014 - Can't find anything definitive about when the 2015 event is on........

ACU website doesn't show it, searched the web some too but drew a blank............... mmmmmmmmm  will keep an eye out.



The event is usually on the last Sunday of January, so the weather can vary from frosty through to sunny with whatever else the season wants to through at the competitors and spectators.

Here's a link to the 2012 event to give an idea of what it’s about
http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10384.0

Was going to bounce the thread but can't find anything definitive as to the date...............  ???

I only ever seem to hear about it after it's been & gone.

Good news  :), according to the AMCA (Amateur Motorcycle Club) website

https://secure.amca.uk.com/multievents/layout5.asp?pid=253

the 2015 Talmag IS on Sun 25 January...............

I'm going tomorrow guy's... look for the freezing cold dude with the biggish beard......  8)

Usually a 9am start, so prob be there around 8.30, so get to see all the bikes in the paddock.

An icy morning greeted the riders for the annual Talmag Trophy Trial, but it soone warmed up to a balmy 8 degrees no less!

The bikes are all pre '65, four-strokes of European manufacture (the vast majority being British), ranging from 125cc to around 500cc. Although most riders are from the UK, the event does draw entrants from France, Germany and Belgium. Rider age range, at a guess,, would be 20's -70's, poss even 80's.

The bikes vary from girder-forked rigids (ie no rear suspension) through to tele-forks with swing-arm rear suspension.
Most machines are single cylinder, but there are fair few Triumph twins, and a Douglas with opposing 'boxer' cylinders (like the air cooled BMWs).

Tech / scrutineering. 1963 AJS16C

Showroom prepared Matchless

A Panther at tech. Nor sure of model, maybe Shaun can help out..............

"Andyloos" - something our leader isn't telling us??

A girder-forked Ariel, think its a 1929 Colt 250.

Wonder what make of bike this guy brought with him  ::)

Neat V8 powered Zephyr pick up

1958 MV Augusta Turismo Rapido, only 125cc.

The camera doesn't do this justice as the gradient is so steep its difficult to climb without loosing footing.

The chap in the high-viz is the section observer, and he scores each rider.

A trial is divided into a number of sections, and each rider tackles each section through a pre-fined set of markers, the idea being not to put your feet down, stop, go off course etc. Penalty points are awarded for each infringement, and the rider with the least points at the end of the event come out top.
There are classes for bike size, suspension variants, and sometimes, as in this event, a class for the over 65 year olds.

Some of the chairs waiting at the start of a section.

These have a rider and very trusting companion standing on the sidecar part, ready to move their weight wherever's needed to try and successfully tackle each section.

Yet again I didn't make it -sorry Tony. Half expected to see Shaun at Loon's workshop afterwards. Did you see him Tone?
For a moment I thought the porta loo was attached to the bike! Did that Zephyr used to be green? Used to be one locally here in Basingstoke.
Love the black Matchless. I've no desire to ride one competitively, but vintage trials bikes do look cool.

M75 Frame with a 350 Red Panther motor if my memory still works....

ran out of time mate, left it as long as we could before heading back home...

Janie was there too apparently.

Another pic, this is a 1952, 350cc NSU OSL, the rider coming from Germany. Its unusual in that it the only OHC bike I saw at the event.

This bike's a 500cc Triumph twin, but the motor's a rare GP.

These engines started life as a wartime airfield-based transportable generator engine for aircraft.
The all alloy motor was later found to pretty good as a race engine.
Easiest way to spot one is to look for the parallel exhaust ports (others are splayed).

well, time warp time, I had an NSU 250 supermax, lovely fast bike for its time, plus I had a Tiger 100C, all alloy engine, pre unit, don't  remember those parralel ports on the one I had, but it was a cafe racer so could of been built from parts. Great pictures, thanks for sharing them.

damn, missed the NSU... aren't those parallel trump motors from war time generators???

As Tony mentioned above Shaun.

Forum member Dslam owns such a beast.

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/Bikespageimages/silvertriumph/words.html

trust me not to read it all :)