Vintage Trials

2 COUNTRIES, 5 STATES, 6 DOGS AND A CAT

Tony Down — Sun, 27 May 2012 15:27:05 GMT

Wednesday 16th May 2012 the mission gets underway and we leave only 2 hours later than the ambitious start time

OOOOO, ARRRRRR

Tony Down — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:28:19 GMT

Its testing time for Superglitz, but first time to mix some new fuel with a nicely perfumed racing oil that for those of you that remember

THE IDES OF MAY & THE GRANNY CUB

Tony Down — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:02:24 GMT

Tuesday May 15 2012, no Mayan calendar for this one, 3 out of 4 bikes prepped and ready to roll, Safari waiting, rider rusty, enthusiasm

THE CORE

Tony Down — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:47:26 GMT

Many bites out of the Candy Apple Granny Smith Cub but still aways to go. Every day there are some forward steps, high hurdles to

A GRANNY SMITH CUB

Tony Down — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:19:38 GMT

Thursday, Tuesday's frustration behind me a pretty good construction Wednesday, lots of problems but remedies coming to the fore

LITTLE GREEN APPLES

Tony Down — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:09:59 GMT

Saturday is here, and I'm up at the butt crack of dawn ready to get going. The way I see the day going will be a mixture of

CUBBING

Tony Down — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:57:16 GMT

With only two weeks before departure to Canada I have a fair chunk of work to get through to get everything done. Currently I'm

MORE NEW GOODIES

Tony Down — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:46:31 GMT

There would seem to be no stopping the Californian fabrication department and here is something I really like and find quite intriguing

THE BLACKCAT PHOENIX SG YAMAHA

Tony Down — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:22:51 GMT

Into the last three weeks (I hope) in the long haul rebuild of Superglitz emerging from the ashes with all her new Bionic parts

RAY'S MAGIC

Tony Down — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:52:34 GMT

No, this is not Seigried and Roy playing with Tigers, but another magician namely Ray Iddon playing with Tiger Cubs. The article is more

MORE CUB TRICKS

Tony Down — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:03:18 GMT

When I was a boy I joined an organization formed by Lord Baden-Powell called the Scouts, or in my case the junior

THE NO EXCUSE CUB + ONE TRICK OR TWO

Tony Down — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:28:12 GMT

Another major project that I can't really get my teeth into as I'm being backed up now by our old friend the ticking clock. Will all the

BLING, BLING, IS IT THE PHONE ? NO ITS THE BIKE !

Tony Down — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:40:05 GMT

Its that time in a bike builders operation when those final all important last details can be added. The long slog trying

TIGER, TIGER, NOT SO BRIGHT

Tony Down — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:36:58 GMT

With the impatience of waiting driving me insane the time has come to deconstruct the "No Excuse Cub". Like SG several parts

TIGER, TIGER, BURNING BRIGHT

Tony Down — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:51:27 GMT

Nothing else for it, time to turn my gaze on the No Excuse Cub. First though the last pre "final build item", the back brake

A VINTAGE TRIALS SCHOOL YOU SAY ?

Tony Down — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:44:42 GMT

I have been threatening one for several years so this year no more fannying around JUST DOOO IT !

ITSA HAPPENING

Tony Down — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:26:30 GMT

My how time flys ! We are past the Ides of March and "Et Tu Brute?" is behind us and we now have less than 3 months to our first

CAPTAIN ON THE BRIDGE !

Tony Down — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:12:55 GMT

Since the beginning of the year the Captain has ordered "ALL AHEAD FULL" with primary work on the Enfield and then

STOKE HER UP AGAIN

Tony Down — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:50:43 GMT

With many of the Hercules tasks successfully completed yesterday today should be relatively simple so lets get the fire burning

RAKE OUT THE GRATE AND START THAT FIRE !

Tony Down — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:52:33 GMT

Even though its spring like with temps in the mid 60's its time to remove the ashes from the grate and get the Phoenix fire