Just found this video. Fantastic! In high school in '73 the Montesa Cota was the bike to have, but not for a poor school boy. It was in the 1990s that I joined AHRMA and competed with both a '72 and '73 247 Cota and 348 Malcolm Rathmell Cota. Superb bike that 348. Sold them all off and raised a family. Great times and a great sport. I'll take vintage no-stop Observed Trials over modern any day.
@RP-zm9kh Жыл бұрын
Fantastic. A great period of the sport. Tough men and iconic bikes.
@JDRELGOR3 жыл бұрын
Love watching these old films, non of this stopping balancing & bouncing the bike round, just keep moving how it should be.
@grooveholmes78707 жыл бұрын
i grew up riding these bikes. family would go camping in the mountains in Wyoming and ride in the national Forest, back then you still could. thanks fer the video!
@adrianrouse51483 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the film.. love the spanish and early japanese bikes. Days when your average rider could compete and enjoy themselves...
@harryrenner40163 жыл бұрын
Montesa motorcycles were very dominant in trials competition. and they were always distinctly recognizable. because they all were red. and the fuel tank would go down and back under the seat. they were also very narrow bikes. their ability to be so dominant in that sport. is what allowed the Spanish motorcycle manufacturer to survive as long as they did. they also made motocross bikes. they had a big bore bike that had so much torque that it only needed four gears. they were my favorite motorcycle when I was younger. I always wanted one real bad but they were very hard to find in the United States. the closest I ever came to owning a Montesa was a Husqvarna. a sister company to Montesa is Bultaco.
@emmsiebob17912 жыл бұрын
Seen my grandad at 16:50 struggling. Awesome to be able to see.
@TheFrog7674 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative nice to see the riders of yesteryear.👏👏👏👏🍻
@adrianrouse51483 жыл бұрын
When you have been over the bars 10 times.. sat in rivers. Picked the bike up for the 50th time. It was great to change clothes and go for a few pints. All the aches and bruses forgoten. Start planning next year
@KARABOUDJANUNO8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! I enjoyed seen my Cota 247 flying over the rocks. Thank you!
@bobwarren38988 жыл бұрын
I can still smell the scent of the water steaming off the exhaust and engine -- and trying to remove the baked on mud after the event without damaging the cooling fins. Great memories.
@YansaMusic8 жыл бұрын
Great to see so many Ossa's. I still have mine + another in bits and a 348 Mont that i'm near finished rebuilding :-) Thanks for posting.
@57dogsbody Жыл бұрын
Just what I was thinking! Great bikes those Ossas.
@claudiomarciolopes79343 жыл бұрын
Very good old footage! Thats the real thing about bikes and races competition...
@claudiomarciolopes79343 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jal2837 Жыл бұрын
¡¡Que tiempos, que motos y que zonas !!, trial puro
@jameshoward97003 жыл бұрын
When men were men and sheep were scared! Eeh, proper job, that! Makes me want to put on me Barbour n' wellies and go out on't 100kg smoker! Simpler, happier (?) times. And no blooming' hopping! Thanks for posting!!!
@ianburnicle86865 жыл бұрын
great to see this again. I was observing up Storthwaite Gill that day, in the middle of nowhere, so we thought when a helicopter suddenly appeared and dropped a film crew off. Day was complete when local lad Rob Edwards was overall winner.
@redtobertshateshandles Жыл бұрын
I remember working in a bike shop and checking out real trials tyres. Eraser soft Pirelli's or Michelins, can't remember which, not just Japanese rim covers. Poor bas... who bought a Japanese bike and rode it standard.
@woodsrider11710 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thankyou for sharing!!
@Nasphotography135 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing my video
@delfinok-delfo8 жыл бұрын
Grandiosa gara! Posseggo una montesa 247, un vero mulo! grazie
@Lee-70ish3 жыл бұрын
I competed in this one on an OSSA MAR Didn’t know it was filmed , I didn’t come any where but great memories .
@patrickhall898310 жыл бұрын
Thanks, 1974was the year I started riding trials, and first bike I see in the video is a sherpa t bully.back in 74 you could buy a 325 for 990 Australia dollars. . Un po 'in ritardo spero hai avuto un felice compleanno presidente mr.. also the kiwi team of 6 will be riding this coming weekend in Spain then the trials da nations. .patRick..nz.
@GruppoTrialAntincendioBoschivo10 жыл бұрын
Grazie !!!!!! in bocca al lupo per le prossime gare.... ciao Z@mpi Thank you !!!!!! good luck for the next races .... hello Z @ mpi
@luigicristiani77093 жыл бұрын
Quando la regola unica del trial, era; il mozzo della ruota posteriore NON PUO' ...arretrare Un saluto ai vari Baldini, Tosco, Adamoli, Teobaldi, Bartorilla e il suo Guzzi Stornello, e anche a Rampini, di Moto Sprint che li recensiva all'epoca. Una prova del CI fu fatta a Villa Ada a Roma, c'ero, così come a Stroncone (Tr) per un paio di anni di seguito. Poi comparve...il Gatto e non ce ne fu più per la vecchia guardia! Vidi anche un Mondiale in provincia di Torino, che faticaccia..
@jjsc9762 жыл бұрын
Thanks for film
@rpefitness11 ай бұрын
I had a 247 Cota in the early 80's and was a member of the Derby Pathfinders, happy days
@polux3203 жыл бұрын
C'est plus du hard-enduro. Des superbes bécanes pour une superbe ambiance!
@MrSmalley3003 жыл бұрын
Watching this and looking as my picture of my second attempt 2000 2002 of me on REV3 riding up surrender. Can`t imagine riding a twin shock on the Scott and finishing.
@badlarry1726 жыл бұрын
thanks again amazing memories, do you rekon toni bou would have enjoyed a day out in Reeth in 74 ?
@ClassicTrialsChannel8 жыл бұрын
Good old Murray walker gets everywhere lol, didn't realise he commentated on trials.
@markjackson887 Жыл бұрын
There wasn’t much feet up riding back then was there? Riders just paddling through sections happily collecting a 3.
@davidbowes5915 Жыл бұрын
Takes me back!
@Rafael-eo7md Жыл бұрын
In those days the distance between an amateur rider and Martin Lampkin, for instance, was not big and therefore trials attracted a lot of people. Nowadays in-between distance has become astronomical, champion riders are just aliens hopping on the rear wheels and outdoor trials have no public at all.
@DizzzyKipper7 жыл бұрын
Thank you:That was great.
@1962dunbar3 жыл бұрын
Class
@williamr38402 жыл бұрын
Kawasaki KT! What were they like to ride? :0)
@colacao3169 жыл бұрын
That nice days... :-)
@ziadpatata261 Жыл бұрын
Enduro trial competition
@MrConan893 жыл бұрын
I feel tired watching this. I did the SSDT twice in 80 and 81. That was not as tough as this but it was six days.
@jjsc9762 жыл бұрын
I també sentir l' olor d'el oli de competició
@billcaley-sh2ux8 ай бұрын
I got a Ossa 72
@RockRider2k3 жыл бұрын
I wonder why it's called trial. Nowadays it's more close to enduro..
@zombanator300011 ай бұрын
Cause enduro back then was what a family enduro is today, motocross back then was mostly grass tracks with small jumps... bikes improve so tracks and trails get harder to challenge them
@adrianrouse51483 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else call there belstafs . Bowels tags? ?
@vajolax9 жыл бұрын
Guarda Mario è una moto usata pochissimo ha fatto solo una gara... Bo Zoa !!!!
@keithlyon71897 жыл бұрын
What dreams are made of brings back memories keep it up