...apparently. So, today various clubs convened on the regional venue in Bagshot to recreate the event.
This was absolutely superb. As I write I can hear the modern bikes racing, but earlier in the day it was the classics and there were some real beauties.
The track was a nadgery forest trail with lots of climbs. The mixture of bikes... I have never seen such a strange, but brilliant mix. It was a one hour event, with bikes setting off in 4s at about 1 minute intervals, In the one class here were, to name just a few... Ariels, Matchless, TL125, loads of Triumph twin period scramblers, a 6 month old Triumph Scrambler 1200 (ridden by the proprietor of West London Triumph, I believe), some T7 Yamahas, which looked particularly at ease, a KTM 990 adv, BSA C15s, Metisse Triumph, a Scott, something that looked like a Honda CB50, a Yamaha SR500 (yes, not XT), an XL185...... it was like the whacky races, and absolutely brilliant.
This was absolutely superb. As I write I can hear the modern bikes racing, but earlier in the day it was the classics and there were some real beauties.
The track was a nadgery forest trail with lots of climbs. The mixture of bikes... I have never seen such a strange, but brilliant mix. It was a one hour event, with bikes setting off in 4s at about 1 minute intervals, In the one class here were, to name just a few... Ariels, Matchless, TL125, loads of Triumph twin period scramblers, a 6 month old Triumph Scrambler 1200 (ridden by the proprietor of West London Triumph, I believe), some T7 Yamahas, which looked particularly at ease, a KTM 990 adv, BSA C15s, Metisse Triumph, a Scott, something that looked like a Honda CB50, a Yamaha SR500 (yes, not XT), an XL185...... it was like the whacky races, and absolutely brilliant.
