Trial Arbecey 19&20 Août 2017
This is each year a must do, Trial d'Arbecey! Organised by Joel Corroy and Team from Classic Trail 70, about 100 assistants, a huge work. And yes, they all get older and fewer hands to help. So it will soon be history. Anyway, we enjoyed 2 days in the woods with great ambiance and friendship.
The riders came from all over Europe: France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Spain.
You need a good working moto for the 80km, otherwise you are lost in the trails of the woods.
Some friends were gathering already Friday evening with a nice diner at a French restaurant, booked by Ernst Stampfli. Hmmm...Michelin Stars..
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| Patrick Lepeule brought a surprise: Ducati Trial! | huge sprocket needed for the zones |
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| 4 strocke 350cc Ducati engine, Pre65 |
Here the pics, mostly from the camp, as I was competing and my battery went down during the trial.
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| nice and warm weather in Arbecey 2017 | sons Fantic needed some work |
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| a handy TY 175 | Campers |
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| Mr. Majesty's works bike | special parts |
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| Noriel 499cc ready to race | Walter and Vanessa on Saturday morning |
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| Jacek, René, Christian | blue Bultaco |
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| Volz BSA | |
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| Honda RTL 250, with HRC original silencer | the first Honda Mono 1985, a monument of history |
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| TLR 250 Honda Twinshock | TL 125 Honda 1974 |
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| Gilera | a proud Honda owner |
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| Ossa MAR | Fantic 240 |
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| Yamaha, early Majesty? | SHIRTY Majesty 320cc |
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| Yamaha Majesty | rebuilt in Italy |
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| Luca con su amica | wow, very nice job done by Luca Teraneo |
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| Frame no 77 | Sneezy TLR 200 Honda |
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| Ossa Mix 250 Apricot and 350 Yellow Gripper | red Honda |
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| nice Bultaco, some special parts | Moto Club 68, Bultaco by Michel Rissacher |
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| BSA van Marvick | BSA original frame |
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| Francois's BSA | |
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| a rare Suzuki 250 | with a special clutch George Graziani |
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| Start tente | for EUR 5500 this nice Honda 250 is yours |
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| wow, beautiful SWM 320, looks like new | rare Cota 242 |
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| nice light Tiger Cub 200cc | Donald Eggen talking to a friend |
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| Donalds special TLR 250 | an early Bulto 1970 |
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| Motobecane | Motobecane 2 |
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| Fraser Honda TL 250, engine 1975/76 | Fraser Frame about 1978 |
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| Exhaust side | Max Liechti's Tiger Cub |
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| Sneezy Honda | Suisse Trial Classic Team |
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| Raph in the morning sun | with his Tiger Cub |
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| my 250 Honda with "long range" saddle | nice start number 111 |
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| crowded at start | Family Feidt: Marie, Matthieu & Maxime |
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| Ernst is ready to start on his BSA | |
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| Edy Kämpfer | Memory wall of the great Claude Coutard |
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| Greeves with rocket exhaust | new Bultaco 250 |
After greeting friends, taking pics and preparing myself for the long day, the trial startet. The zones were tricky, but more on the easy side, as the last years rain made some zones impossible, but 2017 edition was dry!
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| how to make a bent Betor shock straight again? | with a little help of my friends! |
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| the priest on the Solex | gathering for the evening tour du village |
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| René is happy about is repaired Betor shock | |
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| in front of the church | benedictus es tu moto |
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| René and Ralph | 70 years ago, sad monument. I'm glad we are all friends now |
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| Joel and Walter | Webmaster with 2 holley nuns: please forgive all my sins |
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| Ariel | rigid |
After a nice diner with some beers and talks, the night
fell down, like at after the festival at Asterix & Obelix.
Sunday morning with nice sun shine and a fresh french baguette.
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| Jürgen Volz on BSA | Jürgen in the sun |
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| Olivier on his Moto Guzzi Trial | |
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| George Greenland, 86 years old and still trialing!!! | Jo is ready for the next tour |
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| ups, an open Twin | Mark Stokes has to repair his Triumph |
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| hm, nice parts in the bin | here the power pack head and carb |
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| Mark made the best out of his retirement, he will be back and winning again | Walti after 2 days, 80km of trial and some Vielle Prunes...2nd place |
This was a great finish of the summer, nice trial, great zones, a trials festival.
Merci Joel and Trail 70 Classic Trial!
Results Twinshocks Blue: Great win of Thierry Violini with only 7 dabs (Webmaster 4th)
Results Pre65 Green: The nightmare team on the podium: 1 J. Swider, 2 W. Frei, 3 J. Salch
Here some clips with link to youtube. Impressive
performance of Joel Corroy on his Ariel in a difficult muddy uphill zone, zero!
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| Don Eggen on HRC engine TLR 250 | in trouble |
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| Joel Corroy | in control |
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| braking the Ariel | concentrate |
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| power up the muddy hill | Jürgen Volz on BSA |
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| Chris Aeby Yamaha | Fraser Honda in Action |
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| The priest on VeloSolex | an 2 nuns in the 2CV |
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| Benedictus Jacek |
Here some pics from Pierre Quemin, link here
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| Frank | Kurt |
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| Donald | Mark Stokes |
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| Jacek on Zündapp | Max Liechti, Tiger Cub |
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| Patrick Garcia, Ariel | Papa Stampfli |
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| Mr. le president Thierry Gemsa on BSA | Pierre Alain Revaz |
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| Pascal Germanier | Herve |
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| Philippe | Lepeule on Ducati |
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| RTL250 Mono | |
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| Jürgen | René |
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| Olivier | Lady Vanessa |
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| George Greenland, 85!! | Patrick, 53 |
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| The Winner Thierry Violini | Mr. le priest: Philippe Mulhauser |
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| Volz | Chris Aeby |
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| The Boss Joel | Matthieu in action |
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| Luca | Jo in the woods |
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| Walti full speed | Edy |
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| Michel |
Honda Pat (February 2018)