Trials magazine 118 – July 2025

On sale from 27 June 2025

Fuel Injection

As the world of combustion engines in motorcycle trials moves towards electronic fuel injection (EFI), the Spanish manufacturer TRRS is the latest to join the two-stroke trend offering a EFI on its Gold Injection Special Edition model.

2025 Scottish Six Day Trial

Day-by-day coverage of all the action and the top results of the 2025 Scottish Six Days Trial.

Classic Sport – 2025 Pre-64 Scottish

A decade since he last won the most prestigious of all classic trials, the Pre-65 Scottish, Yorkshire’s James Noble takes the title again in 2025 on the mighty four-stroke single-cylinder Ariel.

Classic Flashback – 1975 Scottish Six Day Trial

235 riders presented their machines for technical inspection at Gorgie Cattle Market in Edinburgh, with Mick Andrews back on a twin-shock set-up after winning in 1974 on the cantilever Yamaha with a single rear shock absorber suspension.

Classic Flashback – 1985 Scottish Six Day Trial

French rider Thierry Michaud took a calculated gamble and stayed with Fantic in 1985 to help develop a new mono-shock machine. He went to the Scottish leading the FIM World Trial Championship but was the task of winning this event with the prototype Fantic just one too many?

Classic Celebration – 50th Anniversary of the FIM World Trials Championship

In April 2025, 116 riders celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first FIM World Trials Championship round with a rerun of the Hurst Cup Trial at Whitespots Trial Park in Newtownards, Northern Ireland.

Classic New Event – Duncan Smith Memorial Two Day Trial

A new event on the classic calendar. One hundred riders assembled to enjoy Kinlochleven & DMCC’s first Duncan Smith Memorial Two Day Trial over the weekend of Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June 2025 at Achallader, near the Bridge of Orchy.

International Sport – 2025 FIM Trial World Championship

With round two in Portugal and round three Japan completed, the 2025 FIM Trial World Championship is starting to show a pattern in the five classes.

Prototype – Honda RTL Electric

The new Honda RTL Electric proved a winner at the second round of the 2025 FIM Trial2 World Championship in Portugal ridden by Miquel Gelabert (ESP). Still very much a prototype machine, will this be the one to replace the ageing Montesa Cota 4RT?

Women’s Sport – AMCA Belle Trailers Ladies & Girls British Trials Championship 2025

The newly formed AMCA Belle Trailers Ladies & Girls British Trials Championship provides a four-round competition with a wider choice of classes for riders. Here are results from round one hosted by Scunthorpe MCC.

Classic Trials Section – Laggan Locks

There are a few section names that remain associated with the SSDT. One that comes to mind is Laggan Locks, first used in 1957.

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