Trials magazine 119 – August 2025
On sale from 31 July 2025
116 pages of trials and classic trials • Bill Wilkinson tribute • Benoit Bincaz interview • Trial GB 2025 rounds 1 to 4 • Saracen Motorcycles • Ariel 500 reg GOV 132 • 1974 Beamish Suzuki • 100 years of West of England Motor Club • 2025 FIM Trial World Championship rounds 4 and 5
On sale from 31 July 2025
Rider Tribute – Bill Wilkinson 1941–2025
We pay tribute to Yorkshireman and SSDT winner Bill Wilkinson who passed away on Friday 4th July aged 84.
Catch-Up – Benoit Bincaz
We talk to French trials rider Benoit Bincaz who at the age of 28 is changing direction and has initiated it with a surprise victory in France aboard his new electric machine, the EM FACTOR-e, and without too much practice.
Sport – ACU Trial GB 2025 Rounds One to Four
The ACU Trials Commission unveiled a new format for the ACU Trial GB 2025 series. We have all the results and action from rounds one to four.
Classic Inside the Factory – Saracen Motorcycles.
Jack Galloway shares his first-hand insight into his days at Saracen Motorcycles formed in the late ‘sixties by Ron Goodfellow along with Frank Underwood.
Classic Motorbike – Ariel 500 reg GOV 132
To claim a bike is “the most famous” is a bold statement. But it is probably true of the the four-stroke Ariel 500 registration number GOV 132 ridden to so much success by Sammy Miller.
Classic International – 1985 FIM World Trials Championship
All the action from the 1985 FIM World Trials Championship, round 6 in the USA and round 7 Austria.
Classic Reflection – 1974 Beamish Suzuki
The early 1970s saw a large number of Suzuki RL trials models unsold and stockpiled around the world. The first trials motorcycle to come out of the overproduction would be the born-in-Brighton Beamish Suzuki in 1974.
International Sport – 2025 FIM Trial World Championship Rounds Four and Five
Highlights from rounds four and five of the 2025 FIM Trial World Championship in France and San Marino. Tony Bou looks untouchable and Harry Hemingway holds his position in Trial2.
Club Celebration – West of England Motor Club
Dave Cole looks the 100 year history of the The West of England Motor Club, respected nationally and one of the best-known sporting motorcycle clubs in the West Country.
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