Evanton rider eyes Trial glory
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EVANTON’S Gordon Murray is gearing up for the Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) in Fort William next month in its centenary year.
The Inverness and District Motorcycle Club rider will be in competition alongside 274 other professional and amateur motorcycle trials riders from around the UK and further afield at the Trial from May 2-7.
The sport of motorcycle trials is a test of riding skill over observed sections where the winner is determined by skill alone. When competitors ride each of the 30 testing SSDT sections every day their feet must remain on the footrests of the bike.
They must negotiate steep gullies, slippery rock steps, rocky streams and boulder-strewn gorges. Sections vary in length and severity, and riders are penalised if they put their feet down to help them ride the section, and more so if they fail to negotiate the section in its entirety.
The Scottish Six Days Trial has the additional test of reliability over long distances, with riders completing up to 100 miles each day over a combination of rough moorland, rocky tracks and public roads.
The daily routes are designed to challenge the ability, experience, strength and stamina of each rider and the reliability of the bike. There is also a set time within which each day’s route must be completed.
The fight to be come out on top is guaranteed to be a fierce affair, as irrespective of past or current status, every rider competing will be fully aware of the incredible prestige and exposure that winning the 100th edition of the world’s oldest surviving motorbike trial competition will bring.
