Motorcycle Classics

Sophisticated small-bore scrambler: 1960-1963 Parilla 250cc Wildcat

round 1927, a group of motorcycle clubmen in Camberley, Surrey, England, decided they would organize an off-road motorcycle trial outside the approval of the sport’s ruling body, the Auto-Cycle Union. Until then, the goal of a motorcycle trial was to keep your feet up and stay upright: a prod on the ground from the rider’s boot earned penalties — just as it does in motorcycle trials to this day.

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