AJS Moto Trials Club of SA
CLUB INFORMATION
Put your feet up, ride Trials
The AJS Moto Trial Club, now one of the oldest and most respected Clubs, was founded in 1928 by the late Mr Frank Part. He wrote letters to several AJS owners of that period in Adelaide and organised meetings, mainly socially oriented. Although many early Club outings consisted of a touring nature, it wasn’t long before competitive events understandably became very popular. Of these, road trial events suited most members, with the Club running its first trial in 1930.
Since then, the Club has progressed into competitive events in the majority of disciplines and is presently most active in Observed Moto Trials and combined Road Races. Members have successfully competed in most facets of Motorcycle sport at State, National and International levels. Current members have attained State and Australian Championships.
A Social Committee maintains fresh initiatives and strengthening unity between members whose ages range from 4 to 75 plus years! Enjoyment and fun is strongly emphasised at all Club competitions and social functions. An interest in motorcycling is all that’s required; non-competitors are well catered for by the friendship imparted at all functions.
Observed Moto Trials are held in extremely picturesque areas of the state on private country properties where barbecues, picnics and occasionally overnight camping takes place. Refer to the Events calendar online to see what’s on.
The AJS Club meets at Motorcycling SA, 251 The Parade, Beulah Park on the first Wednesday night of the month at 7:30pm. If you are interested in joining a motorcycle club which is Observed Moto Trials orientated you are welcome to attend any meeting.
Trials Information
how do Moto Trial Events run?
Trials motorcycles are a lot of fun just riding around in a paddock, following a creek or climbing a steep hill, but if riding competitively is of interest, this is a brief run down. Events are run on private property generously supplied by farmers with areas of rough terrain, creeks, and the like. A car park, pits and central control area are set up by the Club – usually on the day or weekend before. Members of the Club search the paddock to find areas to make “Sections”. They run a boundary tape around these Sections (usually roughly half the size of a suburban house block). An entry point and an exit point are then created. From there they choose pathways for the competitors to follow between these entry and exit points – this is done using arrow markers of different colours relating to the various classes of competition. Once completed this “Section” will form part of a “loop” of the paddock which will usually contain around 10 of these “Sections”.
On the day of competition there is always a Rider Briefing which covers details including the number of laps to be completed and the time schedule. Each rider is provided with a score card to carry for their first lap. Each Section is manned by an Observer who scores the penalties incurred as riders go individually through their Section. The Observer marks the score card with the total number of penalties, and then riders continue to the next Section and slowly complete all Sections set in the loop. When this has been done, the riders return their score card to the central control centre, where a new lap score card is issued. At the end of the day the scores are tallied in comparison to other riders in the same class – lowest score wins! Spectators can generally follow the rider on their first lap on foot – the first lap takes longer to complete as riders need to walk through each Section to determine their preferred riding path, including how to traverse the obstacles.
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Held on the first Wednesday of every month at Motorcycling SA, 251 The Parade, Beulah Park SA 5067
Meetings start at 7.30pm.