Ride 270 mile through the night into a winter morning to tackle 16 observed sections and tests. Entries have opened for The Motor Cycling Club’s (founded in 1901) 86th Exeter Trial. The Exeter is open to members of the MCC, Vintage Motor Cycle Club and Morgan Three Wheeler Club.
This Long Distance Reliability Trial will start at 19:30 on Friday 9th and finish on Saturday the 10th January 2015.
There are classes for Pre 1970 Solos, Solos less than 450cc, Solos over 450cc, Sidecars and Three Wheelers. There are three starting points for these classes: Sourton Cross (near Okehampton) Cirencester, Popham Airfield and (near Basingstoke). Competitors converge on the Haynes Museum in Somerset and then follow a common, 270 mile, route to the Finish at Torquay.
There is a shorter, less testing route, of 150 miles and 15 observed sections and tests for competitors in class O, which starts at the Haynes Museum.
Entries close on 16th October.
Entries may be made on line through the MCC website www.themotorcyclingclub.org.uk. Members of invited clubs should request a code to access the on-line entry system from the Secretary Exeter Trial, Tim Keeling,
keelings@keintonman.fslife.co.uk or send a stamped addressed C5 envelope to the Secretary Exeter Trial: Tim Keeling, Jacobs Ladder, Queen Street, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, TA11 6EG, 01458 224082.