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Artie Radcliffe

Back in the day when Tiger Cubs was a fresh new model from Triumph the trials riders saw its supple format a the ideal tool one bloke from Bradford utilized its lithe characteristics to great effect.

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He was a Scottish six day trial rider, and national competitor on the technical off-road circuit in the fifties and sixties. He stayed on British iron, including AJS at a time when riders were turning to the European and Japanese two strokes. In latter years he enjoyed beekeeping on the Isle of Man. I’m sure he enjoyed the TT spectacle each year from some hedgerow line corner.

Artie Ratcliffe has died in 2009 at an Isle of Man nursing home aged 83.

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Good style on the Cub though, and a lovely looking machine too.

Posted on June 12, 2013 at 8:41 pm in Racing, Trials, Triumph Cub, Vintage   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

2 Comments to “Artie Radcliffe”

    
  1. WDEF
    June 13, 2013 at 6:33 am

    David son..
    A different world here. I was used to seeing Trials guys in Raiph Venables articles in MCN back in the day. Flat caps were the norm until the UK entered the Euro’ Trials events and then helmets became mandatory here too. The lower photo is super.. all forward motion.
    BUT.. the top photo is MAGNIFICENT.. a berluddy deerstalker on ! Superb, I can’t ever remember seeing a photo of one in use like this before. And the smerke [fag!] is the finishing touch. Lovely. Good rider.. good to see.
    Trust you are well
    WF

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    • geordiebiker
      June 13, 2013 at 6:58 am

      All good here Bill! Busy with work – which we can’t complain about . there’s a big Mods and Rockers bike gathering on this weekend so expect to see lits of great photos over the next week. Dave

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