Trials magazine 117 – May-June 2025

On sale from 25 April 2025

International Sport – FIM Trial World Championship Benahavís, Spain

Spain welcomed competitors for the start of an exciting and fresh new season of the 2025 FIM Trial World Championship. All the results from round one TrialGP, TrialGP Women, Trail2, Trial2 Women and Trial3.

Who will Be Top Scot?

Gary MacDonald looks to Scottish riders Duncan McColl, Jamie Galloway and Ben Dignan for a win in the Scottish Six Days Trial.

Classic Archive – 1985 Pre-65 Scottish

Brian Cottrell was hitting the headlines in the motorcycle press as the winner of the 1985 Pre-65 Scottish.

Classic International – 1985 FIM World Trials Championship

All the action from the 1985 FIM World Trials Championship rounds 4 and 5 in Northern Ireland and France. Thierry Michaud shows mastery on the mono-shock Fantic.

Classic Flashback – ACU Inter Centre Team Trial 1975

The Yorkies took their fifth consecutive victory at the 1975 ACU Inter Centre Team Trial under the guidance of Tom Ellis.

Classic Prototype – Eddy Lejeune and the 1985 Honda RTL360S

A second helping of the four-stoke Honda RTL360S story – Eric Lejeune and brother Eric tell John Hulme more about this short-lived prototype built for the 1985 FIM World Trials Championship.

International Sport – Toni Bou and FIM X-Trial title #19

With his 19th consecutive FIM X-Trial World Championship, Toni Bou continues his path to world domination of the indoor trials.

Catch-up with Joel Crabtree

We chat with enthusiast Joel Crabtree, creator of Trials Mania, a social media brand for his video coverage of trials.

Winners – World Champions who won the Scottish Six Day Trail

It takes a complete rider to win both the FIM World Championship and the Scottish Six Days Trial. We look at seven riders who did just that.

Moto Memories – 2003 FIM Junior World Trial Championship

In 2003 Shaun Morris became the first rider from Great Britain to lift the FIM Junior World Trials Championship trophy, which is as much sought after today.

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