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Exclusive interview with Albert Callis - PXC development rider. Manager to Renales. Minder to Eddy Lejeune + Lluis Gallach. Special behind the scenes fixer for GasGas. The untold story
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Nowadays Gabino is one of my best friends in life.
Albert with Gabino and Spanish federation manager Ignacio Vernada
Albert with Gabino and Spanish federation manager Ignacio Vernada
An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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At the very start we went to the Milano Motorcycle show, in October of 1985. Me, Paxau and Gabino drive there together and we meet there the GasGas crew at the show to see the bike presented that has just been made in Torello and to see each other and much more. At this time I was in the middle of studying, so I had to save up 3 months and study hard devoting my time to the economics course. I was doing this course and also spending the rest of the time of the year going to the races with Gabino.
1986 and Gabino Renales pilots the GasGas Halley. GasGas provided the sponsors apart from PAYA motorcycles which was individually for Gabino.
An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
This was Gabino’s first year with GasGas and he was Gasgas first pilot on the first bike. Gabino is an incredible guy and we had a good strong relationship. We started to go training altogether and I was minding for him at the races during 1986, as the previous year I had been with Lluis. GasGas decided that in 1986 their first year on the World Trials scene with Gabino Renales they could not cover the huge costs of it all. They decided to just cover Spain, France and Italy and the rest we joined with the federation and this was how we got to the other races.
An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
It started like this, then later started Andrew Codina, but Andrew is different and a different character to Gabino. Gabino is thinking and then proceeding. If not a good idea, turn, no proceed. They are very different people and as a result did not work together in the team much at all.
An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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Sometimes they joined for a training session, but this was unusual. Maybe this would just be a fun training session or for the press or because Paxau wanted to do this, but they really just ran as individuals, separately.
2 more photos from the 1986 Finland World Trial.
An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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An Interview with Trials insider Albert Callis www.retrotrials.com
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