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Advertisements help to define an era. They show the fashions and what is popular at the time. They are a wonderful snapshot into popular culture of years gone by. As i wade through though through the magazines i come across adverts which are just as good and cool as anything you can find in any rider feature.

 I love so of them so much that ive created this special little area of Retrotrials expecially for my favourite adverts - ENJOY :)  

I have lots of bike adverts as well , but ill place those under the bikes section

 Great Advertisements From The Retro Years

Some nice old importer adverts
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SWM TL Trials www.retrotrials.com
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Fantic Gilles Burgat www.retrotrials.com
And some more ... despite them being black and white and having pretty much no artwork , I bet they were still the equivalent of £500 a page .
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Montesa 349 www.retrotrials.com
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Moto Gori www.retrotrials.com
Now some notable dealer adverts. Whilst the detail within was mostly ignored at the time its of real interest now.
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Trials Colin Appleyard www.retrotrials.com
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Team Fantic www.retrotrials.com
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www.retrotrials.com armstrong trials ccm
Bizarre but certainly of note

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www.retrotrials.com kawawsaki ks 125
Some of this gear looks cool and others not so cool ;). Love TT Leathers the bike cover.
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www.retrotrials.com tt leathers
For 5 times the price you can have a new bike today
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www.retrotrials.com ossa trial
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www.retrotrials.com italjet trial
How i lusted over one of these as a lad.



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www.retrotrials.com husqvarna
These little B and W TMX adverts contain great little nuggets of information. Someone couldnt cut the circle very well around the wheels. It was also before they could fill in between the spokes. Saying that , i cant even do it now :).
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www.retrotrials.com moto gori trial
A nice Yamaha advert from back in the 70's. Can you see what they are assembling?.


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www.retrotrials.com yamaha
The 250 Enduro seems to be styled on the Russian CZ 175 , almost exactly. I cant imagine them copying the OSSA . Peeps behind the iron curtain werent even allowed newspapers ,magazines or out of the country.
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www.retrotrials.com ossa
Now , if this isnt an exact copy of the then Suzuki DR600 ....i dont know what was !! :).
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www.retrotrials.com gilera xr1
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www.retrotrials.com gilera xr1
Judging by the amount of helmet adverts , there must have been a good mark up  , or the market was flooded . One or the other.
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www.retrotrials.com nolan helmets
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www.retrotrials.com nolan helmets
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www.retrotrials.com nolan helmets
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www.retrotrials.com nolan helmets
Surely one of the best twinshocks ever made. Very nice to admire.
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www.retrotrials.com fantic 300
Camel projected their smokers as Indiana Jones types :). There are some more coming up so youll see what i mean :)
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www.retrotrials.com camel tobacco
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www.retrotrials.com mds helmets
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www.retrotrials.com fm helmets
One of the last Ossa's and shunned by many. Untill i got told this by many people i rather liked it
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www.retrotrials.com ossa trial
What a picture . What a magazine !!!. Steve Saunders at Pateley Bridge watched carefully by Lluis Gallach and his minder Alvert Juvanty


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www.retrotrials.com Steve saunders in action on the RTL
I had to include this advert simply because of the huge lumps of chocolate glued to the front of the boot. No-one would get in your way , when you are wearing these :). £49 for 1986 was pretty expensive. Thank God for China to help bring prices down :).
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www.retrotrials.com Crazy Answer boots
The black and white press. When life was simple ;)
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www.retrotrials.com motorcycle news
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www.retrotrials.com trials and motocross news

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