Upper Midwest Trials Association

I’ve updated the Used Bikes page. Matt Wittleif’s got a new listing; others have changed their pricing.

If you’re a member of the UMTA or WOTA and have a used bike for sale, use the used bike web form to submit the information to me.

Two new albums are up in the UMTA photo gallery:

- Photos of the Saturday night anniversary festivities and finsher podiums both days

- 86 rider photos from Sunday, courtesy of a visitor, Pat Carver from Bloomington.

Day 1 first place Champ, Al Gohlike, cleaning the wall exit on Section 1. Al and his Team Mad Max (Willy Gruette, Gregg Mellberg, and Ben Winterer — Section 12 observers at the World Round) donated their $1,000 observer stipend to the UMTA, which funded the pig roast, T-shirts and other miscellaneous expenses for the weekend. Al was also honored for being the longest active club member. He started riding in 1970, the year after the club began.

Ben Winterer, Champ class rider and Mad Max donor, launching up the big tractor tires in Section 1

Willy Gruette, Intermediate class rider and Mad Max donor, bellying up to the pig roast table yet again

Egg toss team champions L to R: Steve Bowman, Al Gohlike, Martin Belair, Ben Winterer

UMTA elders: Ron Hampe, Dudley Flamm, Ed Hampe, Al Gohlike

El Presidente Mike Hendrickson, who orchestrated the entire weekend’s festivities, including a DVD photo presentation of the club’s early history

Thanks to Bear (shown here with customer Mike O’Donnell) for providing kissing booth and vegetable launching services.

I’ve created a special photo gallery for pictures of the club’s early history.

Add comments if you have more info on the people in the photos.

If you have some photos you’d like to add to the gallery, UPLOAD them to me.

In today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press:

Trials and tribulations: Jumping their bikes over boulders, cliffs and tree stumps is all in a day’s play for competitors in the sport of motorcycle trials riding by Richard Chin

This article took most of the front page of the Express section, with another half-page on p.3. Click on either of the images to see a large version.

The UMTA clubhouse, spring 1975, a city bus. According to Ed Hampe:

That’s Ron Hampe his ownself with the bullhorn. I recognize that shiny silver jacket! I am sitting on my TL125 in the foreground with the white Bell hat. Isn’t that Mark Stonich walking towards the camera with his head down?

(See a larger version of the photo.)

Got more photos from the early years of the club? Contact Us, because we’re creating a digital slide show for the club’s 35th anniversary wingding and trials on June 26-27.