Welcome,

Benvenuto,

Bienvenido,

Bienvenue.

To BSA "Otter".Com.

And to the year 2026...

Sixteen years of Classic Trials and Offroad News and Stories...

char7748@tiscali.co.uk

04/01/2026...

Just thought I would make a couple of these while I was sat at the desk. Made to an old Doherty pattern, but with extra stud for easy removal.. What do you think?

Photo from Otterman...2026...trade.

Silver or Gold?..

02/01/2026...

Not going to say a lot about what we intend to do this year other than to say we start with an "A" and hope to move on to several "B"s after that ...

And see how far we get...

I will be updating the Deryk Wylde Factual...Offroad Review page once a month with stories that the late Deryk Wylde told me and using information from the Magazines and from his emails to me over the  years. and we go back quite a way...

So Best Wishes for 2026...

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02/04/2026...

I have been asked two or three times this week after we were all considering the state of the British and more so English country, and they said you grew up in the Fifties what was the country like then.

I said a lot better than it is now....

I said take a look at the stories I have written about that time at the Bottom of the listing and you will see. They said I wish we could Restore Britain back to them times now... 

25/03/2026...

Three BSA Trials and trail bikes For Sale on the "BSA Otters" For Sale page.

24/03/2026...

Sadly on the 22/03/2026 we lost this great man...

Photo Courtesy Offroad Archives 2025 (Deryk Wylde)...

22/03/2026...

Here is a good photo for you from 1954...who do you think it is?

Answer tomorrow...

Photo Courtesy Offroad Archive 2026 ( Roger Bailey)...ebo...

Answer Ron Langston ...

20/03/2026...

Fraser Honda Page Updated...and more to come later.

17/03/2026...

The Next Metisse build is now on after finding a New frame, so watch this space, after that a BSA B50 would you believe.

Photos Courtesy Richard Prescott Collection...

Nice bit of bronzing John?

05/03/2026...

Saracen Motorcycles Page Updated...

04/03/2026...

"Back To The Future" May 1967...

REDT1 and REDT2 Page Updated...More later.

03/03/2026...

Two Proper Pre65 BSA's for you on eBay numbers below...

Photo Courtesy EDF...

The Bill Faulkner BSA B40...389679121790.

Photo Courtesy EDF...

The "Cotswold" BSA C15T with Scottish trial markings ...

389678947542...

For more information and history of this machine, read the Andrew Paxton and Wilf Couldwell Pages...

01/03/2026...

Busy Busy Busy trying to Restore a load of Britian's bikes...

James, Greeves, BSA's and another Metisse...

Photo Courtesy a British 80 year old...

Just a shot from my cockpit...Ready for take-off...

17/02/2026...

I have spoken to Howard Fawkes  and Miles Webb from Faber Frames...Howard has now retired from Faber Frames , and the operation is now all moving to the Miles Webb workshops where he will continue building both the moto cross frames and the trials Otter frames, when he has the jigs re set up at his workshop.

The contact numbers for Miles Webb are...

16/02/2026...

Photo Courtesy Richard Prescott Collection 2026...

Thats it Ariel HT5 Factory build leaving the build workshop.

and the frame below ready for next build. 1950 James Competition.

Photo Courtesy Richard Prescott Collection...2026...

07/02/2026...

Just come to light is the first Comerfords Cub built, the bike Colin Morgan built and rode. (SPF137F) The present owner bought the machine a few years back from a deceased's estate...He is in mid restoration of the little machine and hopes to get it running again this year. What a nice turn up.

Photo Courtesy Owner...

This is the little Comerfords Cub when it was bought a few years ago...

27/01/2026...

New page in the pipeline for the Ariel HT5 build that is now named "Jan" for the month this year (2026) it was built...

Photo Courtesy The Richard Prescott Collection...2026...

Just waiting for the front wheel to come back from being built up, and the expensive air-cleaner rubber connection from Draganfly...

23/01/2026...

And with another Metisse build imminent I thought I would refresh my memory to what parts we need.

21/01/2026...

The Story about this "Back To Factory" Ariel HT5 build will fill more than one page...But it is getting there...

Photo Courtesy The Richard Prescott Collection...

14/01/2026...

"Er yer ready then kid"...Section one.

Photo Courtesy R Prescott Collection...

10/01/2026...

Look what Chat GPT did to my photo, it changed the engine to a Honda CG 150 and the front forks, and removed the Triumph tank badge so watch out you may be riding a Cub with an Honda engine without knowing...It also removed the black oil on my hands, I had just been cleaning a Fordson Super Major engine.

Photo from Banbury Advertiser...

Sorry transferring the photo took the colour out format differance...

John Hand Racing Page updated with new BSA Bantam trials frames...

06/01/2026...

Just love this bike build the first custom build from Meteor Works for 2026 and built to a bike fit done by Velo-Atalier...

Photo Courtesy Meteor Works Warwick...

Starting with a "A" build then...

Photo Courtesy The Richard Prescott Collection (2026)...

Good progress on day one of the build. 01/01/2026...

Build will be followed on the Ariel Back to Factory Build Page...

More Later.