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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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.