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Nationality
  
British

Current team
  
Retired

Name
  
Malcolm Rathmell


Malcolm Rathmell

Born
  
18 June 1949 (age 75) Otley, West Yorkshire, England (
1949-06-18
)

Website
  
www.malcolmrathmellsports.com

2014 FACTORY SHERCO, First ride with Ricky Wiggins


Malcolm Rathmell (born 18 June 1949), is an English former international motorcycle trials rider. He won the Scottish Six Days Trial in 1973 and 1979, and clinched the FIM European Trials Championship in 1974 (The series was to become FIM Trial World Championship in 1975). Rathmell is a six-time winner of the British Trials Championship between 1971 and 1981 and six-time winner of the Scott Trial between 1971 and 1980.

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2018 Malcolm Rathmell sport sherco James Dent


Biography

Malcolm Rathmell 1976 Montesa Cota 348 Malcolm Rathmell Replica rockhopper

Born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, Rathmell first contested the FIM European Championship in 1970 before finishing runner up to Mick Andrews in the 1971 championship, a year in which he also won the Scott Trial for the first time. Though rarely off the podium in 1972 the championship was a repeat to the previous season, followed by a 3rd-place finish on the factory supported Bultaco for 1973. In 1974 Rathmell almost switched camps from Bultaco to Ossa but found himself facing legal action from Bultaco for breach of contract. Sticking with Bultaco for 1974 worked out for Rathmell as he won the European Championship. He did however switch to Montesa for the 1975 season for the first year of the FIM Trial World Championship and added world round wins in Belgium, Poland and the United States and finish 3rd in the championship. A Runner up position to Bultaco rider Yrjo Vestarinen in 1976 and a 3rd place in 1977 were to be Rathmell's best attempts at recapturing the title on the Montesa. For 1978 a Suzuki ride could only yield a 16th-place finish after which Rathmell rounded out his international career back with Montesa through the 1982 season. Malcolm Rathmell Sports Limited opened in the UK in 1991 as an Aprilia importer and is currently the sole UK distributor for Sherco Motorcycles.

Honors

Malcolm Rathmell Rider Malcolm Rathmell on a Montesa Cota 348 in its prime Vintage

  • British Trials Champion 1979
  • European Trials Champion 1974

  • FIM Trial World Championship
  • Scott Trial
  • Scottish Six Days Trial

  • Malcolm Rathmell 348 Year Of Manufacture Please Twinshock Trials Central

    References

    Malcolm Rathmell Wikipedia


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