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[charlie prescott]

Hi Guy's.

OK Just going to throw a spanner in the work,s

Isn't it about time we stopped using the term "PRE 65"? This was coined in the first place by Deryk Wylde. for the trials championship that he set up. And since then the term as been abused by everyone, that has laid a spanner on a period trials bike since.
To my mind, and others, any British Trials Bike should now be named,A British Twin-Shock.(BTS). And there should be different categories within the criteria, including as an end class the now famous "Special" class,and has everyone knows, this is the class, that most machines should fall into?

Regards Charlie.

[Old trials fanatic]

shedco, on 22 December 2010 - 09:50 PM, said:

Yep, you cannot buy skill,
I usually get beat on my Ty by a chap older than me on a.....
rigid bantam!

LOL we all get beatem by him

[Old trials fanatic]

charlie prescott, on 23 December 2010 - 12:12 PM, said:

Hi Guy's.

OK Just going to throw a spanner in the work,s

Isn't it about time we stopped using the term "PRE 65"? This was coined in the first place by Deryk Wylde. for the trials championship that he set up. And since then the term as been abused by everyone, that has laid a spanner on a period trials bike since.
To my mind, and others, any British Trials Bike should now be named,A British Twin-Shock.(BTS). And there should be different categories within the criteria, including as an end class the now famous "Special" class,and has everyone knows, this is the class, that most machines should fall into?

Regards Charlie.

Hi Charlie
OK some more spanners coming into the ring. Accepting your arguement all non "special" class bike MUST conform then to a copy of the factory sales brouchure in every way. Just look at Ariels, was looking at Mick Grants on Sunday with it's factory fitted carbon fibre primary cover which i'm thinking of copying for the James, Cubs C15 and to get back on topic sort of Bantams.

That rules the lot out so we all ride in the "specials" class and we are back to square one.

Oh yes is a Majesty or a Cotswold now going to be classified a BTS British Twin Shock ?

Edited by Old trials fanatic, 23 December 2010 - 12:23 PM.

[charlie prescott]

Hi Guy's ,
Hi OTF.
Cotwold's Majesty's.?

Probably "BTS,FEI". (far eastern influence)?

Regards Charlie.

[Old trials fanatic]

charlie prescott, on 23 December 2010 - 12:29 PM, said:

Hi Guy's ,
Hi OTF.
Cotwold's Majesty's.?

Probably "BTS,FEI". (far eastern influence)?

Regards Charlie.

LOL LOL Merry Christmas Charlie

[Andy M]

The Bantam I plan on building will be ridden in the BMCA trials.. Pre 1970.
I just picked this subject up, it happened to be in the pre 65 section ??
http://www.bmca.org.uk/classes.html

Edited by bo drinker, 23 December 2010 - 01:55 PM.

[toyboy2]

If you keep the comments comeing like the above you might help to melt the snow for the Yorkshire Classic Boxing Day trial, its the last one you can do without gators?

[broony]

Coming from a road racing background the Classics had a set of rules written by the C.R.M.C. which nearly every club in Britain use.It would make sense for trials clubs to do the same thing.When I built my Honda K4 race bike it was straight forward as I knew exactly what to do to the bike and knew that it could be raced anywhere.Been on a few websites trying to find out what I can do to my Bantam but it seems clubs have different specs.,if there was a set of rules/regs that everyone used it would make life a bit easier.
cheers the noo Brian

[Andy M]

broony, on 23 December 2010 - 07:26 PM, said:

,if there was a set of rules/regs that everyone used it would make life a bit easier.
cheers the noo Brian

[TrialsRfun]

Old trials fanatic, on 22 December 2010 - 11:40 AM, said:

LOL but thats my point theoretically a bike would have to ride in the specials class JUST because they didnt have fork gaitors fitted. Fit gaitors then the bike runs in the "normal" class

And people moan about the Scottish Pre65

Last time we rode a Yorks Classic Trial (no fork gaiters) we were followed round for almost all the trial by one club member who never stopped moaning at us for committing this heinous offence against yorkshire decency, needless to say we have not been back.

[Andy M]

TrialsRfun, on 09 January 2011 - 09:47 PM, said:

Last time we rode a Yorks Classic Trial (no fork gaiters) we were followed round for almost all the trial by one club member who never stopped moaning at us for committing this heinous offence against yorkshire decency, needless to say we have not been back.

Did you complain?? I must admit if I had been out there and someone kept on I'd have kicked off.