laird387 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi, I had an interesting 'phone query over the weekend: "Why," the youngster asked, " do so many of the old magazines call trials mudplugs?" The only answer that I could think of on the spot was that many clubs just didn't have access to many rocky or stream sections, so resorted to using some prime gloop to sort out a winner....... But where words fail, see sketch was always a useful motto so I promised to find an illustrative image and post it in the forum, so here is an incident from a famous West country day out - the Tanner Trudge. Now do you see what they meant..................... Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Never could see the point myself. I HATE mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon v8 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Never could see the point myself. I HATE mud Steve Saunders almost caused me to give up riding trials back in 1986/7 when I saw him climbing a gripless bank on his RTL250 Honda. He could find grip where you couldn't even stand up - let alone walk. After thinking about it for a while I realised I would never be in the same country as him, let alone parish where riding talent is concerned.But that memory will never leave me,and I've been fascinated by finding grip on mud ever since - something my rigid AJS does with ease,better than most mono's it seems.... I only ever marked out one trial at Naish hill where the Tanner trudge used to run, the mud was unbelievable, I was using my old TY250 for testing the sections,it almost disappeared out of sight a couple of times. I don't mind a challenge,or working hard,but that place is too much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pschrauber Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Mmmh ... mud sections you do not find everywhere that's a fact. It seems to me that they show up less as they don't fit in new trials and are ... well ... more dedicated to classic trials and the past. Anyway when a three is a zero it's OK to me, here I might be in the minority or the only one. I need some time to get used to it, then it's Ok. What I hate is cleaning up the mess done to your gear and bike, too the excessive wear that comes with riding in the mud. You can't. Bend anything in soft clay but it dulls everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro sport Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Mudpluger tends to be an American term for Bikes or 4x4's that are used in muddy, swampy area's. Does anybody remember the Avon Mudplugger trials tyre in the 70's ? they used a hippo to advertise it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisby Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 My first trials bike (175 Yamaha) had an Avon mudplugger rear tyre on it when I bought it secondhand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Guy's. Wow "Tanners Trudge". That brings back some Memories. And you try pushing a 500 pound chair through it all day. Dan had to have extra supplies of hot Orange drink ( all he ever drank) for that run out and all the other trials south ( or west) of Bristol. And it was quite easy for me to fall asleep in the cold and rataley Moggie 1000 pick up even with his erratic driving, on the way home. He never did dip his headlights either, and was not pleased when he got flashes back. Happy days!! Regards Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axulsuv Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I learned to ride in mud and snow ... and tend to find it the great equalizer these days .... I don't remember the last slick spot that gave me issue . I tend to just grin and ask whats wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Mudpluger tends to be an American term for Bikes or 4x4's that are used in muddy, swampy area's. Does anybody remember the Avon Mudplugger trials tyre in the 70's ? they used a hippo to advertise it ! MUD Boggers is the American term. I used to read every magazine and I never remember that term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboxer Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 My first trials bike (175 Yamaha) had an Avon mudplugger rear tyre on it when I bought it secondhand. Might have been mine, as fitted one to it Used to be a good tyre for Southern mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisby Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 My dad bought my 175 yam from a good family friend but where they got it from I don't know I think it was a 1976 with an orange and white tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawil Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 when i started riding trials in the south midland center most of our trials were mud mud and more mud as most events were run in the winter time , i along with a lot of riders raced bikes in the summer, and found that what we learned riding on mud in the w,inter helped our racing in slippery conditions you only rode on rocks when you ventured to the north, those lads would beat most of us hands down but boy did we get our own back when they came down south,so the only way to get on was to travel around the country to ride,where else could you have flat out in 3rd sections and thats with a big triumph motor, , i now have fun knowing that i may be rubbish on rocks , but finding grip in deep mud or wet grass is no problem it is called throttle control, a certain ulsterman with a big ariel proved that, in those days there was only one course just experts and novices all riding the same,,your first target was to finish with you and the bike in one bit, then hopefully one day you would finish with no fives, , i found the only way to learn was to enter as many national trials that i could, as a novice a hard learning curve,then i could ride all sorts of sections ,,will 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hi Guy's. Will you are so right. I just loved racing my bikes in the wet when others cringed. Darley Moor with it's loose surface at the time was just like riding trials only faster? I did tend to fall off a lot though, but again thought that this was like riding trial's but more expensive!! I still wish I had my CoTTon Telstar though, I just loved that bike, but had to sell it to Bill Smith to start a business. Again Happy Days. Regards Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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