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Hi John: Yep, I think they're available here. Mike

Hi Lee: The yellow wire is on top, or to the right. The red wire is on the bottom. Now is a good time to verify the coolant level. I've found that it can take quite awhile for the fan to kick on. Run the bike for five-to-ten minutes parked, give it throttle from time to time if you like to break up wait. The fan should come on by the ten minute mark. You can tell if the bike is getting hot if the head pipe starts to glow, plus, it will be throwing off lots of heat, more than you think it normally would. Mike

Wow! I wonder how the event went and how the riders like the second installment of the new rules?

Love the quick ref pdf Andy. What if Bou does a backflip before the event begins? Does he automatically win, so no event will be run?

Yes, I remember what you are talking about. It was a 2001 2.9 that was dressed up with Bultaco graphics. I remember seeing a bunch of pictures on the website. I don't remember which one it was. However, I might have a bookmark or saved off some photos somewhere. I thought that they were something like an additional $600/$800 more than a standard Sherco because of the licensing fees to use the Bultaco graphics. But I might be thinking of something else... They might have said they were going to build a bunch of them, but I'd be surprised, because at that point, people really didn't think of them as Bultacos.

I think this video was done in 2000. It also used a pretty poppy-sounding song...I might have it on a promo CD that Ryan sent to me...will look around.

I think you did great. Racing is a total mind shift from riding and takes a few tries (or for me it took many!) to really get wired in. Can you imagine if Sheffield IWTC round is run the same way...Bou, Raga, Fuji, Dougie, Jeroni et al line up at the beginning of section 1...the gate drops...six simultaneous splatters on the first big step. Dougie block passes Jeroni (his teammate! argh!) as they drop off the waterfall. But, it's Bou out front, until Fuji leaps across those toadstools and puts him into the drink...oh the carnage! Mike

This is a great publication! And, nice work Darrell on the website...looks like the Dec 2009 cover is up! Since Shan, as a motojournalist, is always interviewing people, I thought it might be fun to put him on the other side of the fence. We did a little 10 questions session this weekend and I was able to get it on the site in between coughs...hope you get a kick out of it, too: http://www.trialssource.com/2009/interview.../shanmoore.html Mike

I remember one of David Cobos that was pretty cool. In one part he zips up a hill and at the top does a 180...anyone still have it? I think I might have it on an old PC's hard drive.

I did some searching around before Sheffield, but wasn't able to find it. The Eurosport "channels" I could see on the internet were basically Eurosport news blips, no real coverage of any event in particular, just a mash-up.

Well, in Idaho it's been pretty chilly...20's and 30's in SW Idaho. Rode several times last week. Will try to get out to practice Thursday afternoon. Our regular crew continues their Sunday morning sessions...so no stop here, except to hop or crash.

How was it? How'd it go? Any surprises?

That's a very nice letter. I'll forward it to our group of riders up here in Idaho to help send some comments. I hope you are successful. We GPS'd some areas a few years back for the BLM with the idea of some trials designated areas being created, but it just ended up disappearing into the void. We probably ought to follow up and see where things are on that.

Andy's cool video of Bou on the rocks is fantastic, but he missed the late afternoon practice of Toni on his new ride for the 2006 Outdoor. Citing a desire to roll right over the competition, Beta has released the REV-4000. You can see it here on display... http://www.trialssource.com/photos/rev4000.jpg Mike

I thought it was great. I saw it in Las Vegas a few years ago. Interesting how the exhibit pairs up motorcycle development with social/technological change--aside from the effort to put together the basic content (the motorcycles) of the exhibit, some serious work went into that. Essentially, the display is broken up into periods; the birth of the motorcycle, post-WW1, WW2, the Japanese invasion; bikes of specific types (high-performance street bikes, off-road bikes), and examples are on display which typify the period or crossed some sort of threshold, or offer up some sort of novelty. In many of the display areas, especially when the display is chronological, there's also a wall with an A-to-Z list of events, people, movies, products, sayings, etc. Some rooms offer up a movie; I think there was some audio, too. Each motorcycle on display has a description of its history as well as some basic specifications. I think it was pretty cool. Bike I'd like to see in it would be one of the DKW 125 GS's from the early 70's with the Girling front end. I think that's what it was. Mike