World Championship Chat

Well personally I can't wait for Sheffield, I think it will be the best for years for lots of reasons; Doug always goes well Bou is the new world Champ and is up for 3 on the trot(?) Raga is stung and wants to bounce back, Cabys overdue a good ride Fuji is always spectacular And best of all the young British lads have got a chance for glory on the big stage, a stroke of genius on the organisers part, go Wiggy!!

I see that the FIM have changed some world round dates. I can understand the change to the Japanese round(s) - the poor souls affected by the quake/tsunami need every help they can get. But why reduce Fort William to just a single day? Last year's two day event was spot on, considering the travelling most folk had to undertake. I'm sure the traders in Fort William appreciated the business. I expect L+M events are a trifle unhappy. I don't wish to speak out of turn but the future viability of such an event surely hinges around the original business plan (ie income over two days, publicity for sponsors over two days, etc) and it's as if the FIM are not fussed about …

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Good-morning, all. Day two is totally different from yesterday. When we got to the complex the sun was shining. As Copey would say, Yeehaw. My first photo is our Japan Sherco distributors, Yoshinori Imada (left) and Junji Fujii (right). They've been magnificent hosts, not to mention top notch in taking care of all the Sherco riders. Foot-note: All due respect, Nigel, I didn't come here to cover all classes, just the youth class and Patrick in particular. I don't be paid to do this. That said, I'll do my best to cover the Juniors too. Enjoy the coverage.

Nice WC videos: http://74.125.93.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp...ruGzg8gQ0HI4qTQ

How is no one talking about this? https://youtu.be/FHKrK7343n0 at 02:44-02:50 you can clearly see him five the section by sliding over the marker and putting a foot down but still he manages to clean the section and trial?

Penrith World Trials Facebook page has changed name to Yorkshire World Trial?

With mr casalas up the road to vertigo what are beta going to do for a top line gp rider? Surely a brand that probably sells more bikes than any other must need a rider to be knocking on the door of top 5?

Ok , only been back from me jollys 3 days and cant wait to get a weekend off from family duties to go to hawkstone , hands up who is going !

just to remind us "In view of the current extremely difficult situation regarding participation in Trial events that is also leading to the free fall of the Trial motorcycle market, the FIM together with the Trial Manufacturers (Montesa-Honda, Gas Gas, Beta, Sherco & Ossa) has decided to take measures in order to find ways to revitalise this discipline. The first change concerns the sporting regulations of the FIM Trial World Championships that, from 2013, will be “non-stop”. All categories of the discipline (World Pro, Open International, Junior, 125cc, Women & Trial des Nations) will now apply more dynamic regulations. With the aim of making Trial more acce…

Speedy recovery wishes to Toni Bou!! His X trial fall this past weekend was a wicked one... Sounds like a minimum of 3 weeks out of competition. When was the last time both the #1 & #2 riders were out from injury? Hopefully, both are completely healed up and stay healthy for the outdoor TrialGP season. Trials Life!!

Stop to masterfully catch your balance, giving the crowd a thrill?....why that's arguably worse than an Endurocross rider doing that (think about that - one "five" and a trials rider can drop a few places in the standings, but an Endurocross rider who stops dead or just a split-second would hardly ever drop in the standings, of course.) Use all the skills you possess to jump the bike magically sideways 3 times, to heroically save a dab?....fugetaboutit! MotoGP riders can't do that, so why should we let YOU? We WANT to take the sport back to the 1960's, when nobody had all these fancy-shmancy "skills" they have today. "Evolution of the sport"?....we certainly don't want …

Just got back from the Arena, here are some thoughts: a) The PA system seemed particularly poor this year- with about 10% of what was said perceivable Perhaps in part because of a) but also because of poor commentary "timing" the atmosphere wasn't as good as usual (even before Dougie bombed out) c) "Taddy" is a trick ferret d) Cabestany had arguably as much if not more talent at his disposal as Adam Raga, but chose more risky lines and was inconsistent, thus finished second e) Bring back the biketrial riders at half time (got to be better than "a word from our sponsor") f) Everyone moaned about Fuji not making a valid attempt at 2 of the sections, myself included,…

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Congrats to Dibs on a well earned 6th place in Spain. Clearly not an easy trial and was well ahead of previous rivals to put a claim in for a top rider!! Seems to be going from strength to strength, clearly the talent is there and a bit more experiance of the big time wtc rounds and he is turning into a contender. He is another who seems to have adapted quickly and very well to the monty 4rt!! Nice one , you will be making cota kid proud

well having just watched the film for the new rules they've just changed my mind ......oh god what have they done,hope there not going to show this observers,it will confuse them all.i was in favour of no stop ,not so sure now. i suppose time will tell,can see many more arguments with riders/officials.sadly

What a farce... the alleged "no-stop" world championship rules are NEVER enforced, yet for some freaky reason, an observer suddenly remembers that it is meant to be no-stop... so he docks Billy a "5" and then conveniently returns to normal mode and lets others stop... pathetic! Just watch Bou... he "stops" as often as any rider yet he is given special treatment and never gets docked a "5" for blatant halts and even reverses!!. Furthermore, in Japan this weekend, his minder was clearly seen pouring water onto a muddy rock to wash it off so "the special one" can gain an advantage though the section. That is called tampering and altering a section... in simple language,…

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After disappointing results and disliking no stop Pol is calling it a day. He is looking to move towards extreme enduro and is talking to manufacturers. I think he has a great opportunity to do well here This was inevitable. There's no point flogging a dead horse and being pi**ed off at the end of each weekend. I am no expert at all , but I have my own opinion of what could have been done to improve and i fed this to them. It was to little to late and the rot had set in so to speak. Good luck Pol Pol's post from social network - Dear Friends: After much soul-searching I've taken the decision that my stage in the trial has come to an end. Hasn't been ea…