General Trials Talk

Interesting, anybody any further info?? Also there's a TLR200 still with the road-legal equipment on ebay! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...4558633690&rd=1

I was wondering if anyone could help ID a pair of handlebars that came on my Yamaha TY175 when I purchased it. I’ve recently swapped to an OEM set, but curious about the old ones. They have a yellow zinc plate finish. It’s been suggested they may be Bernie Schrieber, or Answer handlebars possibly, but there were no identifying marks other than sticker residue, left over. A photo on the bike just after I picked it up. Mainly just personal curiosity as to what they may have been. Thanks!

Hi, Anyone able to recommend a jacket that looks suitably vintage that would be suitable for trail and trials riding ? I have the Barbour International suit already (

Have read some comments on this site about bad ebay sites selling dodgy decals, has anyone bought any decals from classicbikedecals.co.uk, they look okay (TL 250) and but are 20 pound a set,I am restoring a Honda TL 250 and they are one of the things I need, any advice or help would be appreciated .... Cheers rock1

Any of you who read my "am i too old thread" will know at 47 im a Trials virgin. Anyway after buying a bike i decided to visit a trial to have a look round and see what i have let myself in for. The trial was run by Sheffield and Halmamshire club and i enjoyed it, had a chat to an observer who expalined how to get started in the sport and also how the marker flags work etc. Several of the riders said hi and i was suprised by the mix of old and new machines and riders of both genders who were there. Im quite interested in Photography so took plenty of pics some of which are on my flickr page.

.After speaking with a few of the club sectaries at local trials it appears it's all the 'old school' boys that are keeping things going ! .... silently they get on with things and we riders turn up for a wonderfully organised event with good sections, observers, someone to sign you in etc etc. however it transpires that (for my local clubs anyway) they could do with more help in terms of setting out sections, flagging, observing, finance, securing land, sending letters to landowners to put a case forward to hold the trial, keeping landowners on side for future events, web sites, press coverage for advertising the event and publishing results in a better way, admin tasks,…

was there a bike called a voshow?

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Just caught the tail end of a programme on Sky 3 with some trials rider called Dougie teaching a girl about trials. It is part of a motoring programme. It is back on Sunday 5 pm. PS I didn't even know I had Sky 3 on the freeview box. ps appologies if its an old clip.

sorry if this has already been covered, but I've been away!! Saw a re-run of last weeks "Vroom Vroom" program, "Skys" attempt to emulate the success of Top Gear etc. Anyway they had a small piece on trials riding, the usual half hearted, unresearched effort but with Dougie roped in and doing his best to explain the sport and help some dizzy-ass woman (no disrespect to ANY lady riders intended, but she was annoying) having a go at a "section". Anyway was reasonably ok as it started off by showing some of the extreme world round stuff etc but went down hill rapidy as the narrator described that there were approx 30 clubs in the UK(!?), the cost of riding a trial is

Well done for bringing some "out of industry" sponsors to this website. Good stuff. Means that our market is valued.

hey guys. i’m not too sure how all of this works but basically, i discovered trials a while ago and i really wanna get into it. i saw many people recommending beginners to find a trials club in their area, so i went searching. i’d say i searched quite a bit, but i found absolutely nothing. i couldn’t find a single trials club in the country, let alone a dealer selling trials bikes in the area. i’m 16, so there isn’t much i can do like travel. what do i do now?

Hi guys Time to change my oil and would like to try atf. Have a 07 rev3 and live in the middle of no where and the only products easily available are caltex oils from the local general dealer/gas station. Can I use their atf? What do I need to look out for? Quite sure its mineral and not synthetic. Thanks

Hey guys: Looking for a good used 50 Minitrial bike of any make. Preferrably in North America. In the $1200-$1500 range. Does anyone know someone who has something for sale. They seem hard to find and they sell even faster! Cheers, Steve

I am looking for a top clamp from a GG TXT with the removable bar mounts. I dont need the bar mounts though, just the clamp itself. Does anyone know if these are available aftermarket? Thanks JK

Hi anyone out there got programs of wye valley traders trials from the late 1970s &early 1980s? Cheers

Wanted urgently - bike to suit middle aged beginner. Must be in nice condition and within reasonable distance of Gloucestershire.

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hello, couldn't find a classifieds section (is there one? is there a need for one?) but anyhow, I'm after a pair of UK size 10 trials boots, make not important so long as they are better than my 10 year old mx boots dunno if anyone knows anyone, etc, etc I'm in West Sussex btw (dunno how much postage accross the country would be ) thanks, pat

I've just spotted on my profile that I have no warning points ???? I'll have to try harder