General Trials Talk

Birthday Boys! Dougie Lampkin - 23rd March 1976 Tsuyoshi Ogawa - 4th April 1987 - DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY Jeroni Fajardo - 5th April 1985 - YESTERDAY Adam Raga - 6th April 1982 - TODAY Graham Jarvis - 21st April 1975 Ian.

I've just attempted to install new front brake pads for the first time on this bike (GasGas 270TXT) and I think the pistons are siezed. After removing the old pads, I can't push the pistons far enough back into the calipers to install the new pads, let alone get the caliper back onto the disk. Am I missing a trick here? On my previous bikes I could just push the pistons back into the calipers with a screwdriver, install the pads and off we go. The curious thing is, if I reinstall the old pads, the brake works fine. I'm befuddled.

i wana get hebo footpegs but where is the cheapest place to get them from and been as i live in jersey a place that will give me VAT off

I just bought one of these before I entered the Sandown trial outside belfast on 20th of March. It was a horrendous day, really windy and wet, but the jacket kept me dry and relatively draught free ( I say relatively cos it was windy enough to blow the visor clean off my helmet, I was bound to get a draught from somewhere. These jackets are made of a medium weight cordura so they are not too heavy, and look like they will take a lot of punishment. They have a mesh lining for comfort and two poppered pockets ( not very secure though...) and I found it had more than enough freedom of movement for riding the sections. I would even ride an enduro in this cos it's cut quite …

Hiya Folks, Finally got a date for my knee op (In 2 weeks ouch) ACL reconstruction. Any one had this done and more importantly how long before I can get back on a bike. Cheers Guy

In schools, in ICT and business studies, Im bored. I need entertainment, after looking at the same bicycle trials videos Ive seen millions of times, the bordom kicks in more so. I cannot visit this forum as the word 'forum' has been banned, aswell as many, many other good sites. The question... Does anyone know any trials websites that has videos, motorcycle specifically???? Many Thanks, Mr. Tolley

Hi all, Im selling my '99 mont to buy a new bike. Should I buy a brand new bike or a almost new trials bike? and what make and model? Danny

Hi all... Our next competition here in Hong Kong, will be next weekend. We are thinking of making it a team trial (2 or 3 riders in each team). BUT we've never done this before in HK. If anyone has any advice...we would really like to hear it. THANKS in advance for any comments!!

Results in Albacete (Spain) Spanish Championship.28-03-04 1.- Dougie Lampkin, 43 Puntos 2.- Marc Freixa, 43 Puntos 3.- Takahisa Fujinami, 52 Puntos Dougie still alive !!!!! and VIVA MONTESA.....

Has Anyone got any experience with trying to re-register an older tirials bike?.I'm trying to sort out this problem with my 85 Fantic that has been registered in the past but the documents have gone missing.The DVLA stance on the job is to get the bike MOT'ed on the frame no.,get insurance cover then approach the local office fill in the necessary paperwork,pay for the tax disc,and they then issue a Q plate. The problem I'm having is trying to get insurance cover; A because the bike does'nt yet have a registeration mark B because when it does it'll be a Q C because "We don't insure Trials bikes" All this hassle even though the MOT itself was almost a formality!. …

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Hi. My Seeley 200 Honda at the last trial on Sunday was running roughly when I revved it hard to climb a hill. It was so bad I fived the section 3 times !! Other than this problem the bike starts easy and pulls well at low / mid revs. Ant idea? Has anyone run a different carb ? Hope you can help as I love this little bike Cheers Azzy.

On todotrial here shows Raga's hometown celebrating his indoor title. I think Silsden must just expect several world titles. Shows the difference in how the sport is perceived in Spain to here.

I have lots of smaller logs (8-10") around my property and I was wondering if anyone came across a good way of fastening smaller logs together to make a bigger obstacle? I have debated about using rope, fiberglass ties (like on big shipping boxes), and rebar to hold them together. Once the snow clears, I want to build up my riding area with bigger obstacles.

I keep seeing pics of TC stickers, but haven't seen Andy's advertisement selling them How would one go about acquiring one of these famous stickers?

I knew he rode schoolboy trials but heres a pic out of the motoring section of telegraph. thought it might interest some of you guys. Anyone know the bike what trial

Hi, does anybody else have problems accessing this site? All I get is a bloody annoying message that I don't (I do actually!) have the latest version of flash installed etc and can't use the site. Even if I do the suggested thing and go and download the latest version it still doesn't accept that I have the bloody thing installed. I'm using NT4 with IE 6.028 if that has any relevance. We won't even talk about loading it on my linux platform, using Konquerer... God, I hate "flash" websites..... Kevin.

Rather than the usual which boots I thought I would ask which goggles? I ride a few national trials a year on the road and also the odd long distance trial and have been using a cheap pair of goggles & the elastic is crap just wondered if any one had found and make,style better than any others. Also any advantage from having a face mask built in.

Donning my flamesuit! I was watching Transworld sport yesterday and it seems that global warming is likely to close some ski resorts situated at lower altitudes, indeed two resorts in Scotland are up for sale. So will we benefit from these closures? Ski resorts usually make for really good terrain and there's not much else you can do with them except declare them nature reserves.

Just recently i have been experiencing problems with the engine cutting out. I have tried adjusting the idling speed, but this is very hit and miss. The problem only gets better after 2/3 hours of riding. Could there be a blockage anywhere? Any ideas would be fantastic!