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Hello all. Ive been lurking this forum for a while. Im seriously thinking about getting into trials for the first time at the age of 45. I raced MX for 10 years many years ago. I competed in over 500 races and won @200 overall's. Over that time I started on 100cc 2 strokes and worked up till I was on 500cc 2 strokes. A broken back and wrecked left knee ended my racing career at 22. But during that time I got to know many trials riders while in school and a few as I got older. I attended many events, but have been away from them for a while. This year I plan on getting out to spectate at some events here in New England. Just to see how things now go and get a better idea…

Hi, I am Richard and have moved from an Ossa MAR to a Montesa 215 2001 now the body is wearing out! I joined whilst looking for info on removing the front / rear wheel bearings. The forum looks interesting.

Hello, new to trials riding so looking forward to picking all your brains, anyway I have just got a Beta 250 Techno 97, so all I have to do is try and stay on it, and tell the wife that I'm not spending money on it.

Hello all i am new to this and i'm after some honest opinions of which bike to go for next, i have owned a Montesa 315r for a few years now and find it very good in its reliability & build quality but it is a little too heavy for me to hop around, i am looking to update it now & can't make my mind up on whether to go for a Beta 270 or Gas Gas 280 or 300? I have heard some horror stories of the Gas gas Pro's but thought i'd put it to the real guys who actually use them, any help will be very much appreciated as i don't want to buy a bike which i may regret in months to come. Thanks...

hi all im new to trials and want to compete at some stage im looking for practice areas near bristol any help gratefully recieved many thanks murray

Hi guys, and old member of the ATAQ and looking for a ride , maybe vintage.

Hello iam new to the forum and hope to get some advice abut my ty 250 s mono.I bought the bike as a runner but it would only run for 5 mins then the spark would disapear and then start again after cooling down.I took the cover off and the flywheel to dicover water in and around the stator[quite alot of water]there is damage around the casing where someone has forced the flywheel off [this is where the water is getting in ]my quetion is will i have to replace both the source coil and the pickup coil and where is the best place to get them and will water have got into the crankcase . Hope you can help

Hi: newby to forum here I am restoring a '68 Greeves Ranger which is a long distance trials unit that was, I believe, only sold in the States. Currently I am attempting to install a solid state ignition system that I bought from Electrex World. It is their kit no. STK-970 which is supposed to fit any of the 9E/32A/34A engines. The problem I am having is that when the stator plate is installed, it cannot be rotated far enough to bring the timing marks into alignment. Does anyone here have any experience with this kit? Thanks Mike

Hiya, More fresh meat for for the forum I'm looking at expanding my two-wheeled incompetence to being rubbish at trials as well as being rubbish at supermoto and enduro. Hopefully this will lead to a mastery of low speed offs, as I have with high speed crashes. Have managed to blag an occasional lend of a txt280 but am trying to cobble a few quid together for a cheapie of my own soon, hopefully. Cheers, Stu

Hi all, new to the Forum my ride is a Montesa Cota 315R 98 hope everyone's getting muddy EW

Hi all, Dud from Northants here just saying hello. I did my first trial yesterday and looking forward to the next..and the next and the next Dud

Hello all....been a "lurker" for awhile now...thought I'd dive into the fold. I'm a recent Scorpa convert (from Gas Gas) and am having a few issues finding experienced tech. asst. (as Scorpa's are not the most popular bike here in the States)...so I'm hoping not to wearout my welcome in the Scorpa column. Hello all.

I was into trials rideing when I was a teenager and got out of it and have been rideing street bikes ever sence. I have a small repair shop and have been wanting to get back into trials rideing. I have been looking around and found a yamaha ct175 for a cheep price. Right know im just looking to get back into it for cheap and was wondering if this would be a good bike to convert in a trials? Any info would be great!

Hello all! I am new here. My name is Craig Boardman and I am a Senior class rider from Michigan. I finally decided I should jump in and see what this is about.

Just bought myself a Fantic 240,never owned or ridden a trials bike,but have rode dirt for forty years.(I'm such a magnificent rider I have a total of seven whole trophies to show for my efforts ) I volunteer at a local state owned ORV park plus have several places to play and learn at,hopefully I'll enter an event later this year! Bought a Fantic because way back when I was a kid my family was briefly a Broncco dealer(Fantic trivia buffs will know about Broncco) so I always said when I got a trials bike it had to be a Fantic.

Hey TC im wanting to get a bike but no idea what to buy im thinking something like a txt cadet or something as i am only 13 any suggestions? thanks!

finally been dragged into the 21st century and begining to learn how this computer works i am new to this sort of thing .but having ridden trials sidecars for the last 30 years , from club level to british championship level i thought that i could offer help and advice if it was needed , i am just finishing a panther trials outfit to have some fun outings on , will

Hi guys , this is a hello to you all the way from sunny South Africa , trials paradise.

Hello, I'm from Aus. Going to start in the Vintage Twin Shock series in 2 weeks.It wasn't called vintage when my mates and I used to ride them .I'm Riding my Italjet 350T. Green one. Now don't turn me off , someone has to ride these things. Anyway I'm here for help if I can get it and maybe to give my opinion if anyone wants it. Thanks brt650

Hi All, This is by way of introducing myself because I'm computer stupid and can't get the "Introduce yourself" feature to work. I'm a soon to be ex road racer and am looking for a new hobby more in keeping with my advanced years. I've always fancied gently tweaking an MZ 250 to make a slightly more tractable road bike. Now whilst I've done more then my fair share of tuning various two strokes to go road racing on, I suddenly realise I know nothing about how to extract "bottom end" grunt like modern trials bike have in abundance nor how to get "mid range" tractability plus reasonable performance like modern motocross bikes develop. So here I am asking for advice fro…