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Hi all,three times a year I go to England,and now trough TrialsCentral will be every day! Interested with Honda and Pr

Morning all, I can no longer ignore the stirrings deep within that insist that I once again spend my weekends up to my armpits in mud. I find I'm eating the skins of my jacket potatoes and scrubbing them less, I'm volunteering to help the current Mrs Jayzee with the gardening as long as I can fondle the mud, and seem to 'accidentally' trip and fall face first in the mud more often than is reasonable when I'm walking the dogs... ...it can only be the call of the observed section. The mud, it seems, is beckoning me back in! So, who am I? I'm a 40+ bloke from the Cambridge, UK area that has never really grown up. I have been a motorcyclist since my early teens and own an …

hi all, ive been riding motobike's since i was 7 and im 40 now, never had a trial bike before but always fancied one. A good friend has just give me a fantic mono shock thats in need of a bit of work. hope fully ill get it going and out in the mud soon. cheers

just to say hi to all.just getting back to trials after 15 years off.2 trials later...LOVING IT

Hello all, Just bought a Montesa 315 04 to return to bikes after a 30 year break (I'm 49 and in early crisis)! Now I wouldn't say I've been done but the bike has some issues and I could do with help in these early days - it's not as easy as I thought it was going to be and I'm a bit crestfallen! I guess these are quite usual problems but the clutch only just qualifies to be called a clutch and the bike came without User/Service manuals. Any pointers would be very gratefully received

Hi, I was lucky enough to watch a trials event for the 1st time a couple of weekends ago. It was in New York state near Elmira. I believe it was put on by a club/organization called District 4. Anyway, it was thoroughly enjoyable and I find myself interested in the sport. This seems like a great site to learn about the sport. My background is mostly with roadracing which I've declined to participate in for quite a few years now. I've been enjoying trail riding pretty continuously since 2001. Off road is utterly enjoyable for me and far less expensive. I've tried participating in one HS this past summer and I had a blast. I'm slow but I finished. I hope to do a …

Hi just joined i have a sherco 200 2002 model just bought it.Its my first trials bike well sort of i had a old honda tlm 50 but you cant realy count that. Have been looking to see if there is any manuals in how to maintaine the bike cause im pretty clueless does anyone know were i can get one or a tips book.Love the bike great fun

hi all , i am mike , i have only just taken up trials at the dizzy age of 36 and my lack of fitness showed straight away , i have only done the first 4 round of the lancs mcc birkett series and have thourouhly enjoyed it but i need to find time and more importantly somewhere close to home to practise.i just which i had started this years ago. i have just bought a scorpa 250 2001 model after my first bike a faded 1994 jordi tores replica decided to kill its stator (now has a vespa one on but the missus doesnt know so i could have a new bike ;-) i find the scorpa so much easier to ride but i think it is more because it is set up better not because i have suddenly got bet…

hi im dave from middlesbrough been riding trials for 6 years now and had a sy 250 scorpa but recentley bought a 2004 beta rev3 and noticed that it has a slight rattle from the cylinder head i think its the piston and been told that its not that bad and that they can be ridden for months like that... the bike rides perfectly and hasnt let me down but just not sure about the noise can any 1 help?? Thanks dave

Hi, Terry (Tael) here, been lurking for a while reading up various stuff in an attempt to know what to look for when buying an old twinshock to get back into trials after a 20+ year layoff (Did some in early teens on an old Cotton with a starmaker in that my father had) Just managed to get a cheap little thing finally ( a Cota which was my first choice of bike even before reading up) which I've detailed in the twinshock forum. Love the look of this place, I'm a member on quite a few forums regarding my other bikes but the quantity of useful information and helpful users on here is very impressive. Hope to be able to fit in here and pick a few brains along the way Te…

hay all im Dan im 18 and i ride a GasGas EC250 the 06 model and a 04 TXT250. iv been riding trials for about 3 years and im still not all that good haha and iv just started racing enduros. iv only done 3 so far. finshed 2 but ran out of petrol and took a pretty heavy fall on the last one i did so i called it a day on that. I know this is more a trials forum, but i cant find a good enduro one. if any one knows of any let me know so yeah glad to be here looks like a good forum.

Hi, I'm Bob from Colorado. I've been into motorcycling for 40+ years, but this is my first Trials bike. It is a '83-85 Fantic 403, 300-Professional. Its in pretty good shape for its year and runs very well. I'm going to need to get new fork seals and tweak the drum brakes a bit, but other-wise its ready to ride. I'll post elsewhere to find sources for the seals, etc...thanks, Bob.

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, recently bought myself a 2002 Montesa 315r, to get back into trials after an eight year break. Rode my first trial last weekend, and it was like I'd never been away, awesome! Also got an old Fantic 200 which is ripe for restoration, that'll be the project over the next few months... Hopefully chat with some of you soon, Ben :-)

Hello everyone, i have just joined your forum looks good. I have recently bought a fantic 250, old but great to learn the basics on, i also have my road bike licence and have an aprilia falco and a honda hornet, so i thought i'd have a go at trials. Also i am engaged to be married next year anyway great forum and i'm sure i'll have a few questions i hope there are a few fantic owners amongst us. Cheers Steve

hello folks, me and my lad Tom are new to trials even so he's gettin quite good on his oset 12.5.

ive just brought my 1st trials bike and am looking forward to getting out on it at the weekend curently living in jersey which has 2 trials clubs and plenty oh hills

Hi all New to the forum, I have already posted (how rude) without introducing myself. Place of living : New Zealand, Wellington PLace for Holidays : France, south West Place where I will die : most probably New Zealand I have both citizenship though I tried to sale my french passport to Oussama, he did not want it ! I am geologist but moved away from being a scientist for a decent job (where at least you get paid for what you do) Anyway, I am 43 in few month, have too many kids and not enough bikes (DRZ400E, Montesa 315R, Aprilia 250RX 1986) I am a crap trialist : I usually use super8 to shoot stuff for youtube (see drdoud, with a Super8 on the ISDE in Taupo …

Hi, just moved to Barcelona. Great country here so bought an old trial like I used to have as a child. Its a Montesa 247T 1975. Sounds silly but can anyone tell me where to find basic stuff. Like petrol oil mixes and oil types and quantities and how to check levels. The guy who sold me the bike is spainish and i couldnt get much help from him. Thanks Tony

Hello everyone, my names Pete and after a 25 year layoff, I'm taking up trials again! My last bike was a Montesa 200C Cota twinshock, and I've just bought a 315R and joined and entered for my first club trial next Sunday...! I think I better get some practice in. I've also got an '04R1 which is really a track day tool and barely road legal, though I do use it on the road. And instead of getting bored in the winter with no fun to be had doing trackdays in the UK, I've decided to get back into Trials. I've started modding the bike already and have fitted a OKO 28mm / KEIHIN PHK rep carb.

Hello, New here to TC. YEARS ago I rode "foot ups" is Australia ...LOTS of cars and motorcycles in many countries for LOTS of years ... now back into trials here in NOR CAL. Great info here