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Hey all, Mark here from Michigan (Grand Rapids area) Ex motocross rider now 41 just got a 2004 Sherco 2.9 kinda excited to get back on a bike again. Anything trials related, rides, meets going on in this area I would be interested in hearing from you. -Mark

Hi, ex yorkshireman and trials rider from back in the '70's (325 bultaco), now living in the south island of new zealand. Just getting back into the off road stuff, after years of road riding. Built myself a classic style trials out of a XL 200 which had been run over by a tractor .....it was a wee bit bent !!!! but it's straightened up and morphed into a trials bike quite well .Had a few practice rides to sort out a few things with set up, and the old technique is coming back nicely. First trial in a couple of weeks, looking forward to it. Will try and put some pictures of the bike on forum.....when i've worked out how, will proberbly be in the honda section. …

Hi I'm Richard from south yorkshire UK I'm wanting help and advice on sherco st 2015

Hi all, Joined up a few years back when I brought my fantic to hopefully gleem a little online info.... I have since become a dad again and im now thinking I really ought to build my bike back up and get out and ride it before the next few years flash by and they ban two strokes or something daft.... Have not rode trials for about 20 odd years so should be fun . Anyone any good club recomendations in our around Notts /Derby area. Cheers Jamie

Hi everyone. New to trials,been riding a 2009 Gasgas 125 txt for a few months. Just upgraded to a 2015 Sherco ST300 Factory.

Intro. Hi, I’ve been into trials for a year and a half, started on an old gasser 250 1999, then bought a 04 Sherco 290 and rebuilt it to ride, but ended up getting a 66 plate Montesa 4RT which I ride regularly, joined SDMCC and ride practice with some great people at Poles Wood in Essex. I’m 52 and still bounce quite well.

OW DO! just bought a 06 standard 4rt with orange wheels, i am wanting it to look a bit different, any ideas? in the nean time can anyone tell me where i would get the full sticker kit from, not the sxs, cheers

Hi all,new bod here with my Bultaco Sherpa arriving tomorrow,wahay lol.... saw the Bultaco Sherpa and liked them straight away.thinking I’d stumbled onto a little heard of bike lol lol ,oh how wrong!!!! Everyone (just about), knew about them from “days gone by”!!!! anyway,old Speedo bought for it and sitting here ready.just need to find the other bits and the info to git etc etc....... seems like I’m in the right place . Cheers all

Hello Je suis un français qui ne parle pas anglais ,nul en informatique{envoi de photos impossible}mais passionne de HONDA que je supporte difficilement d'origine.Ce que je prefere,c'est "bricoler sans fin "sur mes machines. J'habite a Clermont Ferrand{a 130Km de Sardent ,lieu des 4 jours de la Creuse}que certainement beaucoup de Britanniques connaissent pour avoir participe a cette course.Ces participants ont du voir" mes conneries techniques" au parc de Sardent un side car RTL 270cc que j'ai construit.Cette annee ,j'etrennais mon mulet :le moteur de ma RTL 250 monte dans un cadre de 125TLR car je n'ai plus la forme pour rouler avec un…

Hi guys. Just wanted to say hi to you all. after leaving the race scene for a few years, i decided to get on the wheels again. Just got my self a Gas Gas jtx 270 and was hopeing i could find out where my best bet for parts would be. cheers..migsy.

Hi I'm returning to the world of trials..!! After mortgages - kids etc I find I've time to get back into trials after a 25+ year break. So at 47 years of age now (were has the time gone?) I'm turning to you guys for help and advise on buying a second hand bike. Budget is upto £1200 so what's my options? Are there rules and regs on two strokes or has the world gone four stroke? Told you it's been a while. Look forward to some great guidance.

Hi all, I bought myself a Beta Rev last year and so far have only ridden a few times. Anyway i plan to get out on it more from now on. If anyone knows of anywhere to ride local-ish to Bristol UK then let me know, or if you are planning to got out and you don't mind a novice tagging along. Cheers

Hello everybody. I am nearly 39 years old and really have the urge to start riding trials again. As a young teenage rider I first rode a clapped out Suzuki Beamish 250 with a hole in the cylinder head! I then owned a new Yamaha TY250 twin shock and later a Fantic 240. I rode most weekends and some weekdays in West Yorkshire, England. The 'Flappits' and 'Hawkstone Quarry' were my home practice grounds. I competed in several observed trilas, but did not do too well! My dad also rode and he bought a works Fantic 301 from John Lampkin (which he rode in a world round or SSDT) who lived in Silsden, near to our home. My dad was friends with close contacts of the Lampkin family.…

Hi, I just picked up a ‘78 348 Cota. It’s a bike I would have loved to own back in the day. Needs a bit of work and a few parts, but runs and shifts well. I will have a lot of questions. The first one being.. is there a Canadian source for parts and bits and pieces? Tim Victoria B.C.

Hi to all, I live in france and have just aquired a 1982 fantic trials don't know which model yet. I've a couple of other early trials twinshocks though not much of a rider I look forward to revitalising them for fun over this winter Any other like minded folks please give me a shout. lrb

Evening all! I'm gonna say i'm new here, although i did joine in October 2010 with the aim of buying a trials bike. Long story short, years back i was a half decent i guess, bike trials rider. I ended up getting into bmx which eventually took over, and then due to injuries i had to pack it in at the level i was riding, and kind of accidentally found myself racing a CBR600rr, and and R6 for a few years, and then last year a Fireblade. In 2010 in the off season, i joined here with the intention of getting a trials bike, but due to a few racer friends getting into enduro riding and MX which is great training for road racing, i got a Yam YZ250 crosser.... To my eternal re…

Evening. I'm Kevin and new to the forum. Quite long in the tooth now but enjoy getting out on my KTM on the local lanes around Llangollen. Having always fancied a trails bike, especially in my youth when funds were too tight, its now or never. Heart is saying a TY175 or Fantic ( could never afford one when they were new), head says something modern for the reliability?. There is a pay per day wooded area near me so that would be a good place to start and hopefully try some easy events - twin shock event for newbies could scratch an itch and improve my laning skills to boot? Whatever I buy, I'm hoping to buy from a fellow enthusiast and not fr…

Hi everyone im new to tials, a bloke at work is always going on about how good it is, so this weekend I went to Hawkstone for world championship round to take a look and i thought it was brill. while i was there i saw an add for this site so here i am can i ask have you got a novice section P.S ive been riding for over 25 years on the road and last time i road off road was some 12 years ago and the it was a crosser.

Hello knowledgeable ones. If the gear oil is coming out grey and milky after about 6 hours use is that normal. Someone told me it could be river water that's been sucked in, or head gasket or water pump seals. I've come late to trials - the riding is tricky but the maintenance seems a minefield.

Hi, Just a brief hello from me, Brian. I'm from near Dorchester, Dorset, and ride an ageing BMW K100RS on the road. I've been thinking about replacing it with something smaller and lighter 'cos at 61 going on 62 it is getting a bit heavy. Used to follow trials as a youngster back in the mid-late 60's so may get something for a bit of Green Laneing. Anyway, I'm pleased to have found this forum, the info and responses I've read so far are encouraging. Brian