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Hi Just got round to replacing the Montesa I had stolen 37 years ago. Mainly as a renovation project but I intend to have some fun with it. just need to learn to ride again?

hi all been on the site a couple of weeks now thought id show you my ty250 bought from a neighbour for 40 quid currently in the process of stripping and rebuilding the engine and thanks to tim for advice yesterday

I just came back to trials this year and it has revolutionized my 2-wheeled life. I goofed around on a TY175 in 1976, but my real passion at the time was MX. Then I had a TY250A in the mid-1980's, but I was on a tiny isolated shelf of land in coastal B.C. with little opportunity to improve my riding. After a brief break from riding of any kind, I got back to road riding in 1988 and I've been doing that ever since. Although my wife and I have traveled by bike in several European countries and South America, our road riding is a bit stunted where we live. We are on a peninsula with a ferry at each end, so we really just have one road to ride. So a friend is into trials ridi…

Hi Folks, About 40 years ago i was the proud owner of a used TL125. Lots of fun and i put my feet down whenever I wanted. I was also been a member of the Electric Vehical Association, 20 years ago in NSW Australia I was thinking of getting back into both pursuits again. I just joined the group so, Hello to all Riders. Cheers Basil

Yeap, 42 and I wish I had tried trials when I was younger but better late than never! I recently purchased a 1997 Beta 260 Techno and I'm loving it. It's like trying to learn to ride all over again. I have been lurking around the site for about a week, very helpful stuff here. Looking forward to learning more and getting better. My new old toy! My Dual Sport! Go everywhere toy! And my daily rider!

Just 44 years after I last rode a trials bike, I'm thinking of having another go. Well, I'm more than thinking about it really, but SWMBO has declared "You've got to sell the boat first", which seems reasonable. Anyone want to buy a boat? My last bike was a 1966 4-speed Bultaco so for nostalgia reasons I'd like to get a Bultaco again. However I don't want something that won't be reasonably competitive, so I suspect I'll be more likely be looking for a Fantic or Yamaha TY (for Twinshock, obviously). No doubt I'll be dropping into the forum frequently, asking a zillion naive questions about bikes, clothing, trailers, techniques, clubs, practice grounds and who knows…

Hi all, Earlier this year i went on a trial intro day and had so much fun I brought one. Its a 250 gasgas and i'm a noobie, well almost. In younger years i rode a few field bikes and quads. Anyway i'm looking for buddies to ride/learn with. I live in Sutton Coldfield. Thanks.

Hi, I’m keen to get started on some gentle trials. I’m in Aberdeenshire and have always fancied it, and realise it’s now or never as I get older. I’m budgeting on circa £1k for a used Beta or Gas Gas. Any buying advice appreciated and any more general advice also welcomed. Hope I’m not too old. I had a Fantic when I was 19 and have been a MTBer over the years, so like to think I’ll at least have some sense of balance and technique, but mainly I just want to have some fun and give it a go. Also any advice on basic kit welcomed. Graham

I am new to this forum thing . Just bought a new gasgas 250, have I got the right bike for a novice, born again trials rider

Hi! Fred here! My friend in N/Z rode the pipeline in 1964, but John Moffat says it was not used until 67. Alan Chant, he being the person who got soaked, as well as a 1st class award, seems to remember different. Comp No 216 on 410 cc Matchless. He’s a man of few words, but this is irritating him! Any help welcomed!

Hi there. I first rode in trials in my teens. I was pretty crap, but I loved it. In my 20s I went scrambling. In my 30s I went hillclimbing. In my 40s I was still hillclimbing In my 50s I tried classic trials on a Cub. In my 60s I started greenlaning. I also bought a Montesa 4ride. That encouraged me to try Long Distance Trials. I love those and now on the eve of my 70s I am thinking of trying club trials again. How easy are Bradford Club trials? Am I making a big mistake?

hi , i have a 1995 beta techno with the delorto carb ,i have found a few threads saying the mikuni is better but it also has it faults ? any advice , is it an easy mod ? cheers

Hello Everyone, New to the Forum and indeed Trials... Earlier in the year i bought myself an old but exepctionally tidy, low use Gas Gas TXT 250 (2001), Love the chrome frame... Due to work and other biking commitments ive not really used it much but going forward into 2016 i want to put some real time & effort into getting out on it. Im a relative new comer to Bikes in general, i only started Riding in May this year (im 28), I jumped in the deep end and went straight into Enduro. from the get go i was constantly told to get a trails bike to improve overall... However in the last few weeks/months the trials bug has caught me, i really want to get some …

I would like the opportunity to say hi to all members ! I am in the process of looking to buy a Trials bike after an absence of 20 years ( since i sold my TY175) as a Sixteen yr old, Hopefully in the near future i will be joining the local Trials club (IDMCC). I came across this web site as i'm looking for all sorts of help and pointers, so many thanks in advance, Stuart.

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! I'm a new member from France. Mostly Hondalcoolic. Since two years with my Benny Hill team mate Franck Titanium RTL we increase our english practicing coming to the Telford show. I usually ride a trashed TLR, own a rare Delwiche, now sold and dream about an RS... I'm also found of enduro riding with a couple of XR 500, 1981 and 1979... Have a nice day!

Hello to you. I am a French 56 years and I practice the sidecar trials with my wife. We run the Championship of France for the second year. I practice trials for many years, always on Montesa. I came to you because the UK is the home of the sidecar trials. Excused my English because it is very bad..

Hello to you all thought before I started posting questions and eeking out years of knowledge I ought to bother to say hi. I'm no youngster (49) but fancy a bit of classic trials riding, I like playing in the garage and enjoy using my projects too. So far life has been on tarmac with old single matchless and 650 triumphs. My son is very much into the enduro scene and I admit that dabbling amonst the bushes and trees is my sort of thing albeit at a slower pace. I like many kids of the 70's scrambled around the local woods on old bantams and even honda 125's and found the challenge more satisfying than speed. Along came girls and jobs, and the bikes were parked and off r…

well folks, been reading these boards for quite sometime and thought i should sign on the dotted line. just riding for fun, into old school bmx bikes, impreza's, ham radio - 2i0gfo if there's any other geeks out there lol! other than that im expecting my new bike in a week or two. thanks for having me - geoff

Hi, another newbie to trials. Got a beta 250 rev3 which I am really pleased with. Did my first trial today at Nash Mills in the beginners and wobblers which was brilliant. I have got my second one tomorrow at hammonds park!! Hopefully will go as well as today! Also, I hope the guy I spoke to today (phil) who was doing his first trial is gonna be ok, he broke his arm and his shoulder in a fall.