USA Trials

Friday,October 29, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Douglas Neubauer Phone: (614) 856-1900 E-mail: dneubauer@ama-cycle.org AMA WINS APPEAL FOR U.S. ISDE TEAM PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that 23 members of the U.S. team to the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) will receive finishers medals they were denied by organizers of the event, which was held in Poland in September. The decision to award the medals follows a successful appeal by the AMA to an International Disciplinary Court of the F

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Hi, Had to pass on something cool I have just discovered. The JR50 comes from the store as a one speed centrifugal clutch with too high gearing to climb even a moderate slope. However - if you pull off the right side cover and grind some blanking material from the selector you can open up a low ratio gear ! This gear is really low and makes a superb trials gear. ( It's selected by lifting the lever - and the original gear by going down. ) This was great news for me as my boy has been struggling with his KDX lack of grunt - and I really didn't want to have to get a small wheel trials bike - I want his next one to have big wheels and a clutch. ( He'…

RDS 1 & 2 APRIL 9 - 10 MEUNSTER TEXAS RDS 3 & 4 APRIL 16 - 17 TTC SEQUATCHIE TN RDS 5 & 6 MAY 13 -14 SO CAL MAY 15 - EL TRIAL RDS 7 & 8 MAY 21 - 22 STOCK RANCH CO JUNE 4 - 5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIAL DULUTH JULY 2,3,4 YOUTH NATIONALS TTC TN RDS 9 & 10 JULY 30 - 31 HIGHGATE VT , CARMAN BROOK FARM RDS 11 & 12 AUGUST 6 - 7 NY D4 UTE CUP AUG. 20 - 21 BEST 7 ROUNDS COUNT FOR SUPPORT CLASSES BEST 10 ROUNDS COUNT FOR PRO- CLASS 12 SECTIONS FOR ALL **NEW HOPE ALL WILL COME TO VT WE WILL HAVE 24 BRAND NEW SECTIONS NO REPEAT SECTIONS FOR SUPPORT THIS YEAR.. COME HAVE A GREAT TIME!

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So who all is going? http://www.neott.com/ or http://www.centralregional.com/ Ill be heading that way by noon on friday. Look for KS plates (and AVTA stickers) Im wondering, since T-Ahvela is gone home, is anyone else (pros or such riders) going to be there? PS... always looking for good used equipment, right now I need to find boots. looking for 10.5 -11 boots... 2 pairs, to help get some beginners involved and protected.

Two of America's best in trials is up for the American Motorcyclist Association awards. Both have contributed in trials growth for the United States. Congratulations, Geoff and Shan. It's a shame they left Louise Forsley off this list, Louise is The AMA Youth Sports Athlete of the year in my book. I sent in Trials Central as a nomination for best website, I guess they don't include foreigners. The fact that the server is in the United States should count for something, huh Andy? The nominees are:

Hello all: I'm looking for a bike for my 10 year old son. I'm thinking about an 80cc 6 speed model with full sized wheels and would appreciate feedback regarding reliability, positives and negatives, height and weight of rider, etc. Thanks in advance for the help!

I would like to inform you that after being here in US since 1998, I am going back to Europe. I have accepted a work offer from Gas Gas Spain to move back home and start working as a sales manager for northern Europe. I have worked with Gas Gas USA for the past 6 years and I would really like to thank them for the opportunity they have given me.These past six years have been unforgetable and I feel very fortunate to be able to travel in the USA and meet many great people. I'd like to thank Dale at Gasgas USA, Juan at Gasgas of America, Jim at Rising sun, Daryl at Stunttours, Dan at TTC, Jon at Classic and everyone else who has helped me along the way.Without their help, …

Was thinking about the growth of trials a bit, and was thinking about the arguments about why trials does not grow, and the comparison between MX and Trials, and the recent explosion of the X type or freestyle type riding. Commonly it is said that Trials does not have the thrill of MX with the close finishes and the race to the wire which makes it more of a spectator friendly sport. We do not have that, and will not really. But what if instead of looking at MX, we look at Hare Scrambles or Enduro. At least in my area, they are immensley popular and well attended. They do not have the "finish" nor are they very spectator friendly, matter of fact, they are really more …

Dan, here's a report on TTC (if you haven't seen it already) from rec.motorcycles.dirt. Report

As a minder for the US team this year, just wanted to give info on what went on, it was a real dissapointment. The team was signed up to ride in the A class. The reason was the TDN has eased up in severity of the sections since 00, last year in Italy was just way easy in B, and with Geoff at his very best, same with Cody, Chris, and Ray, the thought was this was the time to do it. While walking the sections Friday, the first group of six were just insane, dangerous looking, jagged edged type blasts with virtually no run at that even Raga and Lampkin were complaining about, so the team dropped back to B, a very wise decision, as Vesty told us later, all the teams except …

Barry Florin of the FTA forwarded the thought last year, and it has probably been thought of in the past,,,, But here it is again, and now is the time to put it in place for the 05 season. Let's put together an East coast US series. Lets string it together from well established club events that are popular and well attended and have good facilities. Let's work to get some sponsorship in place for it to help it, and those events along. With some cooperation, and a minimum of adjustment on very few folks parts, I believe we could do it readily. The goal would be to assit the folks that are trying to make the transition from club level rider to National level rider …

Hello folks, it is time for many of us to start thinking about what will come up at the year end meetings, and laying the groundwork for what will come in the 05 season. While many of us have different views, most of us have a common bond in trials that is seldom seen in other sports or activities. And while we recognize that part of that bond comes from the exclusivity of trials, most of us wish that our sport would grow and prosper a bit, probably not to the point of the x-games and MX, but at least to the point where folks recognized the bikes and the name of the sport associated with them. Here are a couple of thoughts, that I feel should be presented to folks for …

I'm going to be in the Carlsbad/San Diego area the weekend of Oct 23/24. I wondering if there were any trials going on in the area so I could see how it is done on the west coast. Can anyone guide me to a sanctioning or club website please? Thanks

I had an opportunity to ride with 2 youngsters who participated in the TTC youth nationals and training week. You could see the improved riding technique and confidence of these boys. A tip of my hat to the TTC and all who made it possible. Your efforts are already bearing fruit, and will go a long ways towards developing a solid base of riders in the future.

Well our first National is over .. Everyone had a great time ! The pros were duly challenged , The event was a success ..Thanks in part to ALL OF THE RIDERS.. Who supported us .. Thanks! On a side note would like to thank ALL of the checkers Even you Dan You Know we love you!... Section creation Ron Commo Jr , Paul Royce.(section 8 sunday) Ha Ha.... Section Clearing JUSTIN KRAUSE!!!, Rick Fecteau, Ron Arms,Dan Pulling, Mark Liepert, Scott Armstrong, Jim Hinman,Thanks! The Loop was designed By Ron Commo Jr, and all of us helped clear it out..including Nick Commo and Ron Commo III.. and we would be remiss if we did not thank Sonya Royce and Claudia Commo , and Sean Royce f…

8 time AMA/NATC Champion: Geoff Aaron! 1. Geoff Aaron 51 2. Ryon Bell 55 3. Cody Webb 60 10. Sean Bird, moves to Pro Class. Expert 1. Ray Peters 19 2. Keith Wineland 35 3. Patrick Smage 101 14 year old Patrick Smage moves to Expert, finishes third! Looks as if the experts rode all 15 sections. Excellent season. Geoff Aaron, still, North America's best!

Got no news out of Vermont yet. I heard the trialsmasters wanted to have Geoff score at least 50 points, let's see some results.

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