USA Trials

For the last 3 years I have been doing my best to ride other clubs events. On top of meeting a bunch of great people it has given me a chance to observe the trends past NYS. Not to my surprise, or anyone else Im thinking, attendance is dropping in a big way. Now with a substantial bump in AMA insurance and less riders to cover costs I have to wonder where our sport stands... How much is too much to pay for a local event? We can all just raise membership costs and event prices but Im worried that will turn Dad and his 2 kids away. If it costs him 100 bucks in entry fees maybe little league is looking a lot better. Cant afford to turn away any youth. In all the places I ri…

Was wondering what most people do in the off season.Here in upstate NY I can be found at my favorite mountain every saturday morning for my 3 hours of riding practice.Keeps my balance good and we ride the logs,boulders and frozen creeks down the mountain.JRVisit My Website

We don't pick up on everything and don't have time to keep tabs on all that goes on so your help in a bit of policing would be appreciated. If a certain individual says a single bad word about the NATC or Wiltz Wagner on these forums please click the "Report" button below the post to bring it to our attention. I did mention an alternative forum for you guys for some of the more crazy stuff you talk about that tends to go WAY off topic....cough....ringo....cough as there was a fair bit of light-hearted banter in the forum that shall not be mentioned If you want it speak up, but it won't bear anyone's name and the same will apply as mentioned above. A few names were sugge…

I know it has been too quiet here, so I will start it! Why is it some or most of the manufacturers of trials machines just cannot seem to get it right? Everyone has a love/hate relationship with the bike it seems, some more than others. Do the Spanyards, Itialians, French or Japs even understand ENGLISH? Beta's p***, Gassers pegs fall off, Sherco mudguards do not fit properly and twist, God help you on a 4t whatever! Mont= more money, that will help! This is nothing new, and at the cost of bikes, well-------comments welcomed HERE! Tell your stories! Some of this crap should have been recalled! Lets hear it!

I sent the press release below to Andy in hopes that he will post on the TC front page news. But I'd also like to hear back from folks about possible interviews you'd like to hear from on our biweekly audio podcast. Future episodes include interviews with new Scorpa Pro Will Ibsen, our U.S. fastest rising star Patrick Smage, our Ladies TDN team of Louise Forsley and Sara Duke, and former World Champ Tommi Ahvala. Please let us know who you'd like to hear from and we'll get it on there! I think a chat with Andy of TC would be interesting! press release The Trials Training Center is pleased to announce that "On The Pegs: Motorcycle Trials World Radio" is now on the…

No doubt No jive, Like having his girlfriend sell his industry credentials in the parking lot for extra cash at the Endurocross race in Las Vegas. Very creative. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Craig, I'm wondering why you have such a hardon to dis our champ. You made such an incredible ass of yourself at Endurocross when you tried to get other people to join you in slamming him for not winning. What a sight to see your girlfriend drag you away by your collar. Before you bash someone for not winning an event that you wouldn't even have the balls to attempt walking the track, let alone ride it, you might try growing a set big enough to stand up for yourself a…

My parents always ground into my head from a young age to always wear a helmet no matter what! To this day even if I'm just warming up my daughters ttr 50 with training wheels I make sure to put one on. I am always disturbed when I see guys (or girls) riding without a helmet wheather it be on a 50, trials bike or a four wheeler, and that goes double for when kids are around. A couple examples lately here on the internet that I was suprised to see was R2wtrials on the Beta 4t with no helmet and what I think was worse was a video on the Trials Training Center web site of Laia Sanz riding at the TTC with no helmet. I know she was not doing anything tuff for her, but th…

Are YOU coming to the Youth Nationals and the Womens open at TTC or has the price of gas ruined all your fun this summer?

That kid is on fire! The best score in sportsman class in points by a large margin both days! 5 point saturday 26 point sunday. Keep an eye out for that Durty Dabber. --Biff

Hi, Michelin X-11 have really gone up in price recently. Currently, one can almost buy 2 Dunlops for the price of one Michelin. So I'm rethinking my alligence to Michelin, but I see the IRC is just a bit more than the Dunlop. Was wondering if anyone has knowledge of them....Thanks!

So Lane, reading the Dirt bike mag from November 76, paying attention to the report of the Wagner cup written by you good bud Len Weed. Few mentions about you, [Q] Lane Leavitt took ninth, was third best American, and won the best pants award, runner up was Mick Andrews with his pattern sport trousers and John Metcalf in solid purple.] [Q] Lane Leavitt reported that Birkett and Andrews tried to put the "turkey bite" on him. Saying things like: ho, I'm so tired and it's only the sixth section. And pointing out a line as the line and then riding another one] Sounds like you were a whiny bugger back then also : rolleyes: Another blurb that made me laugh a bit about the …

Cody Webb ( Gas Gas ) Dominated The NY Terrain for two excellent Wins and now leads the USA Championship 4 wins To 2 over Current Champion Pat Smage (sherco) Keith Wineland had a great first loop saturday to emerge as the early leader.. but Webb cranked the volume and rode brilliantly over the next 2 laps to take the Victory.. sat: 1. Webb (GG) 2. Smage ( Sherco) 3. Wineland(GG) 4. Commo(GG) 5. Davis(sherco) Sunday: A much easier day saw all the Top Riders under stress out of the gate.. 9 relatively cleanable sections and 3 Extremely difficult Slippery Climbs.. Webb absolutely dominated these three sections .. with single marks in the first one section 5 .. the…

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29 December 2003 This is a diary to share what goes on with the hosting of an event. It may be silly to some, stupid to some, and interesting, entertaining or comical to others. Probably a little bit of each to most readers. My thoughts with doing this are that it should provide some insights for others that are potentially looking at being promoters. I also hope that it will let some of the more seasoned promoters see the mistakes I am about to make, and hopefully lend a kind bit of advice. The third goal would be that hopefully some of the folks that just ride, and never are the promoter, will read along and appreciate what the folks putting these things on go thr…

I just spoke with one of my NATC reps and was told there is more to the 125 changes then was originally posted here. I tried to check it out on the NATC website but it is not yet updated. If you have a youngster that you intend on riding the NATC national series in 07 you need to contact your NATC rep and insure that you understand the appropriate class for your child to ride. I will try and get more details, but there are some pieces of this puzzle that I do not have a grip on yet. Best to check on it with your rep that attended the meeting and get the full story.

So, reading the banter, and sitting and thinking about it, particularly the comment about 5 US pro riders. What effect would making the US pro class substantially harder have? Although really the same could be asked of any class at any level. My personal opinion is that we would have that many less riders in class, with many opting to drop down, or possibly out. Anyone else have some thoughts on this? What if we added another class (this is theoretical by the way, I am not advocating nor endorsing nor saying we should do this) on top of the Pro line in US trials that we called the "want to go to World" line. Who would ride it?

It sure seemed that things were kind of boring around here these days, so I came up with an idea for us all to share a bit about our riding backgrounds and what brought us to this crazy sport here in 2008. I have been in many different modes over the decades, starting in 1969 with my Suzuki 90 - started competing in trials and enduro in 73 (Montesa) went to MX in 77(Montesa) then a long break from 79- 92. Back into Enduro and HS and Trials since then. Still ride street a little, but currently active in HS, Enduro, Trials and Vintage with too many bikes in the garage for my wife to understand. Rarely stuck with a single series for championship points- always tried to ride…

If your in Canada or the US, this is the cheapest you will find the front and rear Michelin trial tires. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/2/29/...&Back=351-0 I'm in Canada, so I get my stuff shipped to Ship Happens in Sumas WA http://www.shiphappenssumas.com They only charge $4.00 per box or tire to pick up. It beats having the store where you purchased the item from charge you an extra 50 bucks to get it into Canada.

Of course sometimes Mich does not agree with himself, but I don't always either. Quote from Lane taken from another place out of a thread. I've found the asking questions thing works well. Also when they get a little older you can ride the same sections that they do, which is a blast. What I do is demo the sections for him and they tend to follow along. As they become more independent they soon start finding lines that are acutally better for them than what you can pick. It ends up being a lot of fun. Most importantly, don't push them! If they want to ride hard they will. If they don't just let them have fun. End of that quote. Here is another from a different pla…

I'm looking for people to ride with. I'm also slowly turning my 2 acre horse pasture into a practice area. If you are interested get in touch with me in a private message. -Mark