USA Trials Reviews & Previews

Hi all, Announcing the second annual "Scot Hop" Gate Trial on November 7, 2010 in Oxford, MI. It is a fun trial, with no cost to ride and no series points in the MOTA schedule. It will use the Gate Trial Format which is blast for anyone who has not ridden that style of event. It's all about trying to get as many points as possible! Great opportunity for riders of any caliber to excel. A work day is set for Sunday 10/31 to set up and ride. The sections are reallly all cut in, so it's mostly riding actually. That's so we can establish the various gates for the gate trial format. Unless someone gets the idea to hack in a new section.....hmmmmm. Some serious BS might …

If you thought the Quarry Cup was a blast then get ready for more Observed Trials fun at the AVTA Flint Hills 2-Day! October 2nd & 3rd in Douglass, Kansas at the AVTA Trials Quarry! www.avtatrials.com for the flyer and more information... Central Regional Trials Competition Ark Valley Trials Association Flint Hills 2-Day Two full days of great trials riding and YES, by popular demand the return of the bike launch on Saturday night!

Any news on the cup?

For those of you who enjoy the Vintage scene, 3 days of reports and pictures from CASPER are now up on my "blog" Tony

The woods of Rhode Island will come alive during the 5th Annual New England Vintage Trials Championship at the Rhode Island Trials Club facilities on Escoheag Road in Exeter, RI on Saturday September 25, 2010. The event gets more popular every year, and almost 30 riders competed on the slippery rocks in 2009. Veteran Wayne Galvin lost out in a close battle with former New England trials champion Danny Allen; both riders were on Bultaco Sherpas. The first US round of the World Trials Championship was held at the same location in 1975, and much of the same rocky terrain will be incorporated into this year

Video of some great trials riders at the 2010 Endurocross in Indianapolis this past weekend.

Well, I thought I'd throw something up regarding the Ute Cup in Colorado last weekend. A wonderful event in the beautiful San Isabel Mountains and the RMTA people did a fantastic job, as usual. 20+ mile loops and 20 sections per loop (2 loops per day) and the weather was very cooperative. The sections were rideable by a good Intermediate (I would have ridden all the sections I saw with no problem) and several riders came in with clean cards. I checked sections with Ed Peacock each day and we saw many smiles on the riders faces who came through. Everybody had a good time and I'm really looking forward to the 2011 Ute Cup at Del Norte next year! The altitude was 8400 at t…

Hello all, Things have come together very well for our best event EVER! Some killer new sections, and lots of restructuring of the old ones. There are 5 sections in the big ravine , three run on each day. One will be used both days and it is a new natural terrain section that runs upstream over rocks, roots, turns, trees in the water.....reminds me of TN kinda riding. This is a section that has never been ridden before. Not dangerous- but long and very challenging for ALL classes. Another brand new section is a stadium style where we are riding on, around and over 2 semi loads of long 12' treated timbers still banded and stacked together. (pile is approx 70ft long and 4 …

Come join us on September 5 for the Bunn Twinshock Classic. This is an ITSA event with Novice, Intermediate and Expert classes for Modern Twinshock, Historic Twinshock and Pre-Historic Twinshock classes. See here for flyer - http://www.metrolinatrials.com/phpBB3/view...?f=16&t=268 We have 3 loops of 15 sections planned so you will get your moneys worth!!!! Modern bikes and classes welcomed also!! Come join us for the fun.

Join us in Peru, KS for our first event on this fantastic site! Great morning and afternoon sections and a nice loop, too. Check out the Ark Valley Trials Association website for event information and GPS coordinates for Peru. Bring lots of water and bug spray, too! Ark Valley Trials Association Website Greg

NEOTT is having their June event this weekend Next Event: June 27 - Scipio, OK - riders meeting @ 09:00 to beat the heat - group ride - click here for directions. Prepare for warm weather - start drinking water 2-3 days prior to the event to get hydrated. Directions: http://www.neott.com/directions.asp#Scipio Schedule: http://www.neott.com/schedule.asp

All the news from the preview to 2 days of Vintage Trials at Tucker Ranch Cotopaxi CO. 40 riders each day. 3 reports available now on my "Blog" Tony

May 22nd and 23rd will be another Ahrma event in Windham Ohio. Here is the link. I will be helping mom (Joan) out at sign up or checking. Either way come on out it should be a great time! --Biff

May 16th this summer will be our first Bent Fenders trials of 2010. We have a lot to live upto to tie the Michiana event but we are really excited about trying an actuall vintage class. We will have a vintage A and vintage b class with a first place trophy for each. Vintage A will ride INT and vintage b will ride Nov. We also have a beginer class in Mota so this wont be a cake walk but we are determined to keep every metal tank orginal and every rider out of an ambulance. What is vintage you ask. We are calling that anything before built before 1990. Thats a huge range of bikes mono shock included. As always this is a party so try to stick around afterwards for some good…

Lots of Rocks and Hilly CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER

Michiana Trials Riders hosted the first MOTA points event for the 2010 season. Mother Nature did not cooperate and we recieved over 3" of rain in 48 hours. Despite the weather the event was well attended with 70 riders on Saturday and 57 remaining to gut it out on Sunday. The most exciting attendees were the youth riders with 8 on Saturday and 9 on Sunday, none were lost in the heavy rains and humongous mudpuddles. Our hats go off to Scott DeBolt for helping organize and working the youth comp instead of preparing for his own Expert class battle. Michiana muddy mishaps included, David "Biff" Knapp swinging in full riding gear into the deep end of the pond, the fish were …

Just a reminder for all upstate new york riders. 3D club event sunday April 25,Munnsville N.Y..Start time 11 am.Follow orange loop markers from four corners in Munnsville village.Hope to see a good turn out.JR

Boogieville off road park, 1/2 mile West of the OK\AR border on OK-101. 1.5 miles West of Uniontown, AR 4/24-25 Double, Triple even Quadruple your pleasure weekend. Sat 4/24 Trials, 10am start, $20, A game of Skill, Balance and Control Trials Motorcycles Classes from Beginner to Expert Fun and easy Dirt Bike section Trials Bicycle 1 pm start, $20 Same thing but pedal powered. Endurocross, 4pm start, $25, winner takes $100 purse + prizes for all finishers from www. Rock Solid Powersports.com BETA New easier Endurocross style track, 2 motos Easy viewing for spectators Free tough terrain riding school Night Ride / Hike to I…

Spent the day at Tish looking at the new clubman lines and they look perfect for modern intermediate and Ahrma #1 line riders

I'll be going down to Tish for the Rock Creek national (I'll be handling tech inspection for some reason) and as far as I know we will be using the new "Clubman" line. As we're the first Trial of the season, it will be very interesting as to how it works. I personally think it's a great idea and should open up competition for new riders who otherwise would not try a National event plus allow twinshocks to compete. I remember, as a noobie in the 70's, I signed up for my very first Trial at Hollister Hills in Northern California and found it pretty tough, but I did finish, sore and tired. Only later did I find out I had entered a U.S. National........ Jon