USA Trials Reviews & Previews

Nationals are coming up this weekend in Duluth Aug 22-23. Any tips from the local club putting the event on?? How is the river water level? Low / high? I suppose we should take time to seal up our flywheel covers good. Where are the good places in the area to eat and have a drink to clear the throat after riding? Any other tips or info would be great to here. 5 of us are leaving from Michigan on Wed after work.

For those of you following this nail biting series there are 3 articles on recent activities on my blog. 2 on Diamond Don's in the rain, and what we had to deal with at our newest location in Perris CA. Tony

There was an interesting article on RoadRacing Worlds web site yesterday afternoon regarding Alice Sexton, AHRMA's Communications Director

Lots of Rocks and Hilly CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER

working at a new venue last weekend..some work on the pro/exp lines.. my Brother Roy, and Wy rider Ron Anderson size up some Rattle snake laced rocks...we will bring them down...or maybe up...hmmm it will test some feet up skills for sure...Trial up..Nonami Ranch May 5th..La Porte Co..and the RMTA.

epic event..Mosteller Cup, on the BarX ranch...modern and vintage classes, AHRMA and ITSA vintage. for upper level riders..they have a Iron man class...you ride both modern and Vintage.3 days..150 sections... 20.00 fee on the Iron Man...no awards. you get a T shirt..and the top 3 riders split the pot.. you have to ride Int and up level on the modern bikes.. http://www.wmta.us/nat.html please let me know if you would like to ride in the Iron Man. so i can let them know how many T-shirts needed.

I am getting really excited about The MOTA riding season to begin. But I need to practice, So to narrow down my "training". I assume the first one is gonna be muddy, spring gotta love it. Sam, What type of terrain does your club have? Hills? Flat land? Tight turns? "Stadium" type sections? OH yea and how much snow you got right now?

Hi all, I am considering a fun trials at my place late in November or early December. Idea is to have a fun (peer scored) event run under the Scottish Gate Trial Format. (You WANT more points - not less!) Original thought was to have it during the first weekend of Dec, but that will conflict with the AMA D-14 Annual Meeting (which I need to attend) So other possible dates are as follows: Nov 21 Sat Nov 22 Sun Nov 29 Sun Dec 12 Sat Dec 13 Sun PLEASE CHIME IN HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMING- SO I CAN PICK THE BEST DATE FOR EVERYONE! I realize there will be hunting and possible holiday conflicts, and as we go later in Dec. more cold weather issues. …

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…

Mota riders! Well I have been thinking (ut oh) and thinking and thinking about the Bentfenders trials. We have laid out a couple of sections. We have ridden the poo out of them. We tweeked we consulted. We tweeked some more. We ran out of tape. We used some other tape. We mowed. Then we went out and rode some more. We are looking forward to a fun event. Experts, bring a fresh tire if possible. Hills like you have not seen in michigan. Twist and go. Biff cleaned them you should too. Advance We know some of you are new we know some are returning. Zippy made sure you are all going to have fun. we both want to clear the log section but a 1 is very respectable. Sportsman…

MOTA (Michigan-Ontario Trials Association) next event is being put on by the Bent Fenders club May 3rd. Bent Fender trials info. The club property is a bit on the small side, but this makes it VERY spectator Friendly. We also try our best to utilize what land we have to make a loop that reduces lines.

We're almost ready. Have 2 new sections, a little longer loop, and some mods to the old sections. How far out in the pond ya think we should put Biff's special split? Craig

As I understand it we are getting to ride on the other side of the property for this one! Who will be the last place expert????? Will Mike come out of hunting season to beat me???? Will Biff come in costume??? (you bet your a$$) Will it snow? Can Brockaway figure out a way to not use those roley poley rocks??? Can zippy go a whole loop with out texting his wife? Can we get Cap and Keener to move up? Will I break another shift lever? Will Mitchell bend his knees? Will my exhaust catch on fire? (probably) So many questions. Only time will tell... Come on out to Vermontville and check out all of the suspense and action!!!!! Season closer!!!! Very easy loop for those who …

The Mid-Michigan Trials Club is hosting a 2-day event this July 11 + 12. Find out more at http://mid-michigan-trials.com/

I see that a lot of us michiganders have bought tdn shirts! Bring em and we will have a photo shoot to show our support! --Biff The MOTA link because the picture didnt look right.

We will be on the South side of Barker Rd. this fall. Been out there working on it for a few weeks. Think logs..... lots of logs. Big logs, little logs, long logs, short logs.... did I mention logs? Ok, there are a few rocks too. ;-) Craig

Hey- I actually will have the Sherco done by next week! During that long dry spell I also picked up some new adjoining property. Lot's of very cool stuff to ride- rocks, logs, off cambers, water crossings. Most has never been ridden- but there are some existing sections. New sections invlove some clearing but lots of stuff that is ready to ride. The rock hill has only been ridden off camber/sidehill- no one with enough **** to try riding up it...yet. Joey where are you? If the water drops in my pond we'll have more sections, but lots of rain this summer has kept some of the sections under water all year. Thinking about Saturday Sept 5. MOTA guys chime and let me know if…

Sooo bentfenders is putting on yet another great event this season. Stop on by the lovely Flint Michigan area for a fun day of Trials. Water is free due to recent events. http://www.motatrials.com/ --Biff

Is there any chance that a vintage line could be added in the MOTA rounds for the 2010 season? Looks like we have at least 5 twinshock/vintage bikes that I regularly see at events and this seems like enough for a class. I think that you just use the novice line and put nov or vin on the plate and score them against each other.

Even though I can't be in Flint the upcoming weekend, I wish the Bent Fenders club good weather (I'm trying to keep the rain on this side of the pond...) and a lot of fun for setting up the event! Oh, and if you need another checker, maybe we can do something like online-checking... webcam and I'll check from Europe just kidding, but I wish all of you an awesome weekend!!