baz_huskinson

Hi all, Worthing Trials Club will be holding thier annual national at hook woods on the 29th of november. the trial is in memory of the clubs founder Brian Fowler. the trial has two routes an expert and a clubman route and so far entries are coming in thick and fast. so if you would like to ride, the regs are available here, the closing date for entries is the 23rd for those that wish to have a go: www.worthingtrialsclub.com/_sgg/f10000.htm even if you dont fancy a ride and would like to watch some top action then so far some of the top riders have entered including sam haslam, ben morphett, jack sheppard & james fry. there will be 3 laps of 12 sections. while there will be caterring facilities for those who fancy a bite or a coffee. hope to see you all there Cheers, Baz

well in the 70's 80's and 90's the wtc was just one route with loads of entrants. i think the 1988 world round at butser limeworks had arond 100 riders in it and a fair few spectators and it was covered on grandstand on bbc. granted it has become a more specialised sport with the evolution of riding techniques and more tchnically advanced motorcycles but either way you look at it more people were having a go back then. ive been to lots of world round over the years and followed the sport avidly and i could name you loads of times ive seen a top rider just dabing from almost the moment he enters the section because of exactly what you said they rush to meet the time limit. 08 british champs at hook woods brown/wigg/jarvis were all doing that on certain sections. ive seen raga and bou have to do the same on some sections. i am just saying that as the rules are it dosnt nessacarily draw the best out of riders. jordi i think you are right that certanly in some trials some of the sections are abit 0 or 5 for most of the wtc entry and i think sometimes that is down to a lack of imagination in the section design and also just how good bou and raga fajardo and fuji and cabestany are, in order to test these riders the whole level of wtc is to much for the rest. maybe it would be better to have more sections, i.e 1 lap of 40 or something like they used to, with varying degrees of dificulty of section throughout the trial, that way you could still have 5 real tough ones for the top riders, then 5 abit easier, then aanother 5 abit easier still, etc etc, then your more average competitors currently on the junior route could still have a crack at it. just a thought

I think a restructure in the wtc would help boost entries. Maybe leave the top route how it is call it the elite route or trials 1 or something. I dont think it is worth dumbing it down so more people can do it, after all surely the point of the wtc is to promote competition between the top riders and define who is the worlds best. The junior route i think have the sections a little easier but remove the age limit and call it an expert class or trials 2 or something. that way you could have more ex top route riders continuing to ride, and provide for riders who have become to old to compete in the class how it is now but for whatever reason never quite made the transfer to the top route. Then all thats left is to have a youth class for 16 and unders on 125s possibly even on the same course as the expert/junior riders. but maybe hold that event on the saturday together with the womens world championships. otherwise there may be to much queing to get all the routes and riders round in one day. The other reasons that the numbers of competitors have dropped over the years in wtc is fundamentaly down to cost. currently the top riders can earn a little bit out of a small wage from the manufacture or retainer to keep them riding a particular brand with a win bonus, aside from this each of the top riders have additional revenue from external sponsors like monster or red bull but those sorts of deals are only around for the ones who can get that company some coverage and raise the awareness of that brand. if you are a privateer paying for you, your minder, entry, 2 bikes, spares, the fuel, the tolls, and the ferry crossings, and the time off work is very difficult to justify if there is no way of making your money back through any sort of prize money. if the sport is not represented well on the telly then there is little chance that a privatier will attract anything more than some local sponsorship & therefore the only reason these sorts of riders participate is for personal pride, which is fine, but we all have to balance the books. another way of removing some of these limitations would be to remove the need for a minder, the only reason anyone should need one is to catch the bike if the rider dosnt make it up an obstacle. how about the event organiser provide catchers designated to each section on the course that needs one, thus removing the need to bring your own. that way privateers could pair up and travel to events sharing the costs of the trip. also i think the current stop permited rules as they are now are ok. however, there is one part i dont agree with. i have never liked seeing top riders being able to padle thier way out of a section for a 3, it looks crap to watch and it doesnt bring the best out of the riders. i come from cycle trials and there i think they have it sussed on this. 0 dabs = clean 1 dab = 1pt 2 dab = 2pt 3 dab = 3pt 4 dab = 3pt (observer yells last dab!) 5 dab, putting both feet down at the same time, falling off, snaping a tape, missing a gate, putting your hand on part of the course, exceeding the time limit = 5pts i think its both clearer to the spectator what is going on and promotes every rider to try and ride the section even when its all going wrong. with the right promotion and commentator i think this would help people understand it all better. then all you got to do is convince & educate some media graduates as to what is going on & to go and film it all, edit it, burn it, slap decent commentry on it and send it to eurosport or bbc or something. oh and lastly the acu should help get our riders out to these events, it sickens me that if you are good eneough to represent your country then you should be there doing just that. not be limited by your bank balance. maybe they should knock down or sell off there offices in rugby and build a centre of excellence/ training facility for all sports they represent. failing that just dont use them and form a new group offering insurance etc

Normally a blown crank seal sucks gearoil into the engine and burns it,causing a lot of foul smelling smoke.What does the bike run like?

although i dont like those forks..abit vulnerable to scratching the stantions i feel, otherwise its really neat. it says on there its not likely to be available until august 2010 and that they want a strong team for assult on the WTC in 2011....cool!

That looks like the bike to have to me! fuel injected 2 stroke with the giroscopic forces of the piston directed back towards the centre of the bike, I would imagine its very agile....asuming thay have got it to run well and produce eneough power then i want one! Any ideas who the uk importer might be? Any ideas who might end up riding it in the WTC?