johnnyboxer

I'm talking Trials all rounder and not bike sport in general However Doug has done ok in Enduros

Why not? We are in a different age now, since 1990's Back in Sammy's day we didn't have Indoor Trials which is a whole different type of Trials competition I think he'd admit Doug was a Trials all rounder - a winner in every facet of the Trials discipline

At 40 years old, Dougie has just won his 10th SSDT title Dougie just didn't 'win' it, by a narrow margin, he dominated the week and in the end won by 9 marks Nobody else ended up dropping less than 20 marks, for the whole week and some 180 or more sections To my mind (I might be biased) he the best all-round Trial rider, the sport has ever seen He's had a long and illustrious career, with 12 indoor and outdoor World titles, plus British championships, Scott Trial wins and of course SSDT wins and Trial des Nations team wins As an all rounder, I think he is the best of the best - the most 'complete' rider in the sport to date

Michael Brown moves into top spot on day 3 Nice to see him and GasGas back on form after all their recent traumas Sections looked tough yesterday

This one, apparently there's a Sherco down under there

Day 2 and Doug has regained a slim lead over Michael Brown Good to see Michael Brown at the top of the tree again

I did say that

Guy will probably just put it behind him and crack on with going fast again

Good advice

Or cut to the chase and leapfrog the rest and buy a TRS

Just avoid 9pm to 6am

Fab

Sad day RIP big man My schoolboy hero Thoughts with Doug, Harry and Mart's wife Isobel and all the Lampkin family I shall raise a glass tonight, to all you have given us in the sport of Trials

Which Mitani one - there seems to be a few & how many euro's

Indeed - he was a well respected man who was able to deliver his vast knowledge in a very down to earth way with honesty and integrity and above all, impartiality - RIP 'Munch'

Tracing paper & pencil will do Tape the tracing paper to the frame part with masking tape & shade away Blue Peter tip

Blimey in 1976, a TY175 was about £600 brand new and wages were a lot lower In 2016 a new Trials bike is about £5000, average wage is about £24k and you reckon £20 to enter a Trial is too dear You need to get out more.................... you really, really do I was at a Richmond Trial, 2 weeks ago................you couldn't move for competitors or Vans, all ages from 6/7 year olds up to 70+ olds No shortage of entry numbers whatsoever, all happy to pay £15 for 4 hours of fun and banter, must have been 100+ riders Have you been to the cinema lately........... £10 per person gets you nowhere?

Me too, I was only speaking to him on Monday and was going to order some bits tomorrow RIP Mick

Can't see a point Short length of hose, tucked into left frame rail with the other cables When you refill I tuck the hose between the bars & clutch line to grip the cap, takes all of 5 seconds Only bling

Trials pants, zipped pocket

They have, closed after 40 years of trading at the shop But will still be doing online stuff, via their ebay shop as you say

I do, Honda being a massive Corp and producing the most motorcycles of any manufacturer, has to comply with the regs in EEC (Rest of World, ABS isn't mandatory) Keeping the Montesa name, not only for nostalagia and marketing - allows them a niche, I guess Another example is the old aircooled Suzuki DR350 engine, last sold by Suzuki in 1999/2000 and won't meet world wide emission regs nowadays But you can still buy the same DR350 Suzuki engine and airbox/carb set up, brand new from Beta in 2016, sold as the Beta Alp4 trailbike Beta don't have to meet the same regs, as they are a low volume manufacturer

Michael Brown

I stand corrected Eu votes for abs & rest of world doesn't & you can have a choice I'm not keen on abs either and not one of my bikes (road/trail/trial) has it or traction control The eu are trying to make it fail safe, which riding a motorbike will never be