johnnyboxer

Not sure that's quite right, but hey-hoVat is payable either there or here, but in reality it's just a 'netting off' exercise - as long as you have some other vat able sales to do that against Ok with a Van, but proving a Trials bike is work related is the difficult one - so you end up paying it, somewhere along the line

That's ok for a novice

???? That can't be right, can it?

Beta perhaps

New riding areas.........

As a private user - the Vat is payable in EEC country at that country's prevailing rate or back in the uk @ 20% irrespective of whether you are registering it or not Vat is Belgium is 21%, so no point paying their Vat and diddling yourself of 1% Otherwise it's tax evasion To reclaim the Vat, you'd have to justify a Trials bike was for business use (deliveries) & of course, the business be Vat registered Your accountant may have difficulty proving that it was a business asset

No import duty in EEC - free trade I was working on the price on the Zona example with tax paid there & the euro @ 1.35 Still a grand cheaper or more on a Repsol If you pay the vat in Belgium at their rate - then it would satisfy the NOVA rules in uk, as tax is paid in the EU I deal with a lot of farm machinery & people are now starting to import this now, direct due to the favourable exchange (killing our exports though)

Cheaper, by a grand, give or take

Mine is the same

Get one bought

Would you buy a used Ossa, this weekend? Can I still get spares?

Agreed 100% Most of us could ride better on a 2T, but as you say that's not always the point

Local Trials specialist for me, they put something back into our sport

I can't see a huge point in it really

That's how I read the Normandale regs, so thought I'd ask

Can you ride a TYZ in the Normandale or Kia series?

In that case Get the Montesa 4RT

Vintage Motorcycle Club, Durham section

100% agree Not a lot ask is it, in this 24/7 society We can trial 51 other Sundays Also it goes back to Trials starting at 11am, the very moment when the 2mins silence is observed

Love to see him ride the BTC or the SSDT

The theory is fine However most start areas are quiet areas & organisers frown on bods riding around too much & like to get the field off ASAP Most first sections are tame at club trials so everyone gets warmed up on something easy - hence my quip earlier - 'clean the first section'

Thanks for the insight I agree about motorcycle sales in decline & can only get worse as the rider age demographic ages

Interesting, i'm thinking of getting an Evo 250, what do you think to the 4RT and what didn't you like about the Beta?

Agreed Touch the 4RT throttle & the FI is off like a scalded cat

Clean the first section and you'll be reet, that'll calm your nerves All good advice, that has been said I stop each lap, at the Van to re-fuel - even if it's not strictly necessary as it's a real bugger to run out of fuel Also I drink lots of water, after each lap and have a banana or something just to put some energy back in each lap - kinda feed your bike and yourself Stopping for 5 mins, each lap allows you to relax, regain your composure, do a few stretches (stop arm pump) and takes you out of the moment for a while Then refreshed you're ready to go again and try to do what you did well on the preceding lap and change what you did crap and try a different technique At the start of each section, on subsequent laps - ask to see if its changed or have a quick look, as sometimes the section is changed by the Clerk, if it has been too difficult or easy