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Well said Charlie
Dictator, Andy is most certainly not - but he has to be strict and rightly so
Any info about bad service from a supplier needs to be factual and accurate, otherwise it is a very serious matter and as always there are 2 sides to each story and if a supplier doesn't voice his, then we only have the OP's version of the story - which may or may not be correct, for all we know?
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I use Elf HTX in the gearbox & it's brilliant
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Don't think I'd be putting 10/40 engine oil, in the gearbox
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Agree with the last 2 posts, 4RT is a very nice ride and when you get a clean on one, you have a big grin
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Brilliant bits of kit, just attach the stand's springs to the pegs and you can remove both wheels etc
Recommended
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Any pics of the other side
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Blimey, a lot of topics & issues covered there, John Collins
I have to agree with all of them
Trials has changed a lot, WC was hard 30 years ago & it is now
It has evolved & stop allowed inspires a lot of today's young'uns
Stop allowed has no interest for me though, I'm too old but I still try to ride & participate
Don't know if I'm a typical returning rider, but here goes
I'm 47 & I'm an occasional rider maybe once a month
I started Trials at the age of 13 introduced by an enthusiastic Dad
Trials on Dartmoor as a schoolboy was a challenge, but achievable & I rode every weekend along with 10 school friends - we had fun
I carried on until about 20 ish & then got into trailriding/ Enduro in Yorkshire - before returning to trials in my 40's
Now I have no desire to ride the big stuff & admire the youngsters that do - they are amazing
I can't ride like that, so all I want today is a good day's ride feel like I've a good day's sport & a bit of craic
So I participate, but have to choose my trials carefully because some are way above my ability - hence a lack of participation some weeks as there are non within my ability
So that puts me off & sometimes there is a perception that it's too difficult with stop allowed & big rocks etc
Therefore no stop is generally to my liking because I can have a bash
I think there is a big gulf between my age group & the under 30's in skill level & it's wider than it has ever been
Some people say, buy a Twinshock & ride an easy course - but I want to ride a modern bike but on realistic courses
This is where participation falls down, as John says many people are put off by the difficulty & grass roots dies off
For me I'm going to ride the trials I can manage & help observing the ones that are too difficult for me, so I'm still involved
I'm not sure what the answer is, but for sure the bikes are too specialised and the courses are too hard now, for many of grass roots competitors
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More women riders in spandex, Tubby
Agreed
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A few bits, maybe some repeated, but still good to see
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Our local weekly paper. Darlington & Stockton Times, which covers Darlington to Harrogate and the West to the Dales, has a full or half page Trials roundup report and pics, plus it also prints at list of forthcoming Trials for the coming few weeks with dates and venues, alongside the Footie and Rugby results
But Trials is pretty big in Yorkshire, compared to other parts of the UK
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So..............just hearsay and not factual proof
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Not sure that's the answer, but I hear what you're saying
As a schoolboy I rode a TY175 from New (and it was registered) from 14-17 (and after)
When I was 17, in 1982 - I just bolted the lights & horn back on, attached a number plate, took it for an MOT and then taxed it
Once I'd done that, I commuted 15 miles each way to work and back, daily for a couple of years and at weekends I'd just put my comp number on the front of the headlight grill to ride a trial
Doubt you could do that on a modern bike so readily, those Yam engines were so forgiving and would take constant 50mph on the road all day long
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In your opinion, better than the circus dancing you advocate, to me
We differ, that's all !!
I bet if you asked the top riders whether they enjoyed the Scott or SSDT or a round of the WTC better, I wonder what event they would choose as their favourite
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Same old arguments, the rules are the rules
I prefer no stop, it makes a trial flow better & is more realistic for the majority of spectators
Observing shouldn't be harder to mark no stop, it never was harder before
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Just fit discs and be done with it
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Looks right to me
http://www.buttrest.co.uk/
Butt plug more like
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Never heard of that, any pics??
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They only fit one way
Make sure it's right way round
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Ooh, just been out to run mine up and it don't sound like that (put the worry beads away)
Hope you get to the bottom of it, soon
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We'd all have Bou's though
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