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I use Forcefield knee and shin Pads, designed for Enduro but are not hard plastic
They have full knee and shin protection, which extends around the sides
Not cheap at £80 a pair, but never ride a Trials bike without them, after some fairly serious haematomas cause on Enduro bikes, bu foorpegs
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Carole Nash Offroad policy
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Great 30 min video of some of the 'lost' trails of Yorkshire and Cumbria on Twinshocks, lots of trails bikes used for the trail
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Agreed, a nightmare on a muddy and greasy bank - especially with a few turns in it
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A 4RT is harder to ride, initially than a 2T - as that is maybe what you're used to
A 2T will pick up and grip from nothing
A 4RT needs your weight further back and a progressive throttle and not to roll off too early, as you won't get the grip back like a 2T
Depends too, if you ride mud/roots or rocks, streams and gullies
A 4RT can be frustrating to ride initially and as a Clubman, my TYZ Yam is far easier to ride for a better result
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RIP, A TRUE GENT AND LOVELY FELLA
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Great opportunity to get Peter Purves to commentate on it again, for the Beeb
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Looks an exciting prospect, in Anglesey
https://www.trialscentral.com/news-archive/world-trials/world-outdoor-trials-championship/20518-2019-uk-world-trial-heads-to-wales
Who's going to watch then?
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Unless he rides the Beta 300 4T
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That is a shame, as he was really bossing the 4T MontesaHonda
Can't blame him for taking a factory ride though, maybe Honda have definitely missed a trick
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No they don't, mine got a reet soaking the Saturday before last (not at the Scott) and took 7 days to dry (in the house), wore them yesterday and they stink of cat's p*** (we have no cat)
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Nail on head
Back in the day, scores were higher for Clubman on one route trials and you just worked at it and moved up to Non Expert from a novice
If you were a good Non Expert you could move to Expert
Nowadays if you drop 30 at a club trial it's too hard
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Are trials bikes sales slowing down?
No shortage of buyers for older bikes, like twinshocks...........it seems to me
Why is it slow?
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4Ride uses a Morad tubeless rim on the rear
Only Repsol and 300RR use the DID rear rims, now
On the 250's all were DID
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Whatever clutch plates Honda put in the bike in 2007 when it was new, never had any bother using Elf 740 and clutch works fine in 4RT - why change the plates?
Never had them out in 10 years+
My 4RT runs like a swiss watch, shame yours doesn't
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Good evening
During this hot weather at a Trial, the clutch is sticking/dragging a bit and hard to find neutral, at sections
New bike - 3 trials use only
Thinking of changing the oil
How about using super expensive Elf HTX740, as I use in my 4RT clutch, will this make it drag less and improve things?
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Yep - watching the same section at SSDT- you see the 4rt riders (experienced ones) getting hung up on stuff and drop into holes that all the 2t riders make short work of
Watch 100 riders through a section and see which bikes drop less marks
It ain't most 4rt riders in my observations
Great bikes - but more riders at 2t mounted
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So, you've found the 4RT's achilles heel...............harder to find grip in wet or muddy conditions
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Do you have much rain in Boise?
In uk with wet and slimy, moss covered rocks that may be a different proposition on a 4T
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Before you ooze too much, only top lad on one is Toby Martyn and he's done very well to make the 2t to 4t switch
Watching most 4RT's this week @ SSDT, it's plain to see they are donkeys (even in some very capable hands) in relation to most of the 2t's ridden by ordinary riders and they spin out very easily on mixed terrain and then it's game over and you're pushing it out of the section
They suit a very aggressive riding style
Try a Beta 4T, you may like it better
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My 5mm Mitani was less than £180 delivered from Spain
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Try again, deleted some messages to free up space
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I shall try one, only had a brief ride on a stock 260
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