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Where abouts are you from? There may be some local events that you could visit to get some idea of what is needed. It's a bit difficult to make suggestions as your profile doesn't give away too many clues. For example, if you are under 17 different rules apply to Youths in the UK.

I've always said that I would be happy to pay

Cheers for that Ian. Getting backto do the garden or go out with the other half is the only way I can accrue enough credits to go out the following week. When I spend all weekend setting out/running a trial, it takes me weeks to get back in the black enough to have another Sunday off. I'd love to ride my bike all the time, but there really is more to life than motorbikes. (Although I hate to admit it!) Life and trials riding has to go hand in hand. Picking up on your other point, how good was that Bewdley trial on Sunday! Two well plotted routes, fifteen sections, no real stoppers, brilliant sunshine and excellent company........ makes life worth living! Thanks to all involved.

Yes, well said OTF. Small things can often make a big difference to the organisers, for example if a rider simply goes around at the end and takes down the section marking and brings it to the start... or at a couple of our venues, just stays back for ten mins and helps put the fence posts back in to stop the livestock escaping. These little things are a real help at the end of the day and really appreciated. I would be willing to include a lunch break at our trials if the riders wanted it.... however, personally I wouldn't. I'd go as far as to say I would avoid a trial if it had one. I did a two part trial a few years back and didn't get home until 5pm. It made a good day out but I really needed to do other things with the family (who incidentally would rather have their teeth pulled out than go to watch motorbikes in a muddy field with no toilets!) Is there any chance we can set up a reader poll on the subject? Club trials with lunch breaks. Would you: A. Like to have a lunch break. B. Rather not have a lunch break. C. Would avoid a trial with a lunch break. D. No preference

This may be an idea well worth considering, we do this in the long distance road trials which we organise and it is very popular. However there are pitfalls with lunch breaks at club trials. Some people, (myself included) would shy away from this as it means that I get home later. Time; For me every second away trials riding has to be made up at another time with the family. It's great when I get home at 1.30 having ridden in the morning and can then do the normal family things in the afternoon. Organisation; someone has to organise the lunch break. I know this can be made fairly simple, but none the less it is another thing for someone to do. At our trials, having spent the whole of the previous day setting out, I am the first there at 8.30 on a Sunday morning and always the last to leave. There's already a lot to do. Observers; We are lucky in that we have a core of regular observers (two or three), they come purely to observe with the knowledge that the trial will be over around lunch time. Would they come if the day was going to be an hour longer? What is it was raining? Would everyone be prepared to go back out for another couple of hours soaking wet? I don't mean to put a downer on the suggestion but merely thinking of the problems. I'd be most interested to hear what other people think.

Saturday all day it is then. Everyone is welcome, I'll organise some light refreshments for anyone who's there by lunch time, just let me know if you're coming, the more the better. Pete

I think the couloured stickers look brilliant. For me, it's without doubt the best looking bike by far. Doesn't mean I'd buy one as it would be wasted on me!

Will you have enough strength left in your arms to ride tomorrow? I should think that even you are tired after taming the beast for a day?

All too true OTF. Another thing which is going to effect the sport is age. Our club, as with many I ride with, has an average age for it's committee members well over 60. Where are we going to be in 10 years time? Or 20? There isn't (for us) any new blood coming through. There is one 'young lad' in our club, the other members still think of him as being a Schoolboy rider.... he was 40 this year!!!!

Thanks Andy, it seems hard to believe that the weather was so bad on the Island, it's been perfect here for days.

Yeah, I got the bug again now . Don't know how long it will last this time though Why I never bought a gasser before I just don't know! I always get the the urge to ride/practice more after I've had a good result.... unfortunatley that's not been for a while.

If minders are allowed to give instructions (which they are) then I feel that there is nothing wrong with them being able to do it using a radio link. It's only what co-drivers do in Rally cars.

That would be fine with me, any one else able to do Sat? Justin, if you're away on Sat I can meet you up there around 6.30 on Thursday if that's any good? You're more than welcome to go up earlier, I can square it with Nick so that he's expecting you. The more the better as far as I'm concerned.

Is anyone in the Isle of Man able to let us know how things are going at the TT? There seems to be no media coverage of practice and todays F1 race has been cancelled... due to bad weather??? Is this right? Any snippets greatfully recieved.

Yep, you're right. I was just concerntrating on the fact that I've only got two more weekends to do any major chopping out. It's on the 24th June. The A route needs to be quite tough as it's a round of the Midland Centre Youth Championship and last year I was told that I'd made it too easy. But the D route was too hard, only one Youth D finished. I don't want to make that mistake again.

If you want to make it Thursday afternoon I'll have to see if I can get the time off work. Any evening would be fine. Just let me know what suits you best. The more the merrier, as it makes it a lot easier to find sections if riders have been practicing recently... and I've got to find four routes for the next trial. It's all looking a bit overgrown at the moment, no ones been up there for a few weeks due to the bad weather but now it's bone dry. Nick's also dug up a couple of hundred tons of soil and stuck it in the field, I'd like to see if I can find a section accross this soil but again, it needs a few wheels over it to see how it packs down.... could be quite good. Here's a picture taken in the trials practice area in the Colmore, it's all bone dry at the moment but the greenery is taking over like a load of triffids!!!!!

Cheers Ian, let me know when you fancy coming down and I'll set it up for then. Pete

We are holding a round of the Midland Centre Homemaster Removals Youth Championship at Top Farm in two weeks time and the ground needs a few tyres over it. Does anyone fancy meeting up one evening or maybe next weekend for a few hours? Top Farm has a permanent trials practice area and another area which we open up for events. I've been up there this morning and the recent heavy rain and warm weather has made the weeds grow up around the sections. The venue would benifit a great deal from being used prior to setting out for the trial. If anyone's interested, I will open up the steep wooded part of the venue which is normally closed for practice. It's bone dry up there today and the sections which were near impossible for this years Colmore look easy! Anyone is welcome, there are refreshments available at the farm, why not make a full day of it next weekend, let me know if you're interested. Pete Stratford-Upon-Avon MC&LCC

Very nice. I saw a photo a while back of one with twin carbon cans which looked brilliant. Have you thought of changing the silencer?

Sorry Charlie, for some reason they've not appeared. Can you post the link to the pictures? I would love to see them. Pete

Really? If the exchange rate is somewhere near 2:1 then that makes it around

There are numerous mailorder trials dealers. I've used BVM Moto at Stroud in the past and had no problems.

I always start my bike in neutral and push off so that the bike is moving a little before selecting gear, this way it doesn't lurch forward when the clutch initialy sticks. Then one or two dabs of the rear brake always frees it off. I think this is common practice although many people will tell you that the use of certain oils will eliminate the need for this ritual.

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Class B youth: born between 31-12-94 and 1-1-92 If you are younger than that you may only ride an 80 in ACU events.