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Norman Wisdom on a Frances-Barnett?

It's just that some brands require more maintenance than others.

I agree. What you can see is two stroke oil seeping through. Change the base gasket before it becomes damaged any further and causes problems.

Some things never change. Fingers crossed!

Ohh dear. Not much hope for Rover then.

That eliminates a thermostat failure which is the most common thing. If the fan still does not work at this point, it may mean the fan motor is damaged, however it might also mean that the supply to the fan has been lost, perhaps simply the plug becoming disconected or a wire broken. I take it you have checked to see that there is still water in the system?

Good job there's one of us who is sane in that case. You think tyres are expensive for trials bikes? Don't ever think of going road racing then!

Kool!

It's difficult to justify buying a cheap bike when 1year old 'regular' trials bikes can be had for just over 2k. Ofcourse we all would if they were of similar build quality and performance, but lets not kid ourselves.

Odd thing was, they were actually ok to ride! Even, dare I say it.... competitive in the right event.

Long distance trials are also good fun. If you have the bike. I use my DRZ enduro for a few of these a year, I like the idea of big heavy bikes in easy wide sections on a 60+ mile ride around the hills.

That's the ticket. I'd love one of those for 1/3 the price of a new modern bike!

I had a Sherco just like that in 2000!

I say again; It takes real nerve to observe a WTC section. I'm full of admiration to those who do.

It'd be a nice idea though. A light weight Asian copy called a MonsherGasbetpa with all the cycle parts comparable to a modern European trials bike for about

As I've mentoned previously, we offer a free ride to any rider who supplys an Observer. This doesn't get any more offers of help as a rule, but it does make our job a little easier when you can approach someone with the offer. I would be happy to pay a professional team of Observers to come to our events if there was such a body of people..... trouble is; how much would such a body of people cost? Not

What sort of budjet do you think they could be produced for? Just look at some of the 1 to 2 year old bargains that can be had on modern trials bikes. They would have to be either very good or very cheap to be popular.

Jon let me have a go on his a while back. It was very impressive, if I rode one in the kind of trials I prefer (easy) then I wouldn't loose any more marks than on my new Scorpa.

I banged my helmet every lap in that section.... not on the low branch but the one after it just as I was standing back up! I do hope you're ok? I wondered why you had a couple of fives just on your last lap. I guessed that the observers filled in fives for missing the sections. As it was a Youth Championship round, the C route definately was harder than we normally put on. Almost all of the retirements are from riders we see every trial, I guess it just suprised them that things were harder for once. As for the D class, it's four years since we saw a small wheel bike at one of our events. I just got it wrong, sorry chaps. I watched a small Beta drop into the stream at section 4. It's nothing to a 21 inch wheel; poor chap looked like he was doing a hand stand on the bars. All credit to him, he hung on and got through. I wouldn't have wanted to have done that a second time! Thank you every one for turning up.

Thanks for that Roger. We would have put on 15 sections had we known the turnout was going to be so good. We turned Observers away, which is almost unheard of. Three laps of 15 would have meant less queuing, and that was one of the problems yesterday. I'm disapointed (for the riders) that so many retired on the C & D routes.

Although it was a very nice suprise to get an entry of over 70 to one of our club trials, there was a lot of retirements on the easier routes...... I obviously got it wrong today. Sorry lads. John Cowley won the A route on eight marks lost.... a very good ride indeed! Ryan Foulkes was best on the B route on just four.... but it was tight at the top. The C route was won by Connor Evans on six marks lost, in fact the top three all finished in single figures. 27 riders entered the C route but 11 retired. There were numerous cleans in every section. Was it too hard? Only five rode the D route and four of those retired. That obviously WAS too hard. The only finisher was Alex Green who lost 42. I will post a full report once I have worked out a few furthest clean ties breaks further down the leader boards. Once again... sorry to those on the C&D routes who struggled.

The course is set for tomorrows Stratford-Upon-Avon trial at Sambourne Farm near Studley; it's bone dry on the ground despite some recent showers of rain, so expect some tough sections on the harder routes! As this is a round or the Midland Centre Youth Championship, backed by Homemaster removals, all youth riders are more than welcome. The start time is 10.30 and the venue will be signposted from the A435 between Studley and Alcester.

Having watched the excellent TC footage of both Cabestany and Raga riding the section, all I can say is the difference in their lines is difficult to see from the videos. I don't doubt the observers decision. He was right, however I can see where the confusion stems from. You need to be brave to be a WTC observer. I wouldn't want to do it.

Looking at the replies, everything seems explained although it does show the importance of being consistant.

A one for stopping. A one for footing. A five for breaking the tape. A five for dislodging a marker. Was the tape broken? Was a marker dislodged?