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I'm interested to read the letter in T&MX news today from a spectator at Hawkstone, refering to the five given to Liai Sanz for riding out of the section. Did anyone else see, or hear of the incident? The letter suggests that it was a bad call as she was just trying a different line which was subsequently used without penalty by others.

Thanks for the encouragement. At our last trial, there were no takers for the White D route. Are there any Youth D riders in the Midlands now? I seem to remember a good turn out for Heart Of England Trials in the past.

The Stratford-Upon-Avon Club are holding a round of the Home Master removals backed Midland Centre Youth Championship at Sambourne Farm near Studley this Sunday. The event, which is also a part of the regular Dennis Bridges summer series, will feature ten sections with four routes set out around the outskirts of the farm. Signposted from the A435 between Studley and Alcester, the trial will start at 10.30 sharp. Riders are welcome to enter on the day, and those who can supply an Observer will be given a free entry. For more information contact Richard Gill on 0121 246 5823

I had a go on a new 06 Raga earlier in the year. It was an amazing bike, but I just couldn't find any grip. My lack of ability is the problem, but I certainly wouldn't recommend one to an inexperienced rider.

Did the link get removed? I thought that was a good one? Does anybody have any news yet?

Did Steve Saunders ride? Any other results?

As a regular Clerk of the Course for Statford club trials, you would be more than welcome to come and ride in one of our events on such a bike, however you would not be allowed to enter it as a twin shock. The class is for bikes originally fitted with twin shocks, so one of these is not allowed. It seems like a lot of bother to go to just to change class when there are plenty of existing classes you can enter and still be in with a chance of doing well.

A friend of mine had a Gas Gas 350 in '95 and it rode him most of the time. Zero's and Gara's are fairly good if you get a nice one. In my opinion, the TY250 may be the best buy for you, they are generally trouble free and seem to go on forever, however you should buy by condition with any bike of this age.

Yep, I remeber that one. We were racing in that meeting, when we pulled into the paddock we were so impressed that Mallory park had built a huge raised seating area overlooking Gerrards from the inside. It wasn't until we got closer that we realised it was not looking at the track but at the lake! The following week they had taken it down. All that for people to watch fishing!

Two of the people down my street have bought mini moto's for their kids, one- off road stylre, the other- road bike style. They were

It would be far easier to insure a trials bike if it was registered at DVLA. So there can't be too many down sides to this as far as we are concerned?

If individuals or companies or clubs want to help out riders then their money would be better spent targeting riders and giving them a real hand. In '99 I volunteered to take over running our club trials. The first thing I did was to introduce a championship to try to boost attendance and give good value for money. For two or three years this worked very well (pre-footand-mouth.) At the end of the year presentation evening the youths would recieve a trophy (top three in each of four routes) and the adults would be offered a trophy or the equivalent award in cash,

I can't see why it's not allowed by the ACU. Do Youths get rewards in any other sports?

At the moment, it is prohibited by the ACU (TSR 37) to give prize money, gifts or vouchers to youth riders. Not sure why, but there you are.

Looks smashing to me. Well done.

Do the stators last longer on those?

Crikey!

I agree. It could well save you a lot of time and money approaching a mechanic for advice. Imagine if you stripped the motor right down just to find out that it only needed a small end bearing.

How many riders would honestly give up one in ten rides to observe? I can hear the excuses already.

Nice one. That idea works well for us too, providing it's for one of our Nationals. I'm not so sure it would work for our normal club trials.... we're never quite sure who is likely to come along for those.

Now here's an offer... anyone got nine mates who want to earn

Well said GII, similar story here. You forget to mention the evenings prior to the event chopping out the sections and the eight hour day before putting four routes out. But all this said; the very worst part of running a trial is asking people to observe. It is everyones right to refuse to observe when asked, there are plenty of genuine reasons for not doing so. Which is why we gave up worrying about it. If there are enough volunteers then good. If not... stick the boards out and let them mark their own. It is far less stressful. If riders cheat..... they cheat.

In Stratford-Upon-Avon Club trials, we give riders who bring along an Observer a free entry. I agree that this is unlikely to be enough to motivate everyone to do it, however it makes me feel a lot better about asking! Droping the number of sections is an option, but we are down to 10 now just because of the observer situation. We became so 'hacked off' with the problem (it's always the same few doing the asking and being asked) that we agreed to simply stick the spare boards out at the start and let riders observe themselves. This may not be the best solution but it sure takes a lot of stress out of the day!

Stratford-Upon-Avon Club routes. A route, Hard: Expert, Inter, Youth A B Route, Moderate: Clubman, Over 40, Youth B C Route, Easy: Novice, Pre-65, Trail, Youth C D Route, Very easy: First timers and Youth D That said, we have some Inters choose to ride the B route and some clubmen ride the A route, so there is no hard and fast rule. In the results it just states Inter B or Clubman A. The trick is to get there early enough to have a look at the sections before signing on. For this year we are also running a Sportsman class on a no award basis. S class riders may swap and choose from any route on any lap in any section. This class is for those who just want to have a ride around and are not bothered about their score.

Sounds as if you have got a good couple of deals there. A word of caution though... remember that if you bid on an item, including 'but it now,' you are entering into a legally binding contract with the seller. The only way that you are justified in changing that contract is if the item is 'significantly not as described.' Just turning up and offering a lower price automatically is not on.