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The grey/yellow 94, blue 95 and grey 96 bodywork fit the purple 97 techbo. The black 98 and red 99 rear mudguards are different.

Thanks for your reply John, that has cleared up any doubts I had about the actual examination. However, I am still a little unsure if we (as a club) should be testing/checking/looking at, every machine before it starts every trial. This certainly isn't done at the moment, not by our club or any other club that I personally have ridden with over the last 10 years. Should we check every machine at every event?

If you go down any street and ask people at random who Dougie Lamkin is; how many will have a clue? or Sammy Miller? Even Steve Saunders? Our biggest stars are not household names unfortunately. I don't think it makes any difference to the number of entries at the average club trial.

If you do go for a TIG welder, try to avoid buying a scratch start. They are cheaper but easier to contaminate the tungsten. You will also need a nice 'off hand' bench grinder to prepare the tungstens. The better the grind, the better the arc. Even top welders get touch downs whilst welding TIG from time to time. Every time this happens you will need to grind the contamination away and resharpen. Learning takes a lot of time, practice and patience. I teach welding in a large engineering company; a lot of students fail to master the technique and stick to MIG. However, MIG welding non ferrous materials is also difficult and the thinner the material the harder it is to MIG weld.

To weld alluminium with a MIG you will need a nylon liner and pure argon gas as well as alluminium wire. A TIG welder would probably be more suitable for thin or non ferrous work, although it is rather more difficult to master.

Exactly. However, our club has been pulled up by the ACU Steward for not scrutineering the riders machines as per TSR8 (and NSC8a)in the handbook. Who carries out the scrutineering at your events? What qualifications are required?

As too should be self closing throttles.

According to the ACU handbook, examination should be carried out at every event. Why? And what happens if this is not done? Any thoughts? If John Collins reads this, what do you say John?

Can anyone tell me if any club is conforming to TSR8 (and NSC8a)? In the ACU handbook it states- "Trials Standing Regulation. (TSR8) Motorcycles. The supplementary regulations for each event shall indicate the Categories and Groups of machines eligible. Motorcycles must comply with Appendix B of the National Sporting Code and have independent brakes on both the front and rear wheels. Prior to the start of each trial all machines will be examined to ensure that they comply with ACU specifications." I have never had a machine inspected at any event, has anyone?

Have you seen the CCM this seller is listing? I didn't realise they were worth that much! And the reserve isn't even met yet! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CCM-350-Trials-1978-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Every year the Stratford-Upon-Avon Club hold the Ralph Varden Centre Trial at Shennington. There are always at least three sections in the sewage filter beds.... Gulp!

I have a DRZ400 which I use instead of my Scorpa in Long Distance Trials and Enduros. For Enduros I use the hand guards as they stop stones hitting my knuckles and branches snagging the levers. For LDT's, I swap to a set of Renthal trials bars with shorty levers and without the hand guards. I found that the guards make it harder to get through narrow gaps on full lock, it's suprising how often this becomes a problem when you use a 400 for trials. Yes, the guards might still be a benefit in some situations, but overall I feel that for trials it is better off without guards.

Any form of competitive motorsport will be banned. We will have to all ride in our own back gardens, observe ourselves and email the results into a central computer which will decide who is the winner. This will of course all be held on electric bikes because fuel will have run out... and the public liability insurance will be

Thanks for those Rabie, it's suprising how hard it is to set out artificial practice sections when you try to do it. The farmer is dead keen, he has a nice bit of unused rough ground which isn't doing anything and welcomes the chance to make it work for him. When it's set up I'll post some pictures of what we have done.

Has anyone got any more pictures of man made trials practice sections they can post? I have found a willing farmer who wants to build a trials practice area on his farm and we need inspiration. He can get tyres, logs, railway sleepers and rocks. Any photos would be most welcome and save us a great deal of time working out how to lay out the obstacles. Cheers

Well done,anything better than two 'fives' was a good ride on that one. How many do you think you lost in all? I must have finished on at least 30. :-(

I rode in the O-40 class which is on the middle route, but lost a stack of marks on the first lap. I only dropped nine on the second lap but by then the damage was done. Fived the section at the waterfall both times. Did anyone manage to clean that one at all? A very well organised event. Two laps of twenty is always a pleasure.

I'm still looking forward to the T ride version to use in LDT's.

Entry is down a little this year only 48. Come on folks, this is an excellent trial, the A route is a challenge but the B route is a damn good ride around. Well worth the effort, anyone who turns up on the day will just have to ride for no championship points.

Broke my last clutch lever on Saturday and had to drive down to BVM to pick one up for Sundays trial. It broke my heart to drive 40 miles for one, never mind 2000! Phew!

Mine came today... thanks very much.

I mustadmit, I'd spotted this one and would have had a look if it had been a little nearer to me.

Ohh yes there is a rock! Just the one, we ride over it in every trial held at this venue. The farm where it is being held is large and gives plenty of scope for variations of steep grass bank sections, there is also a deep wooded gulley with a stream in the bottom, but this hasn't been used the last few times I've ridden there. Regardless of the terrain you can rely on the Leamington Victory Club to set out an excellent trial. Also look out for their 100 section charity trial at the same venue later in the year!

Used to use a van and simply bolted three lashing eyes (available from anu local hardware store, B+Q etc) into the back for straps. One was down by the front wheel, then the other two were either side just below the handle bar level, these provided excellent positions for supporting the bike. Note- the one by the front wheel is important because it stops the tyre sliding sideways and reducing the tension on the straps going to the bars.