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I suspect most riders will loose the stickers at the same time as they replace the Dunlop tyres with Michelins.
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I believe it limits variety and encourages the dominance of dry, grippy indoor style sections in an outdoor trial. I would love to see a WTC that tests riders in all conditions, but accept that the economics of the sport do not allow it at world level. Thankfully we have a UK trials scene nationally and locally that runs all year.
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Seven rounds, five of them in June & July, it’s death by a thousand cuts for the world trials championship ...
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I suggest it comes down the return on investment for all of the fore-mentioned being superior to that for a world trial.
Trials is a participation sport, MX is mixed participants & spectators, the road race circuit formats are primarily spectator sports.
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I agree that the presentation of the sport improved and I welcomed the you tube shows, but in my opinion the introduction of timed qualifying in the place of two day trials was a retrograde move.
Trials will never be mainstream, so why not just accept that fact and promote events that appeal to trials riders rather than try to attract a mainstream audience?
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I agree, but I wonder how much is down to Beta wanting a good showing in the Trial2 championship?
He has a two year deal, so I imagine the plan will be to move up to TrialGP in 2020.
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Indeed, it will be interesting to see if Toby can be Trial2 champion on a 250 2T against the 300 4T Monts
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I see the latest news is that Toby is staying in Trial2 for 2019, on a factory Beta.
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I don't recall seeing anything that they publicly acknowledged the Sport7 open letter, or the issue that it addressed.
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The relevance of posts about 1970s trials to Toby Martin and the recent 2018 Italian world round have confused me and now we are 'going forward to go backwards', has this forum entered a space-time continuum?
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I'm happy to comment Dabster, now that the trial has taken place.
The results and on line comments, suggest that Grattarola & Marcelli's results were manipulated to make sure Toby Martyn didn't win the trial or the championship. I like others ask why the FIM and/or Sport 7 did not intervene. Perhaps they would care to comment. Or should that be 'dare to comment'?
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I think Grattarola had better get back into Trial GP, if he's that good he'll give Bou a run for his money ... in next years Italian round!
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You can buy a 'proper' flat plate towbar from Land Rover. This will be the most secure option. You then get yourself a 4x4 rack from Dave Cooper and you're sorted.
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Have you considered waiting to see the outcome before claiming that blatant cheating has taken place and that this has decided the outcome of this years Trial 2 championship?
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I was watching the TrialGP video on Casales' bike and noticed a Dunlop sticker.
It would appear the factory team are riding on Dunlops this year, which is a turn up for the books. Michelin must have had a monopoly in the world championships for a decade or more.
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I don’t think you can conclude anything from one weekends result.
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I asked because the TR32 and TR34 'stripey' monos were available with either a 240 or a 260 engine.
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What era? Twinshock or early mono?
I'm guessing you've tried John Lampkin; what about Steve Goode? He used used to be good (no pun intended) for early Beta spares.
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In recent years, the Beta seems to have been the most popular 125. I've had a 125 Beta in the past and compared to other 125s it had more bottom & mid-range power.
If you look at the 2017 A class standings, the top 3 & 6 of the top 10, all rode Beta, so they must be doing something right.
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It will be 4 weeks since his injury, at the time of which the press release said he was unlikely to return within 3 weeks. That time has now passed, so he may ride, but I hope the decision is made on the basis of his long term health.
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There’s a crowdfunding opportunity if ever there was one!
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That's interesting. Maybe they haven't been able to develop is as quickly as they thought they would. Still, I think its preferable that they develop the technology on factory bikes, rather than customer bikes.
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When TRS announced their 125, it was reported to have a power valve fitted to the engine.
Has anyone on here had experience of riding one yet? I'm intrigued to know if TRS have managed to produce an engine that is more flexible than a typical 125, or if it has turned out to be too sharp for trials use?
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and more land, which is in equally short supply.
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The replacement housings that you can buy are aluminium.
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