What’s wrong with that? Certainly more pleasant for spectators!
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.
If we can do WSB, MotoGP, British GP, MX why the hell cant we do a simple trial??♂️No disrespect to anyone working for the sport, but it just seems that we Brits always capitulate or give way to some others?
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.
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?
In fact going backwards happens in modern, no stop and vintage all the time as long as the bike is going forward to go backwards.
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?
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'?
Haha thanks, I still need to transport my bike now Iv sold my VW LWB!
I guess there is a device that clamps to the ball and stem for the bike rack to be fitted to?
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.
Blatant cheating to decide a World Championship and the governing body does nothing,what a farce
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?
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.
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.
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.
TRS USA just posted that first 125's are shipped to USA. '18 production models will not have the power valve. Only a limited number of Factory supported 125's in competition, will have the PV engine. They want to test it and refine the mapping for the engine before releasing it.
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.
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?
Water pump case is magnesium & is a guaranteed banker for rot for a bike that age. Last one I bought cost about £90. You might get lucky & be able to repair using Belzona 1111 or similar. Offshore industry uses Belzona regularly to repair pipework on seawater systems.
Have you thought about using waterless coolant. Not cheap, but neither are magnesium cases.
The replacement housings that you can buy are aluminium.
I can think of a few who could benefit from that 
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I suspect most riders will loose the stickers at the same time as they replace the Dunlop tyres with Michelins.