michael_t

Great little video from a new rider here in the Canadian Maritimes . She was sharing a Beta 200 for the event. I was sharing my EM with the landowner and her Husband and son were sharing my Sherco 250 - Great day of fun at new venue for us and great to have new riders out. I thought her description was great !!! 227 views May 29, 2025 NOVA SCOTIA Trials riding is no joke—and neither is trying it for the first time! I entered my very first trials competition as a total beginner and, well… I lost count of how many times I hit the ground. 😅 But honestly? It was one of the most fun and humbling moto experiences I’ve ever had. This video captures the real, unfiltered chaos—crashes, laughs, mini wins, and everything in between. If you’ve ever thought about trying trials or just want to see what happens when a rider jumps into the deep end, this one’s for you. 🏍️ Come along for the ride (and the falls). #FirstTrialsEvent #TrialsBeginner #MotorcycleFails #MotoJourney #FallAndGetBackUpSocial #RideLikeAGirl

The 2024 Sport has a clutch but cheaper wheels, suspension, console, and no phone app - but good enough for me

Just bought a 2024 Sport model and really enjoying it. Certainly a big adjustment from my Sherco 250. This was my very first try right out of the crate last week... I was fooling around with the clutch and winding it up for no reason. This was this week (snow is gone) - a lot quieter you can hear the sound of the X11s on the driveway

I felt this was a great talk about Trials and the TdN to a crowd of people at a TdN fund raiser this week in British Columbia - Canada

As stated before I don't often visit this forum. Luckily somebody asked me today who Lemur was on Trials Central ??? - honestly I am not sure but I do apologize to whoever you are. Honestly I did not remember you had stated here on trials central that you had decided that you would host the CMA National next year back in May. I do see that you had been asking that decisions about Nationals be made earlier in the year and that you typically only host them if nobody else wants to. Please be aware that I do send weekly emails to all of the clubs that I am aware of and have contact information for and I also post those same emails each week to the Canadian Trials Initiative FB page (as noted in my post above on May 1st). I asked that clubs interested should let us know on June 12, Sept 4, Oct 29, Nov 5th and then I stated on Nov 14th that Jonathan, Christy and I had chatted at Nationals and since the ATAQ had been the only club that had shown an interest and since Christy was heading to the NATC meetings the following weekend we would go with the ATAQ so it could be discussed with the NATC with the hope for a FIM NA championship including one NATC event and the Canadian Nationals. My guess is my note of Nov 14th is what sparked your post here and I am glad to answer questions. I will say nobody is trying to limit anybody's ability or interest in hosting events actually quite the opposite we are trying very hard to work with all of the clubs that are interested early on so that Nationals can be worked into the greater Trials community schedule earlier.

Thought people may enjoy these 10 sections we set out at my place in Nova Scotia (Canada) :). I feel they gave a good bit of variety we consider them to be intermediate level of difficulty with nothing much over knee high but lots of very tight turns and some very steep ups and downs.

You need to go to Trial GP and then the noticeboard and select the event to find info on it. If you click the "live" button during the event you will see the scores as they are riding. More specifically here is the entry list - 21 Countries and for the record I am cheering on Canada 529e341f-09f3-4225-86f5-bee1c88985b6_TDN of Spain - Pre-Entry List.pdf (sportity.com)

Well my trip to the SSDT lived up to and surpassed all expectations. It has been a long time bucket list item and so glad I was able to make it happen this year... Already thinking about going again.

The Nationals will be November 8-9, 2024, at the Victoria Motorcycle Club property, in Victoria, BC In addition, we are working with the NATC to combine the Canadian Nationals with the the Donner CA Nationals on July 27th/28th as the North American FIM Championship. Would be great if the CMA could get the 2025 event sorted earlier - I believe Derek has offered to host it as well always great to have choices. The "Canadian Trials Initiative" is a handy spot to keep up to date with things.

Great day in the woods and Shale Pit last Sunday: I am heading to (old) Scotland next week to catch a bit of the SSDT - Really looking forward to cheering on the lone Canadian rider Jonathan English

Does that fall under the ATA ? or is it a separate entity (It doesn't seem to come up on google or facebook) ? I am not sure if you follow the Canadian Trials Initiative on facebook but am happy to email you the weekly updates if you are interested. Neil gets them for the ATA. Cheers, Michael

I ride a blue bike but was never dealer only just a rider and enthusiast. Riding the Nationals last year was my first time riding trials out side of the Maritimes. Which club are you riding at?

BC and Sask haven't talked to anybody about 2026 as of yet.

There has been a fair bit of back and forth. Hoping to have it settled this week. Best guess at this point is BC Oct 5-6, 2024, Sask 2025... East 2026