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Access to the forest has now been approved by the forest manager, I'll post some photos up when I get them downloaded from my phone. The trial will now definately be two laps 20 sections each day, next things to sort are the observers and making more course flags for the extended route. Its looking good but some more entries would be nice....

or for a more concise answer......... NO.

slightly more oil, really we are talking about and extra 10ml or so per tank of petrol here, will reduce friction and risk of seizure or premature wear of conrod bearings. Mains on a lot of modern bikes are now sealed so its only really the cylinder and con rod bearings that are lubed by pre mix. A clogged up exhaust is cheaper to fix or replace on my sherco than a conrod or cylinder re plate and piston. However on other brands the middle box is easier to replace but about the same cost. I'm sticking with 80ml to five litre as my current and previous shercos dont suffer from a clogged exhaust or excessive smoke so its not doing any harm as far as i can tell.

We are taking a tent and couldnt find a local campsite on the net so will see you there. do we need to bring fuel is there a petrol station somewhere near ?

why are spectators important at an event like this ? its a local club event, everybody who has entered has paid to do so, voulnteers have taken time to set the course out, agree access with the landowner, put up signs informing people that motorsport is dangerous etc, the ACU as telecat has said arrange insurance cover. and then a spectator turns up who has paid nothing to be there, hasnt offered to help to observe and i doubt set out the course judging from your comments. What did you bring to the party ? If the club have said stick exactly to the flags and dont ride anywhere else then fair enough but did they ?

The classification can be either ability of the rider or the machine they ride. In my local centres people will often ride the middle or easy course on a twin shock, or air cooled mono or even a liquid cooled bike. The three classes are not specific to the bike you ride but to the severity of section you want to ride. There are some specific events for older bikes of any age and we do have a national series for pre 65 / twin shock / air cooled mono. nothing stopping anyone riding in my centre on a liquid cooled bike from any era in any class they want, so I dont see there is really an issue here.

john you mean 28th june ???

your trying to tell me on you bulto you have never droped the bike and bent the shock, in my schoolboy days my dad used to just order a set of girlings every week ! I like the ease of access to the shock but it most be more prone to crash damage ?

age isnt everything people mature at different rates. Ferrer broke a leg last year and i have been impressed with how quick he has returned. cabestany can win in his 30s how old are Ferrer and Challoner ?

I think people used to convert them to left side brake / right side gear change which allows a rod rather than a cable.

Both are good bikes, the gas gas is lighter and more sensitive to rider inputs whereas the Beta is a bit more stable in my view but i always find Betas difficult to find traction with. Others manage no problem to make them grip so its probably just down to a slightly different technique or stance.

i can see Bou getting to ten titles at this rate I think the rest of the current top five are all older and theres probably only Ferrer improving quickly enough to have a chance in the next 3 years, thats if he can keep improving, perhaps Casales has potential on todays showing but Ferrer is very consistent.

yes i agree just my attempt at humour dabster :-)

I can remember reading of Martins accident Tim, I think his clothing got caught in a tree and with the bike still going forwards it pulled him off the edge of the track and down a drop from memory (we are talking about 30 years ago here folks). I think the difference is now we have a minder fastened to a tree or something, by a rope, trying to catch a bike as it sails past. Problems generally occur when the rider doesnt get within reach of the minder. Plus we have disc covers sprocket gaurds etc but as the sections are much more dangerous we are still seeing the accidents and they tend to be big and expensive, especially for the privateer at say British Champioship.

Dabster i did hear you used to teach maths ? 1 and 8 are not the same my friend... I have broke teeth before, its not much fun. Trials was once described to me as motorsport for the working man. As a sport we need to go back there, rule number 1 the participants should enjoy the event and be able to work the day after .

Michael Brown ?

Anyone know if you can get a new kickstart or if a kickstart of another bike will fit a 1973 Beamish this isnt my bike and i'm not sure the beamish models were out in 73 so it would be useful if someone could confirm as well, the owner bought it in a box and only has details from the seller. thanks

Just a brief update following yesterdays visit to Alwinton We had a look round the adjoining forest we are hoping to use for the first time on foot and you could run a ten section club trial in there. We took Carlsberg (the farmer who owns the land the trial runs on) to look at the area with us and he will liase with the forest manager so we can all meet up the week after next and hopefully gain agreement. Yesterday we showed Carlsberg where we would like to go this year and our revised route is acceptable and will make it much easier for the easy course riders to get round the course regardless of getting access to the forest. We then went to see the new hotel owner as it has recently changed ownership. Bedlington Motor Club will be providing an evening meal for people observing at the trial and this was agreed yesterday with the hotel. In addition there is a music festival on that weekend but the hotel are happy to accomodate the trial as well and it should make for a really good night now we have entertainment. Twenty observers for two days may take some finding so i'd really appreciate anybody offering to observe, particulaly with a bike. We have therefore agreed to set up a practice area so anybody bringing a bike to observe can practice after the trial on the saturday if they wish and we are going to try and get an approved trainer to provide some tuition. Once we have approval confirmed from the forest i'll post some pictures and further details The hotel is Clennell Hall, it has a website and the phone number is 01669650377 We have also agreed that people can camp near the hotel and use the facilities. Cheers

if you have ssen the photo of the entire fingernail resting on some of the flesh removed with it I think you'd agree its more or less the tip of his finger, I'm assuming the photo posted on facebook is actually fujigas and not a joke. didnt realise Gubian had lost 8 teeth as well needs to stop before somebody ends up paralysed or worse......

the mont idle speed is way too high for a trials bike and i think the ossa may need a min rpm ? does the battery pack sort this out ?

yes i have come to the conclusion sections are just too hard to be observed properly rather than it being about the rules. non stop or stop permitted both require a degree of leniency which puts undue pressure on the observer. Realistically the clerk of the course needs to set out sections that the expected riders can ride within the rules of the event. IF we could agree this as a principle we may be able to work forwards from there. at present when setting out a trial you often dont know how it will be observed. This has to change in my view.

sherco have done more than some othery brands in recent years and i find the 2012 a very good bike. Only gripe really is that it needs a better lockstop. For all the technology the ossa isnt actually a great deal better to ride. For me a well set up Gasser or Sherco is the bike to have.

im talking about trials in general not btc or any other series / event dabster. My reason for easier trials is for a clean to mean the rider didnt actually have a five but the observer ignored the rider stopped or went backwards. BUT if we are all happy with minor roll backs and brief pauses then thats fine. trouble with present situation is interpretation differs section to section trial to trial.

just to provide some balance i have noticed in the wtc videos a lot of riders reverse a small amount when setting up for the next obstacle. how much is allowed before a five should be awarded ? Trials as a sport doesnt work at present at many levels if the rules are applied strictly, yes i realise thats daft but its true nonetheless. Look at a selection of SSDT / BTC /WTC videos, riders are consistently either slightly going backwards at wtc or pausing / stopping in BTC or SSDT. If everybody is happy with this and we decide that sensibly the rider is given a margin to allow for human error by either the rider or the observer that may be a sensible way forward. I wouldnt like to estimate my score if rules were applied strictly at the trials I ride, i'd have an awful lot of fives as would many others. The alternative seems to be that we as a sport have to start recognising that we cant actually ride current sections to our rules. The current attempt to run btc no stop has I think been valuable as its demonstrated that under either set of rules a clerk of the course can make a trial too hard as they were last year and last weekend by the looks of things or too easy as it was at the opening BTC. To be fair the opening round being easier was appropriate in my view to allow everybody to adjust to a new (old) system. As others have said we maybe need to move the debate away from rules and onto an acceptable level of severity that can be consistently observed ?