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Sorry, I only speak Italian and American english, lol. What's the room that everyone congregates in to watch TV and hang out on the sofa called in the UK? I guess the lounge?

Yeah, I'd say it was a bit of him unloading on Sherco for sure. I suppose he's old enough now that he doesn't have to worry about bouncing around between too many more manufacturers!

Perhaps not entirely. Certainly possible and likely, but since there's now an Ohlins rear shock on the GP, you might see something different on the Racing. But otherwise...

You need to do what i do: keep your GP in the living room. Then you won't forget!

Ok, I'll concede the vintage point. It basically makes my real point stronger anyway, which is that the bike matters not.

I don't disagree. My point, regarding vintage, was just that there could be bigger gaps in performance among various machines.

I don't share your opinion. Dabill on Bou's bike still finishes where he always has. The Montesa isn't a magic bullet. If it were Fuji would always be second.

The only thing that makes one trials bike 'better' than another is the guy riding it. Trials is basically the only motor sport where the bike is such a small part of the equation as to be nearly irrelevant (assuming we're talking about modern bikes... obviously what's now vintage went through a long evolution to get us here).

It's not actually... the only 2018 GG has released is the GP. The Racing models being sold are still 'last year's' 2017 E4's.

Now that everyone's clear on that maybe they'll sell more bikes. Or not.

FWIW, my GG clutch doesn't rattle any more than my Vertigo clutch did.

Sounds like every trials bike clutch I've ever come across, although that might vary depending on your definition of 'loud'.

Gasgas already makes an econo with electric start... Im sure they'll turn up in other non competition type trials bikes.

Design wise it's not to my taste, too modern, but that's not really the point. That the space exists and he's got this stuff is cool enough for me. The fact that he's got it in a modern basement while I'd rather it be in a 1700's barn is besides the point.

I don't disagree with the negativity sentiment. However, it's possible to hold two thoughts simultaneously: my feeling that more could be done online does not amount to disparagement of existing efforts.

You realize now that you're simply arguing because you're unwilling to change your viewpoint. My argument is simply this: trials needs to make events viewable by people other than those within the nearest 100 miles, and the internet, it turns out, is a jolly good way to make that happen. Your argument seems to be screw off, if you want to see it, fly there. I don't get how that's a tenable stance for anyone who cares about trials to have.

By the way, I don't buy that at all. First off, I don't have to respect something simply because it exists. Not providing content online these days is generally foolish (F1 anybody?). If you want to charge for it, well and good, at least it's still available (yay Dorna and MotoGP!). But not providing it in any fashion, for a sport that doesn't have any TV coverage in most cases, makes zero sense from any angle you want to look at it. Who exactly would lose out on the indoor series being streamed? The local promoter? Please. If the scale you're concerned with is a few hundred people in a tiny stadium, you've totally missed the boat. Like I said, the trials community is global, people want access to content. Not providing it at all is no different than providing it for free, the exception being you're doing nothing to promote and everything to kill the sport by keeping it locked in a closet. Step one, provide the content. Build the audience with a good product. Start charging when you're confident people will want to stick around to see it.

FimTV, which is where the X-Trial videos were previously being shown (and where they had some full events last year) has 51k subs.

I can't! You know why? The f#$cking FIM would send me a cease and desist order, and then tell the service I streamed it to to pull it down. How about this? If someone can assist me with getting press credentials and leave to film the indoor series, I'll fly myself to every event and live stream it on Instagram.

And? A couple highlight reels isn't gonna cut it (at least with me). I should point out I'd be happy to do what I do with MotoGP: stream all the events live, offer some pre and post race commentary, and I'll pay you a yearly subscription fee.

Promoting trials events in the locale they take place is all well and good, but it's a global sport. And a global sport with very small, isolated groups of people in different parts of the world is only ever going to do well if it can find ways to unify all those groups. Guess what? The internet is great way to do this, but no one seems to be bothering to leverage it. Finding out results of events after the fact, not streaming them online, and otherwise ignoring the fact that people want to watch isn't doing trials any good. At least with outdoor events we got to see qualifying, but it was another long wait to see a highlight reel a week later of the actual trial. With X-Trial it's a no-brainer. Just stream the damn thing on Youtube for crying out loud... the entire event takes place in a space that a single guy can cover, there's no technical excuse not to do it.

Could have been (mine didn't have a battery, but nor did it have that hole). In any case, he contends it attaches to a transmission vent. I know they did make some changes to get the cases to seal better (meaning, to stop blowing oil out the seals like mine did); a vent apparently was part of that.

It shouldn't. Dump it, refill it, run it for a while, dump it again and fill it. If after an hour it gets milky again, you've got a problem other than a little water running down the vent tube.

Forget the condensation... whatever's in the bottom of the glass doesn't really look like oil anymore. I wouldn't run it like that.

I think it's just a preference and what works for them. I wouldn't see any reason to correct it as long as he's covering the brake and clutch.