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I'll be honest, I basically wouldn't call stops at all unless you're entirely motionless for a solid 3 count, or you're stopped with a foot down. I realize this isn't to the letter of the rules. It is however how I see largely see the majority of observers interpreting the rule. Forward motion I could care less about... If that were enforced, every time a rider threw a nose wheelie it would be a five. If people really want no stop, section design needs to change.

Interestingly, I've heard it suggested that the original whistle on Marcelli wasn't for stopping at all, but for riding over a marker.

Well, the observers are (generally) all amateurs at best. A lot of the time they're just friends and family of amateur trials riders with little trials experience at all. Whether that's good or bad at the top level would bear some discussion. I think it's somewhat moot since it's unlikely that paying 12 (probably more like 20) professional observers to fly around the world is viable (if it was, I suspect they'd be doing it already). For indoor it's easy, you just need one guy.

I don't really look at it that way. To me T2 Is now the equivalent of Moto2 in GP. Youngsters come through the class, but you also get guys that are there long term, or who drop back from GP. I don't really envision there being any limit on the number of entries, so why not let anyone who can and wants to ride T2 do so. It'll allow guys who can't finish better than bottom of the barrel in the top class a place to be more competitive, and the kids coming up will either best them and move up, or stay and compete.

Well that's a different deal then. I can't say I blame him though. He's a volunteer and doesn't really want to be lynched. This is why football referees are professionals, they at least have some skin in the game. They can't go blowing calls based on biases or crowd reaction without losing their livelihood. I feel horrible for the guy. Anyone here who's checked a national or world round (I have) knows that there's a ton of pressure. It's not fun. Riders yelling at you is bad enough, having the crowd want your head is a bit over the top. I still don't think Marcelli stopped, but per the Sport7 press release, they mention the initial call for a stop was consistent with his scoring throughout the day, so good enough for me. Full disclosure, I sport an Italian passport

I still disagree (about him stopping). Be that as it may, I do agree that not respecting the observer's decision is a little ridiculous. I do however find them to be separate issues. Given the sequence of events though, I can't say I understand all the BS going around about this somehow coming down anything related to Italian observers, etc. Presumably the FIM officials are the same officials that are at every event. The (presumably italian) observer made a call in Toby's favor and got stuffed by the FIM. Well, there you go... blame the FIM. You can leave the national favoritism theory at the door.

They both have in section time limits. So ad nauseam is a bit of a stretch. You can only do so much screwing around with 90 seconds.

No, I don't think he did. If it was me checking, from what I saw in the video anyway, I wouldn't have called it. And therein is the big problem with these rules.

Yeah, and you can hear the whistle when they presumably called Marcelli for a stop. Made no sense to me, his ride looked fine (in terms of not stopping, I can't see what else might have been going on).

Go watch all the YouTube video you can stand of the Spanish and Japanese national championships. Time limit once you enter, do anything you want in the section (short of the obvious stuff, like go backwards through a gate, etc). Stop, back up, whatever. It's fantastic.

There are enough GG parts floating around to keep them all running for years even if GG disappeared again. I don't expect they will, given the influx of money from Torrot. Of all the trials manufacturers I'd actually suggest they're probably the most financially stable at the moment as their parent company is not dependent on the trials market at all.

I don't suppose you're the guy that sprays WD-40 all over his brakes? If the pads and rotors are new and bedded in, the problem is either the caliper or the master cylinder. There's literally nothing else left.

For the love of... You win. No stop is awesome, everyone loves it.

My point was simply that I'm in agreement with your first paragraph. The rules are ridiculous because they cannot be uniformly applied.

3:10. Stop or not? He didn't get called for it, he just didn't make the hit. You can save the condescension, I'm not interested. https://youtu.be/d02CzoDHfKc

If you changed the pads and rotors separately, like you left old pads on and changed the rotors, then you rode the bike, then you changed the pads and left the old rotors on and rode the bike, etc... ... if the original problem was brake/rotor contamination from something like brake fluid, which is pretty easy to do and can cause what you describe, you basically cross contaminated all the parts each time you changed them and rode the bike if you didn't change everything as a set. Any time you have a problem like this, if you're going to change the pads, pull the rotor off and hose it down with brake cleaner first. If the bike was like this from new, bring it to your dealer, something else is wrong. But there are only so many things it can be, and next on the list are the caliper and the master cylinder.

No more or less than all the other guys that do the exact same thing... sometimes it's called, sometimes it isn't. But again, this is the fault of the rules. If we haven't figured out by all the arguing and debate that goes on regarding whether it was or wasn't a stop that these rules suck, I give up.

Jan recently turned up at a national event in Canada, finished second to Pat Smage (umpteen times US national champion). Looking at the video he posted, seems to have just run the stock carb, jetted to suit.

Either is better than an Ossa

FWIW, just about every GG, Vertigo and TRS (among others) in the US is run on ATF. Half the manufacturers spec ATF specifically in the US market because you can't get things like Nils here, which is a popular sponsorship deal that they like to get in the manuals these days. Find an early TRS or Vertigo manual... they both spec'd ATF because they hadn't gotten around to firming up deals with any brand name suppliers to put in the books.

Isn't the ERT2 gone? I can only find ERT3. The big difference is that it weighs a good bit more than Renthal R1.

FYI, Renthal chain is just re-branded Regina.

Be interesting to see your new one side by side with the 2019 version beta concocted.

"Moreover, a new gear selector cam has been designed which was used in the earlier Factory models, and provides more positive shifting." http://www.trialscentral.com/index.php/news-archive/headline-stories/20358-beta-launch-2019-trials-models

It's dry. You're going to get some condensation, so a little surface rust is normal. Just make sure the gasket is good on the cover and it's not letting in water.