Andy

I can't believe I'm allowing my bandwidth to be used discussing this tripe!

I'm very much offline at the moment working in Newcastle for the real life job. I will say I'm on Honda's mailing list and have received no press release regarding Dougie. I did speak to Jake Miller of G2F who is Dougie's Manager a couple of weeks ago who told me negotiations were still ongoing and that news, as soon as it was available, would be provided. Trials Central enjoy an excellent relationship with G2F and are privvy to a lot of information that I keep private out of respect, but love Jake or hate him, he is the consumate professional in his business dealings and will rightly treat contract negotiations as confidential until such time as those dealings are closed and agreed. Until G2F release an official statement on behalf of Dougie I am treating everything as purely speculation. I know G2F well enough to say if there was news then there would be a press release by now. When and if news becomes official then we'll be the first to report it - as usual My own view on the rumours? I'd love to see Doug back on a Beta where he found his world fame and think it would shake the World Championship up. With Honda there is always the corporate pressue to perform and they can buy whoever they want. With a small company like Beta there is none of that. The money might be less, but he's made enough of that already (though I'm sure he'd argue that point ) A move to Beta would prove what we all thought all along - he just wants to ride and do the best he possibly can. I believe he could seriously challenge the top boys back on a 2-stroke so even if this rumour is true, it is not the end of the world for Dougie - not by a long shot.

It's not Duke that film it. It is..........yup, you guessed it....... Octagon Esedos! does that explain things beter?

Notice how Saunders got a third place mention? Almost an afterthought

Trust you...

Dom. Ever heard the phrase "you can't polish a turd"?

You weren't logged in at the time.

This Sunday will mark the 89th Anniversary of the guns falling silent at 11am on the 11th hour of the 11th month to mark Armistice Day and the end of World War I. That day has since become known as Rememberance Sunday where, globally, we are supposed to fall silent at 11am for two minutes as a mark of respect to those who died so that way may live free lives. Whilst the ACU and many other organisations observe this silence, many individuals don't. I'd recommend all watch this video. Expand the text on the right hand side for the reasons behind it then watch and listen to the lyrics. Clickable link Is two minutes really too much to give up?

Negotiations are ongoing. You'll hear it here first when an announcement is made which shouldn't be too long now

Absolutely makes sense. They're last to the 4-stroke party, been slated, loads of rumours (Trials folk love rumours!) about company stability, long-term future etc. This is them saying they're here and they're here for the long term and not only are they selling bikes currently, but are innovating and developing for the future too. It's great marketing.

Blimey lass - I thought ye were deid!

Story on this added to front page

Better pics now up on front page

I'm sure Big John will be along shortly to tell us what the guy had for breakfast that day and what colour underpants he had on

Somewhere a little bell is ringing that says there was mention of deals being put together, but I can't be 100% sure. Have you ever been to Stranraer? It's a bugger of a place to get to. Far better doing Liverpool - Belfast.

Full results & photos now on front page. I forgot

It's the flat four burble, twatface!

I've had recent dealings with Strathclyde Police over the tragic death of Colin McRae and have nothing but praise for them over the way they handled things. I am on the Committee of the Subaru Impreza Drivers Club in the UK and, naturally, we wanted to put together a fitting tribute to the guy who made Subaru a global name. If it wasn't for Colin's WRC win in 1995 there is no doubt the marque would not be what it is. The Club planned to meet up at a service station on the motorway and travel in convoy to the public celebration service of the lives of all who were lost in this tragic accident. Somehow Strathclyde Police picked up on our plans and contacted one of our guys to ensure everything went smoothly. They were absolutely spot on. Even when the event co-ordinator told them the number of cars had doubled from 60 to 120+ they just said "Good stuff! thats fine with us". We all met up at the services, had some great banter with the traffic cops assigned to us (mostly ripping the p*** out of their 5 series diesel!), and then 136 Imprezas travelled in slow convoy with a Police escort and them stopping all other traffic so we could travel in one to the service. It was an unbelievable experience and hopefully a fitting tribute. On arrival at the parking spot in Lanark for the service, one cop on duty turned and said "I'm not really into cars - but when I saw and heard you guys coming into the carpark , I felt the hairs stand up on the back of my neck " Another Officer on duty when asked "How did it go ? I hope there were no complaints?" said "Any complaints about you guys today would have been ignored" It raised my opinion of the police considerably - the way they worked with us and accomodated us. It's just a shame it took such tragic circumstances to do so.

I really do feel for Shirty over this. He's a top bloke and a BIG supporter of the youths, but if the factory ain't offering the support at an international level then there's nothing he can do. This is a problem at Gas Gas corporate level, not Gas Gas UK. I totally understand Wiggy taking up this opportunity. He'd have been a fool not to as these opportunities come along very rarely in this sport. I'm looking forward to next year as it's all looking pretty good for the Brits. The downside is he's stuck with Dibs for the forseeable future

If anybody wants to volunteer to do this I'm happy to give them the powers to do it as I have neither the time or the inclination!

Can always count on the Ishmeister to tell it how it is!

Cheers mate , wasn't to sure where to post it as it's a road bike , but now I know. It's Pre-65 and road bike or not, folk love to see restoration pics.

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Do I get a bollocking now for advertising Sandiford's Test Day?