I hope we dont see discs in twinshock events, most people set a bike up to how they like it and to try and get the most of it even a modern trials iron,and there should be more limitations on pre65. I ride with kev alot and i know how particular he is to bike prep and he has set his bike up for him ,most people couldn't ride it alot of work and thought has gone into it, if you ever get the chance have ago you'll be surprised. Where do you draw the line with pre 65,most opt for electronic ignitition better fork inners to say the least ,would it be down to a scruteneer to spot these changes. This subject could run for ever with so many arguments as to wrong and write, to me i just want to ride the best i can and have fun. Happy trialing
You would need a scrutineer at each event to check bikes and respond to any eligibility complaints/protests from the previous event.Not an easy task in the case of Len Huttys bike for instance- it looks standard to me,so i assume it would have to be measured,weighed and a judgement made about whether the fork action is better than they were originally.
Checking for modifications which are not visible externally will be particularly challenging,but could actually add interest to the event.For instance, Identifying whether a Cub is a 200 or a 250 is sure to draw a crowd.
Cheers guys, didn't know they were made in Turkey , still couldn't be any worse than LDV vans that were made in the UK .
I did think about a full size transit over the connect but I'm not sure yet......I've just recently got rid on a Vauxhall combo, great on fuel but a little small for what I want.
Good to hear the reliability is good, my mate has an 02 plate Mondeo, nothing but trouble with the engine so far, I was wondering if it was the same lump???.
Cheers once again guys.
I'd do a bit more research regarding engine reliability if i were you. I was led to believe that injector pumps give trouble and the debris from that can go down the rail and bugger the injectors, which is the same as Mondeo's do.
Just shows how out of touch T&MX News is doesnt it ? "Sherco showstopper" no mention of the real star and the biggest news in the trials world this year never mind this week and all they could print is "Sherco showtopper" are they sponsored by Sherco or something ?
Just goes to prove i was right in canceling my subs the other year.
They will need sponsorship from somewhere if they keep missing scoops like that. Never mind,it might make next week,or the "bumper" xmas edition..
Mick Ash alias prideandclarke formerly trickmicky should be able to help.
Failing that, contact Saftek at Cleckheaton, West Yorks 01274 862666. They will reline your shoes to any thickness you want.
Trick then is to find someone with a lathe and turn the shoes to the diameter of your old drum.
Straighten the brake plate to get the shoes in line with no twist first. Then lock the shoes open on the brake plate until they are just over the right diameter and mount it on a loose wheel spindle in the lathe. Turn off the friction material slowly until it fits the hub perfectly. You will need to sharpen the tool several times as it blunts very quickly.
The new shoe castings that are being sold are very poor and out of alignment in height and diameter so this exercise is well worth doing with any new shoes.
Spacing the cam is ok for the rear but the front needs to be spot onto be effective.
Hope this helps.
As there's been a couple of posts about my oversize Cub shoes, i ought to mention i dont have any at the moment, i've been waiting for a fresh batch. stickinthemud is right with the procedure though, although i just press the brake plate onto a mandrel in the lathe.
Often,Cub hubs are so worn/oversize that 1/16" oversize shoes fit straight in. If they do, its still important to check the contact area,or the brake will still be poor. For anyone without access to a lathe,Alan Whitton mentioned alsewhere will usually oblige .
I'm not sure why the above should offend anyone, although some clubs still give out trophies which together with engraving costs would reduce any surplus. I've never asked my local clubs, but have always assumed that organisers take reasonable expenses for travel and telephone etc. Giving up time and effort is fine but i wouldnt expect them to be out of pocket.
That said, i'm sure lots of clubs have accumulated substantial sums and have no real plan of what it could be used for. Indeed my local club, Leicester Query no longer organises events yet still has a substantial bank balance. Maybe if a few local clubs pooled assets, they could purchase some land.
I've never had a prob with the wireless ones. Its out of range for the signal if the speedo is handlebar mounted, so i have a bracket on the fork leg (coming off the mudguard bracket lugs on a Norton leg). Been there 6 years without a prob. 100% accurate too.
Loughborough car club has a summer series near me. There's several classes but most use their everyday saloon car as its pretty much non damaging and i suppose some are company cars anyway! You need to take a tyre pump as its best to let your tyres down a bit for the event. Its hilarious if youv'e not been before, seeing modern cars used for something not intended. I used my mother in laws car once- luckily she never found out,but she did remark the following day that the car seemed to go better.
In 1977 i stayed at the Alt Nan Ross hotel at Onich while riding the Scottish.The owner of the hotel had Daves Bantam in his garage. I believe he eventually sold it back to the family. Bet BJ knows for sure...
Pykett alloy barrels had one less fin than the genuine ones, resulting in the fins having larger than normal gaps between them. That looks to be the case with this one.
Its hard to see how it can survive in the long term. My main purpose for buying it was to see the results of an event i'd ridden in. As often as not the results were either a week late or didnt appear at all. That was if you managed to get a copy in the first place. In my area it often arrived late at the newsagents, meaning a return visit usually on the Monday, by which time you had ridden another event anyway.
Every club i ride with now post the results on the web and its getting commonplace for them to be posted on the same day. As Totalshell knows, Yorkshire Classic results are waiting for you before you get home.
So they will never be able to provide a decent results service, which leaves the adverts and the bike tests.
The bike tests are legendary, but for the wrong reasons. Its obvious they are so grateful to have a bike to test that they daren't say anything bad or they wont be getting one at all next year. My favourite was when the editor, i think, 'tested' a four stroke trials bike and actually managed to make light of the fact that it simply refused to start when hot- rendering it useless!
Yes, a shame but they have been really unlucky with the weather. A couple of years ago there was rain like i've never seen before. My lasting memory was a bloke with Graham Jarvis who kept pushing the bikes around in their marquee,apparently for the sake of it,doing little stoppies, then looking around to see if anyone had been watching!
Dont know about the pig huts, but its got me thinking about the traditional first section in the Manx-Gasworks steps. It would be a waste of time now- for the main event, at least as it was so easy, but 25 years ago it was always a relief to get that section out of the way.
Well said Mike ,it's not that difficult although a bit time consuming with a decent entry, it takes me longer to write the report than my sec to do the results,although it doesn't take so long for Trials and northern Motocross News to edit it right down so as to fit another advert in
TMX news has done the sport more harm than a little. Outsiders picking the paper up will assume that the sport is as amateurish and crappy as the paper itself. A paper with nobody involved who even rides. Had TMX not come along, results would still be in Motorcycle News- two days earlier and without most of the spelling errors. Motorcycle News is not the finest paper in the world, but the results service did ensure that Trials and Motocross was publicised amongst a much bigger audience.
Not quite sure who wrote this as it appears under Rappers and Andy, but as it quotes 42 years experience it must be Rappers because Andy can't be much more than 25 !!!
Anyone who starts to read this will probably think Mick Wren jumps in to defend the ACU again, but quite a lot of what Rappers wrote is quite true.
Most of the responsibility for running and disciplining the event does lie with the Clerk of the Course, this is quite true. From a personal point of view there have been many times when I have known that there was absolutely no need for me to have been at a particular trial as the organisers of the vast majority of events are superb.
There are however a couple of points I have to take issue with. Firstly it is a condition of the insurance policy, a Steward validates the cover for the event.
Secondly to include the permit fee in the figure quoted slightly distorts the picture. A National permit is
They didnt seem to ride very often,but if it was an east midland championship round or one of the harder trials,they would turn up, clean up and disappear again!
Ariel road bikes had frame numbers with the XG prefix from 1939-1941. Its likely that a previous owner has had a log book from one and stamped the number on the replica frame so it can be used on the road.
, still couldn't be any worse than LDV vans that were made in the UK 
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