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I think everyone rides the same route in the Scottish, it's oversubscribed but not by the top riders ! They always find a winner, Doug may be near clean and the last finisher in the big hundreds but it's proper trials everyone can relate to and ride.

billyt, I think he is looking at the big hole through to the gearbox,( you can see the gears), you are looking at the fixing hole on the gasket line ?

Lots of alcohol available at the auction ! Never have a scotch at night then go on Fleabay.

Was the bike running OK prior to this problem ? Has he fallen off and blocked the exhaust ?

Was he unloading Shercos ? Joking aside be interested in your comparison to the GasGas, give it 6 months then back to a Gasser !

Last special priced bike has now gone, the whole thing will be forgotten in a week and all will be back to normal. The original dealer who offered the low P/X with the excuse, is either inexperienced with the supply of last years model and its effect on the market ( ie typically small numbers and if it had not been raised as an issue on this forum who would have known about it )or did not want the business, plenty more dealers that do.

A few riders down here recently switched over to Montesa as the offer was, I believe, about £5600 on interest free credit for a new bike. Montesas have always been the expensive end of bike sales so this move certainly gained a few customers down here and what's the difference between a 2017,2018 or 2019 Montesa anyway !

Hi The Dabster, was that a typo 45mins ago re the value of a year old Beta, if it wasn't then surely that is a 2 grand hit ?

The mistake must be with the Gasgas importer for bringing in too much stock, to be still trying to move 18's when the 19's came out last year shows something has gone wrong. If you have only been offered £3500 for your bike I would also suggest the dealer is trying to make too much out of it as all the 18's I have seen are well over £4000 really £4500. Suggest you try another dealer or is geography against you ?

You can ride it in most trials in your centre as a novice on the red route. A Bantam suitably modified will be as easy to ride as your Fantic, a standard Big bike won't !

Your listing says new to the sport and you have a Fantic 125 as your bike, that is not a pre65 eligible bike, do you have another ride ? A Fantic is a Twin-shock, will generally be ridden in the same class as there are insufficient entries of either type in this centre. Have you joined a club yet ? If not find a local one ( ACU listed clubs on their website or AMCA ) and start by doing club trials. You will often find various clubs share their club trials so by joining a couple of clubs opens up numerous invites to other events. If you are prepared to travel 40 miles you could ride nearly every weekend in the South Eastern centre in club and group trials. Until you have a bit of riding experiance I would steer clear of Centre events as they are not really aimed at the beginner. Check out Sidcup clubs website for their popular practice days, once you get started you will be spilt for choice.

It has been mentioned in previous threads about the lack of available bikes in Canada but I would suggest the best route would be change the whole bike unless of course you enjoy a challenge.

What's the series called and where do you find out about it ? Web site ? Good news, Sammy Miller series a definite loss to the classic scene.

Thanks for that, Bou obviously head and shoulders above but Dabill is certainly mixing it at the top, well done.

Thanks for the replies but still no set of results, er as in more than the podium riders, I do not even know who was riding ! Must be a bit disheartening for all the others ( there must have been others ) not to be listed or was it such a thrashing. Sure I saw some Brits in the photos, seriously, this is meant to be a major event in the Trials World so where is the professional coverage ?

Nice set of photos and a couple of video clips but anyone got the results to post ?

Looks like your shed is on a slope so why does it flood ? Is it just a leaking roof ,if so sort that out as you have the basis of a solid looking workshop. Get rid of all the crxp, spend a few quid (bucks) on the roof and possibly lining the walls and you have a man cave, next get the outlaws to lay on some power and you are good to go, the added benefit of somewhere to tinker when you need your own space. good luck

Just seen a Honda C100 Hunter Cub on eBay with the same set up, it's in as new condition and includes a length of chain in the tool kit, you learn something everyday, no new tricks out there as this bike dates back to 1960.

Will the chain run on the smaller sprocket ? It looks to be more of a spacer or adaptor. It would give a massive rise in gearing, would the bike even be able to pull it ? I would be surprised if that was factory supplied.

I thought I heard that as well but it looks too modern ! Ridden very well as does the 4 stroke Yamaha in the next attempt.

What make of bike is that at 08.11 ? I am so glad we don't use their 'Clerk of course' !

Electric won't make it !

Well anyone know the result ?

Back in the good old days we had one route to ride ( just before my time ) then we had 2 routes to enable the novices to still ride the same event as the more experianced riders then known as experts. To become an expert you had to win a number of novice trials or come in the top 10% I think of the results of an open trial, anyway it was an achievement to go up to the top class and I think it took a number off years for most enthusiastic riders. Lots has changed since then, mainly the bikes have got so good they almost ride themselves compared to original bikes from the 70's. More importantly the skill set has changed and the riders have got older Tomorrow we have a 'group' trial down here in Kent/East Sussex on one of our best pieces of natural terrain, so good we do actually have a one route trial here once a year and it is always a great success. BUT to keep everyone happy tomorrow's trial has effectively 6 routes ( 4 routes with a further 2 which are combinations as suggested above) and according to the online entry system there is only 34 advance entries for it and they are broken into 12 classes. Take those numbers in, lots of routes, lots of classes but few committed riders , what needs to be done to kick start this sport ?

You have to ask 'What does the ACU ( or any governing body) do for us ?' These problems, rider classification and bike eligibility, have been going on for a long time and nothing appears to ever get resolved. Section severity is at the heart of it, you may think you can ride up that snotty climb but you can't and 4 laps of failing it means next trial you will be looking for a more enjoyable ride. That results in riding down a route or getting a compeditive older bike to justify the move. You will now find modified twinshocks being ridden on the easier route by experianced riders because they are cheaper than hand built 2018/pre 65's The pre 65 scene in the South East is virtually dead, no (O.K. occasionally) big bikes and the compeditive championship of 10 years ago has gone.