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I think 50:1 is too much with a synthetic oil. I use between 75 and 80:1 and run fine for 2.5 years. Won't do any good to have more oil in there. Can make it run hotter.

I reckon because they make you look like a stormtrooper. They look like they'd maybe limit movement too much. Don't seem to have much grip on them either.

This might explain a thing or two: Click HERE Note the buyer. Its our Special Fantic man

Something not quite right about that Anything in particular Heath For me it would be hair obviously Just a little worried about your choice

I'll sign shirts no problem. What do you want? "With love to Gareth, Andy XXX"? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That'd be worth more. Been trying for two years for that

Signed TC Shirts. Get as many of the top 10 as possible. Priceless. Worth far more than money.

Joint favourite film ever, probably along with Life of Brian I get kickback on mine now and then. Normally if it's been upside down, or fuel left off and I've been kicking ir. The kickback is usually the sign it will go next kick. Now and then I'll get a bick of kickback if I kick at it half heartedly. I've probably got more weight behind it than you have, so maybe you need to give it a wee bit more welly.

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Put my date right. Make me an 03'er and I might give you

Just a wee reminder!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't turn up at Builth Wells this weekend. You'll be all lonely! Moved to the Foel - Welshpool then head west along the A458 for about 20 miles. Pick up the signs.

Tyres springs to mind. Not a lot of profit in them, but I reckon if we could get somewhere around the

Different problems for different areas. We (Llanfyllin) have a fairly healthy involvement from about the right number of people. As well as the people that help at other times, we tend to have the following people available for marking out. Elwyn - CofC Me - CofC Alec Roberts - CofC Inky - CofC Phil Poli Always available to help out Darren - (just out of youth) heavily involved - very capable of marking out full trial and I would be confident he'd hit the spot. Eddie - If we can keep him from marking out world round sections his enthusiasm is second to none Simon Evans (just out of youth)- Mr Mellow - great to mark out with. We just get the job done. Rid - Available when we're stuck. Running a farm as well as college work keep him busy but he's available. Mike Evans (Youth) - Out through injury - if we need him for marking out he's there, and an old head on young shoulders. The great thing for me is if a couple of people are away, we can still get away with it. Last years 40 section trial I was in Canada for all of the build up and marking out - no effect whatsoever. For our last trial, myself, Elwyn and Phil cleared out the new stream while the others marked the trial out. To be honest, Elwyn has brought all this together. He's a born organiser. We need his inter-personal skills to get people involved. We've got a good group - nobody (I think) feels like their toes are trodden on, while at the same time we've got backup when we're away.

Nicely welded up this evening by Phil of Condover Forge (as well as modding my trailer). Could weld two carrots together with a cigarette lighter that bloke. Thank you all for the assistance. Put it back together tomorrow night and see if I managed to create a degree of separation for the electrics

If that comment is refering to my above post then I didnt say it correctly and you have misunderstood me . I meant that we would get there and actually help Russ do the signing on or whatever for the other riders not just get there early to sign on ourselves. Also, Congrats Flying Dab. You joined the site in June '04 and just made your first post is that a record??? ( or is the DB out of sync Andy? ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No didn't mean that mate, not really referring to your post at all. Just saying that if people can't commit to helping the day before or week before, then surely the minimum they could do was turn up an hour before the start to help out signing on. And I believe if you commit to one club, there should be enough people around for such a minimal job that people like yourself (already heavily involved) don't have to put themselves out AGAIN and AGAIN. If I wasn't involved with Llanfyllin, I probably would have stepped up to run/help Breidden Hills when it was in decline (probably still would have if suitable people hadn't stepped up to the mark, although preferred not to). If I hadn't been involved with either of those, then I live in Cheshire Centre, and Wrexham would have been the next sensible (nearest) choice (as Llangollen is thriving). Most of the local organisers are the same. If they weren't involved where they are now, they'd be involved somewhere else. Some people avoid this involvement at all costs. Take, take, take - annoying!

Is it definitely on all the time? Don't some bikes have it come on straight away, then go off. Always thought that would be a good idea as a confidence test, but I suppose it's not possible with the thermostat in-line, unless there is another feed to it.

Thanks John...cleared up

I can't complain about one single section. Just gone through them in my head. Expert route - I think I lost at least some marks on almost every one, but I also got through every one with less than a three at one time or another. That's a fair test in my book. White route for Dan was very rideable, and at his early stage that's all he can expect at every trial. Dan loved it too (slept well too ) A few things were unfortunate on the day, but I didn't start this topic as a negative thing - except with regards to rider attitudes. We had an excellent day, so did a lot of others. I'm struggling to imagine who the riders would be that pack up early and go home. You can't please some people Russ. Well done the CofC, well done the observers, now just need some riders to get off their arses and get helping. Surely turning up at 9.30 to help sign on, then ride the trial is an absolute minimum commitment.

This is the original post containing the regs in case you missed it. Regs also available from the TC calendar.Clicky HERE

Nope - because the tenner is for 'rider affiliation' (I believe). It becomes a little more clear now with Johns post. When we did the sound recorder course a few weeks ago, an acu card turned up, looked like the real thing, but was not for rider affiliation, was just an officials card (denoted on the rear of the card). I recently sent off my tenner and got the same licence back, but with trials rider added to the list of officials posts. That seems fair enough. I'll check what our officials have paid for. I think that my confusion over officials paying for licence was maybe from last year (or year before) as John mentioned when they had to pay. Does a secretary need an affiliate membership? I know a CofC or steward may get a card through as a result of their course, but a secretary? Just wondering.

Like I said, don't want to be too negative on the day. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, the sections were good for me on the expert route, and good for Dan on the white route. Nowt you can do about the icing over, it really was freak conditions. There are a lot of people involved with one club or another - there are some who do nothing, and these are the ones spoiling it, not the odd white route rider getting in the way. If everyone lends a hand just one or two times in the day, then things flow a lot better. A few people taking things just a little bit too seriously. I'd rather have a laugh and help someone out (as would many others), than go for the ultimate ride and ride over people. There's a time and a place for that How was the Scorpa anyway Jules? Looked tidy on the odd occasion I saw you

Wrexham trial at the weekend was a bit of a strange one Some good sections (most if not all of them actually). I noticed on the web it said entries close an hour before the start, so I turned up just before 10 for an 11 o'clock start. The car park was already filling up, so I knew it was going to be a big entry. Queue for entries was massive, and start was delayed I think by about 45-50 minutes. Big queueing on the first lap - I didn't have my watch on, but seemed to be at least 2 and a half - 3 hours on first lap. I suppose we were a bit slower dragging round our two lads on Beta 50's. At about 3 the sun disappeared behind the hill, and almost immediately the ice came in. A hill on the far side of the course turned in to a tobogan run. I ran my lads bike up there, then went back for mine - Unable to walk past all the sad faced white route riders stuck I spent about 20 minutes riding/pushing bikes up, while incidentally expert/inter riders just about rode over some kids I don't expect anyone to help my kid, he's my lookout, but there's plenty that could lend a quick hand to those on their own - not all of them were kids stuck by the way - I pushed a cheerful but flagging older bloke up there. I'd decided that if I caught the bloke in the red waterproof up, who actually knocked over a GasGas 125 rider and rode off, I'd let fly. Unfortunately i was there too long and never saw him. Last lap started around 4 oclock, and it started getting dark Now we don't take finishing too seriously at the moment. I flounder round the expert route, then dash back and watch/drag my lad through the white route, so if we were holding any observers up we would just call it a day, but half the entry seemed to be lagging behind us, so we stayed with it. As we got to section 9 and 10 on the last lap, it was almost pitch black. I decided not to ride them, just shining my headlight on the section so Dan might see summat. There were still expert riders coming through hopping between rocks that I couldn't even see. The observer was saying he couldn't tell if he put his foot down or not, then trying to see his board in my headlight to mark it To be honest, my lad loved it, despite a few big 'Offs' yesterday. Bit of an adventure following my lights off the hill I absolutely don't want this to sound like I'm having a go at the organisers in any way - they work their nuts off. It seems to me that in a centre as big as Cheshire & N. Wales where 120 riders is becoming common, that two people shouldn't have to struggle along for an event like this. There's plenty of whingers when things go wrong (not that there were any whinges yesterday really), but what's happened to the helpers? I don't really know the situation surrounding the club, but it seems that they're battling it out almost alone? On another related note, I think the letters in TMX maybe point to a feeling in the centre that the white route riders are just getting in the way. I certainly felt that way yesterday. There seems to be an undertone of unhelpfulness. Barging past kids in the queue is common place. I tended to queue as normal with Dan behind me, then just before I rode through I'd make sure Dan was right behind me, even if I had to call him past some over competitive 45 year olds. "Dan, you're behind me, get here!" That's not everyone by the way, maybe it's even the minority, but it's there. On the other side of the coin, Dan had a fall on a section he normally got through, so I was in the queue. 3 of us got to him at the same time when he fell, dumping bikes to reach him. That's long enough I think - summary - Good trial, some bad attitudes, some help needed (I reckon), and maybe if we can stretch to more observers, more sections less laps. What do people think???

The only place I see a little unfairness or awkwardness is a non-rider having to have a licence/affiliation. Make the affiliation free for non-riders. Why should they have to pay to come and organise/marshal an event? As soon as someone wants to ride just one event, then they get their money's worth from the annual affiliation of just

I was joking with my direct version Ian. Not everyone will agree with them. Just my view on it. I could well be in the minority. You been hitting the valium?

I really can't make my mind up on this one. I can see both sides. i don't think the Scorpa Long Ride looks particularly good though so it's probably not helping things. They could definitely have done something better with the seat. My old man would like it, but he'll buy owt and he's nearly 70 (they may be related). If I had the option when I buy my Sherco of a Long Ride Tank and Seat unit which was reasonably priced, I may well go for it. It really doesn't need a redesign of the bike, we're talking a bigger seat. Would be nice if the new seat unit interfaced with the existing airbox and extended it to something waterproof though.

You can tell you went to one of the posher borstals, what the fe<k's honorarium? In't it summat you keep fish in?