micm

Sounds like a new class at the club trials! You know what I mean. Pleae indicate class entered:- twin shock, pre 65, old mono, traction mono, 2WD, maybe electric as well. Its going to be hard finding enough different coloured markers.

The 290 is pretty powerful and it feels it. A slow action throttle is a good place to start. My 290 is well made and reliable and I don't know of any general faults. Re fitting a sherco airbox can be trying though you don't have to remove it to clean the air filter. Some say the back end is a bit wooden compared with a gasser etc but they track well. There are slight changes year on year, the 05 is the last of chome frame models.

I'm told by the publisher that it's due out at the end of November 2006. Looking at the French edition it looks pretty good. Its a full A4 size with much longer articles than Trialsworld. The one I saw even had an electric gas gas in it!

Straight out of the box a Gas Gas txt 80 goes pretty well with no mods. My daughter loves hers. It rather different to my 290 Sherco but it will do stuff. Finish is pretty good too. Maybe a Beta is more powerful but the Gas Gas is pretty cool.