The regs for this year say that they’re unable to do the fuel drop so the route has been modified to pass a garage. I was planning to do it on trials gearing ( tall 4th) and just wanted to try and find out if there were many proper roads en route ( I don’t want any !)
Yes you define ‘troll’ with your decision to go on a forum for a sport you have little contact with , and label the majority cheats and claim the rules are all wrong .
your responses , with all this multi-quoting and masses of text , are more like a 15 yr old girl than bloke who just wants to ride bikes.
Simple fact is, you , by your own admission, rarely ever ride .
Just get out on your bike and stop getting your knickers in a twist about rules and regs .
As I said previously, this is all ridiculous.
If someone believes that all riders that ride at the weekend week in/week out, and all those that set out the trials, are cheats and trophy hunters, then attack that position and that argument by all means. They are not being personally abusive. However, do not get personally abusive by seeking to attack the person. The fact that your accusation is not even my position, and never was, and that you are being personally abusive with off-discussion abuse as well and then trying to bring others in to support your bullying and abuse, none of that is appropriate. I would also say that those accusing others of cheating where they are cheating is justified, it might hurt those accused, but it is true and fair discussion. There are others that have been abusive as you have been, and they are staying mostly away if still seeking to support your abusive behaviour in more minor ways. Anyway, as I say, enough of that, if you want to contribute to the discussion, try to do so without being personally abusive about anyone.
I find it abusive that you deem all the riders that ride week in/week out, set trials on etc, are deemed cheats and trophy hunters . The vast majority just enjoy messing with their bikes and maybe modifying them so that they can cope with regular riding without self destructing , and having a constant search for original parts.
You say you barely ride one trial a year but the rules need re-writing as it seems you are the one obsessed with competition! The horse long bolted pre65 , but a lot of people still enjoy it as it is, and you can’t turn back the clock. You come on here every year or two and witter in about riding in group A, subsection B, age category C, PreUnit class D, when most of pre65 is just 30-40 blokes in a field enjoying themselves . I have never won a trial, and never likely to, by the way.
You are simply dreaming, and I’m amazed that you think we should all indulge you and your unworkable plans .
Anyway, I’ll leave it there, I’m riding at the weekend so need to jet wash my bike from last week .
Or does jet-washing put me in a different sub-group and I should be hose-piping to keep it real ?
I see that the Petrol tank MUST be original ?! I’m guessing that the bike you were given has an original tank then Spud ?
that’ll be the majority of your imaginary potential Original class excluded as I imagine a lot have alloy replacements ?
just realised that one of your very few concessions to modernity are alloy rims . Has your bike got alloys by any slim chance..?
Do we really need to indulge TT Spud and his labour intensive fantasy plans every few years ? If he spent less time at his keyboard trying to turn back the clock, and more time riding the ex works bike he inherited, the world would be a happier place
It’s only a bit of fun.. even if the bikes were dead original, with pre-units and bantams often lumped in together, it’s never going to be a level playing field. It’s been done to death on here, with the loudest voices usually being those that don’t ride British bikes every week anyway
Is it that special / rare that’s it’s worth the gamble of either ruining the piston or damaging the engine if the repair weakens it ? If not, buy a new one and stick that one on eBay
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The regs for this year say that they’re unable to do the fuel drop so the route has been modified to pass a garage. I was planning to do it on trials gearing ( tall 4th) and just wanted to try and find out if there were many proper roads en route ( I don’t want any !)
thanks