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  6. 2010 Sherco

    in Sherco

    Posted

    The Gassers have the bottom yoke angled to nearly match frame angle.

    But it's not quite exact & a little filing is required.

    Fans of good steering lock do this & add sticky plastic to protect paint.

    Could the sherco yoke be profiled to match the frame tube angle better?

  16. May 26th 1978 Ex Ssdt Very Special Works Sherpa T

    in Bultaco

    Posted

    Mr Singe,

    It's interesting to see how trials bikes geometry & engine position has changed over the years. Not mentioning bar position.

    A couple of weeks ago I rode a trial on a 79 350. Fortunately it was an easy SE centre twinshock event as the brakes were an early version of anti-lock.

    The bike was particularly superb on climbs & turns into climbs, I was always aware my body was so far over the front, yet the bike kept driving & gripping...

    You could tell it was set-up for non stop flowing sections. Fun to ride though.

    Mike

  17. I Am I Being Realistic

    in Honda

    Posted · Edited by hrc1

    My TL125 was my first trials bike & acted as back-up for my BSA 441 road bike.

    Hence it got a lot of road use, as well as a proper trashing in my first few trials.

    192 marks lost first time.

    So okay on the road depending on gearing. Lights - poor, yes I had to add a lighting coil.

    Gearing - I overgeared mine with a road bike sprocket so much that on a ride from Surrey to the Lake District I only used top gear once!

    The biggest prob will be costs, somehow these old bikes are "sought after classics". I'm not sure why.

  19. Trials jackets

    in Trials Gear

    Posted

    Like TT5th - I've start using a Paramo jacket. Really does the job. It'll fit into a camelback mule for those longer events.

    So far no leaks at all. Lifetime guarantee & easily reproofable.

    You can tell if somethings worth having if the used (Ebay) prices hold up.

    That's where mine came from.

  21. Is There A Doctor In The House

    in UK Trials Talk

    Posted

    Chris,

    Licence/insurance requirements seem to vary with each (French) club.

    Gueret And Indre (Easter trial) club's are pretty laid back & only an ACU licence is required - at least that was the case last year.

    We stopped going to Aveyron due to their insistance on all that FIM international licence guff you mention.

    Getting ripped off for a medical was a bit much, but the extra requirements for over 50s really killed it off.

    Regs are out for the Indre/La Chatre trial now

    http://trial.lachatre.free.fr/indexbis.html

    Mike

  22. Muddy Climbs

    in Trials Training And Technique

    Posted

    If you have a bike that grips........

    (how come some bikes seem to grip naturally - ie grips whatever the rider does.

    where as others only grip when an expert rides)

    And a fresh IRC rear.....

    Then select third or fourth, pin it, lean back, dump clutch.

    Shut off halfway up & momentum does the rest.

    And you're there......

    Or go see if the snapper got your pic!

  24. Classic Trials Books

    in Classic Trials

    Posted

    The Observed Trials Schreiber book is now out of print.

    Here's a list I compiled some time ago.

    Motorcycle Trials Bibliography

    Trials Riding Max King 1st edition 1955 Temple Press

    Trials Riding Max King 2nd edition 1960 Temple Press

    Trials Riding Max King 3rd edition ???? Temple Press

    Trials Riding Max King 4th edition 1972 Temple Press

    Trials Riding Max King 5th edition 1975 Temple Press

    Clean to the Finish, Sammy Miller 1974 BMS

    The Greatest of all Trials, Phiilip H. Smith 1963, early Scott trial history

    Two Wheel Horse the Enjoyment of Dynamic Balance, M. Camps Cardona 1971 Bultaco book

    Sammy Miller on Trials, Sammy Miller, 1969 Transport Bookman

    How to Ride Observed Trials Just for Fun, C.Shipman, 1973

    Mick Andrews Book of Trials Tom Beesley, 1976, Patrick Stephens

    The Will to Win, Jeff Clew, 1976, Sammy Miller story

    Motor Cycle Trials Lane Leavitt & Len Weed 1978 Motor Cycle Trials

    Ride It-the Complete book of Trials Riding, Don Smith ???

    How to Win Motorcycle Trials, Sammy Miller/BMS

    Trials Bike Riding, Don Smith 1980 EP Publishing

    The Castrol Book of the Scottish Six Days 1982 Haynes

    Observed Trials Bernie Schreiber & Len Weed 1983 Clean Sheet Enterprises

    Classic British Trials Bikes Don Morley 1984 Osprey

    British Trials Motorcycles, Ralph Venables, 1985 Bruce Main-Smith

    Classic British Two-stroke Trials Bikes Don Morley 1987 Osprey

    The Scottish 1900-62 Tommy Sandham 1988 Willow Publishing

    Spanish Trials Bikes Don Morley 1988 Osprey

    The Scottish 1963-89 Tommy Sandham & John Dickinson 1989 Willow Publishing

    Four-Stroke Finale The Honda Trials Story Tommy Sandham & John Dickinson 1989 Willow Publishing

    Trials - A Riders Guide Don Morley 1990??? Osprey

    The Pre-65 Yearbook 1990-91, Deryk Wylde, 1991, Willow Publishing

    The Sammy Miller Story, Jeff Clew 1993

    The Scott Trial, Harry Bradley, 1994 Ariel Publishing

    Phototrial 1994, Mario Candellone 1994

    Phototrial 1995, Mario Candellone 1995

    Phototrial 1996, Mario Candellone 1996

    Six Days in May, Jim McColm 1995

  25. Off Bike Timing Exercises?

    in Trials Training And Technique

    Posted

    I use a lot of pro-preception and reaction training while holding onto the bar which helps.... plus I use a bike to make a trials move easier first. The greater the neuro-muscular system is trained the quicker your brain will compute which allows you to perform movements when drinking. Comes down to following a model (stalker!)........ Having passed through conscious incompetence and into unconscious competence, I cycle home. Its amazing to take a client who doesn't even know they can't perform a function and turn it round to a pint were they no longer even have to think about it.

    Nothing like when Bou and Raga ride and you can tell it just happens naturally.

  
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