old trials fanatic

I will hold you to that

but i somehow dont think he's bothered about anybody but himself and his own agenda. Sadly there will always be people like that in this world and one day it WILL be one of them that finishes the Scottish off for ever.

smack on THATS the biggest problem with the stop allowed bregade and also why they are so against no stop because they never had to learn to use their eyes and brain to figure it out. Be smoooooooooooooooth you know it makes sense.

Ream the hole out to a larger size then turn a couple of top hat shaped spacers out of stainless id to fit the spindle and od to fit the reamed out hole. Job done no welding required and just a basic turning job.

nice one Charlie

Two of these bikes ride at our events regularly and you can go a LOT farther than Jonathans believe me

From my experience it is always much easier to find terrain to lay out no stop sections than it is to find stop allowed sections so dont follow you on that one at all. It IS relevant to discuss no stop or stop allowed on this thread BECAUSE the Colmore Cup was run to and has been no stop for a while yet so many people are making out that no stop will be the death of trials. So how come the entry list was full then? or is it that the dummy spitters wouldnt/couldnt ride proper trials like the Colmore Cup. BTW and this is not meant as a derrogatory comment aimed at Becky Cook but the video proves EXACTLY why trials should be run no stop. That wasnt a sucessful attempt at a section in the spirit of Trials surely? It deserved a 5 for a failed attempt. Either way it's a well deserved sucess for the hard working SoA club. Well done guys

Just be a bit careful when buying any glass fibre tanks that they are ok for use with modern fuels as there are a LOT of people who have had problems with them "melting". Just trying to make you aware.

Very very reminiscent of the one that John Orme used to ride here in the East Midlands way back when. The only other one i knew of belonged to an old school mate of mine and sometime Speedway rider Alan Molyneux from Long Eaton. Dont know what happened to either bike though. John Orme had some great results on his

Have heard of 5 speed clusters but nothing on prices yet Charlie. One thing for sure the Bantam, especially the last one in the pics, would be more competitive than the decent "ARIEL" however personally i would prefer the Ariel. My own take on this is that no matter which class they enter the more that are being built wether a "Bantam" or an "Ariel" or anything inbetween then thats a bonus for Classic Trials.

OK so it's only been no stop for the last 3 years. What i was getting at was to read so many earlier posts on TC expounding how support for trials would collapse with hoards of people packing it in because of the return to no stop the facts dont seem to support that point of view especially as the Colmore Cup run to no stop rules, as you point out it has been for the last 3 years, was a sell out with a FULL entry.

Is all this bickering going to actually convince potential new blood to want to take part in the sport of trials ????

Looks like the doom merchants saying pre65 is dead in the water were more than a bit premature then ??

yep James and Cubs are sooooooo last year

Which all goes to prove why it's so important not to be obsessed about the Scottish pre65. There ARE 51 other weekends in the year after all

True but if the majourity of riders were as anti No Stop, as some posters on here would try to make us believe, then how come it is so well supported?

Do you think he's bothered seeing as he rides it most weekends anyway? Why build a bike just for one event a year that you might not get an entry into, unless youire a previous winner, that would be daft wouldnt it?

Did he? Not very good at it is he then?

Bit like Christmas isnt it once a year every year like clockwork. Makes you think perhaps the general perception of the rambling public isnt totally unfounded. Whatever.

err is it a Trial for Novices and Beginners by any chance ? if so Novices and Beginners, neither of which have much experience or skill at riding trials bikes, will be taking part in a Trial that is set to a level that caters for their lack of skill and experience. Hope that helps

Does make me wonder at times too. Strange really as i "feel" European and love the countries and cultures but dont agree with people who i didnt elect, i know you can say that about this country too (cue SNP), dictating what happens in the country i live in. Have you also seen the new M.O.T. rules that come into place this year? They kept that quiet too. At least it wont affect off road trials. Then again looking at insurance costs i am surprised that any 17 year olds can afford insurance on a bike anyway? assuming they have insurance that is?

Poor taste err I Quote "the FU was not against your sorry old ass" Kettle pot black ? Lets just agree to dissagree. You support your friends and their points of view and conduct and i'll support mine OK? Lifes too short. I hope you had a good "I bust nuts and bolts on iron on a daily basis(and leak a fair amoun o blood in the process), day. cheers

thought it was just temper tantrums when told NO ! LOL

Hi Yep dead easy on a Bultaco. On the front downtube the lighting wire is connected to the choc block. Just connect the wire to the light switch to that et voila lights.

I do but nobodys buying anything at the moment so i'm skint very skint.