I don't know if it's of any interest, but I have a custom made bike rack for sale which has different removable arms to cater for different wheel base lengths for trials and enduro bikes. It's very solid.
If you would like some more details and photo's,please PM me your direct e mail address and I can send you some.
Don't forget the fantastic Inch Perfect Trials at Whitewell in Lancashire(google them) and Rock n Hop at Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire(they're on Facebook). I think it' s Horsforth Club that have their own woods for practice(if not, then its another Leeds based club) and Scarborough club have Low North Park, a large patch of land for members to play on. Bumpy is a good starting point, and not far from the M62 at J27.
Yeah, It is Horsforth & District Motor Club that have Swaine Woods on the ring road at Horsforth.
My son (8) has been learning to ride motorcycles. He's also just recently had his first trials lessons (with me learning too). I'm a lifelong road rider with some experience of dirt riding in Spain, but nothing like trials.
I'm a bit indecisive about whether to buy bikes just yet. On one hand, whilst I think I know what we need, I probably don't, but on the other, we're going for instruction, but then can't practice what we are being taught, which isn't efficient considering the cost of the instruction.
Our lad hasn't ridden clutched before, but I'm confident I can teach him the basics of how a clutch works, without too much trouble. He has decent aptitude for learning things.
We've only had 2 hours of trials instruction each. I'm a heavier rider at about 17 stone. For me, I think a 125 might lack a bit of grunt (having 2 hours experience on one....lol), so was thinking of going for a more widely available 250. A 200 might be ideal for me, but they are hard to find and carry a premium. For my lad, the bike that fits him would be the Beta 80 Junior, but again, hard to find used, it seems.
Do you think we'd be better aiming for more instruction before trying to purchase bikes for ourselves? We do have somewhere to ride, so have that advantage, it's just apparently difficult to find bikes that aren't nearly new from dealers, which are costly. New is out of the question as we will be dropping them a lot.
To cut a long story short, do we dive in, or accrue a few more hours of practice? He's on an OSET for training and I'm keen to get him on a clutched bike, so theres also that aspect.
Lastly, other than ebay and dealers, do legitimate (road regged) bikes often change hands between club members? I suspect I'm probably looking for something like a Beta 250 Factory and an Evo 80 Junior for my lad. It's just hard to find anything for sale that isn't just a year or two old and costing £4k+ for the 250. Was hoping we could do this for about £3k for the 250 and maybe £2k for the 80. Am I unrealistic?
Phew! long first post. Thanks for reading if you got this far. Appreciate any pointers.
Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
There is a Beta 200 for sale on www.ukgser.com
I dont't know if you can view it without being a subscriber.
If not, let me know and I'll see if I can put you two guys together, if it's of any interest ?
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