city trials

Thanks Tom, Now are the weepers can sell their Raga and buy a 4 stroke! Is this the first four stroke in Illinois?

WOW, now that's an exciting indoor trials championship!

Alan, Come on, that's no trials Uni? Patrick's got a couple of uni's and I doubt he would try that one in any real section? If you fall off the one Dean's riding in section one, he might land in section 4? That looks more like something Noel would build, many, many years ago.

I don't know but what-ever they are spatting about seems to be working.

ok, let's get an update?

Nothing wrong with starting early. World Round USA keeps it's site running year round although not with all the G2F fancy stuff. Jake is creative and works hard, very hard, let him reap those Euros! Go Jake, I want to be like you when I grow up.

Andy, you are no fun, come on play along.

Gas-Gas 4 stoke motor

i would like to offer a suggestion. Why not put this information on the home page of this site? If you don't know how or don't have the time, you can send me the information or links and I will post it up with cool easy links and I will do it for free. This offer also stands for the Duluth World Round. The homepage gets far more exposure.

Here is an update on the World Round USA .

Guys, That is my point. I didn't. Cycle USA is monthly publication. The internet is instant. I made comments which everyone in the trials world read in Trials Comp fourms hit right after the event. Just because I wrote something about the event in our forums does not mean this is what I'm going to write for a monthly print motocross magazine. Mr. Alhers assumed I was going to follow the same direction with the print edition as what I was mentioning on a fourm to trials riders. These forums have advantages and disadvantages, such as the Dougie riding the SSDT rumor. It generates converstion or in my case controversy. Mr. Alhers jumped to the conclusion and figured I had wrote a negitive review of his event. How rude and wrong. As I said, our organizers cry for press coverage, but only good press. So I gave them good press and they put in a call the publisher, stopping the coverage? This I cannot answer, Mr. Alhers is the only on who can. Maybe he will explain it to Sarah and she can post the answer here?

Thanks Andy, I posted this for many reason's. Here are three. 1. I took the time to write and submit a story about trials to a Motocross dominated magazine, trying to promote our sport to others. Finding this on the computer brought back the great weekend memories that I wanted to share with others. The leaders of our sport want to get press, but only want the press to read the way they want it read. 2. I was p****d that the story didn't run because a couple people felt I may have written a story bashing the observers and the worlds best female competitor, Ms. Sanz. Mr. Sanz and I have discussed the forum treads that was one of the reasons I would guess caused this story to be censored months ago, he was a man to contact me directly. Mr. Alhers and Mr. Belair choose to kick my ass and discredit me. 3. Even though three other people got press bibs to cover the event for Cycle USA, I was the only one who sent in a story and photos to the publication. Footnote: In hind sight I made one mistake, I was upset that Mr. Belair took such a critical stand at my observations, which I stand behind to this day, I left out the fact the Dougie was sponsored by Montesa. My apology to Mr. Belair, Dougie and everyone at Montesa. And Kinell, how about that prediction, huh? Here is another, when I apply for a press bib for Duluth '05, will I get one, or will I be like the folks who didn't get an entry to the SSDT?

I just got this old computer up and running again, this is the computer I took to Duluth. This is the computer I wrote a world round story on for Cycle USA. This story never ran, nor did any other story about this World Class event in Cycle USA. The organizer made a point to let me know he had a hand in not having this story run in Cycle USA. It's a shame, I thought it wasn't bad. Not one word has been changed. FugiGas loves America FIM Observed Trials World Round June 5th and 6th Duluth, MN. by Craig Gernhardt How did this happen? Seven time and defending World Champion Dougie Lampkin from Great Britain didn't make it to the podium for the first time since May of 2003 in Germany. It's not like he gave up or wasn't trying, because he didn't and he was. Even after a horrendous crash on the second loop, at section three. Dougie splattered himself on a massive, unforgiving, 14 foot sheer rock, much like a bug would hit the windshield of a truck going down the highway. He broke his fork yoke, but his team fixed that. He bruised his leg, that, they couldn't fix. Towards the end of the second loop, it was clear from the expression on Lampkin's face he was sore, tired and hurt, but still managed to finish in fourth place. This happened in the pouring rain and pea soup fog that covered Spirit Mountain on Saturday. The huge winner of the weekend and possibly in line for his first world title is Takahisa Fuginami from Japan, riding a HONDA. Recently married and a child on the way, FugiGas as he is known on the trials circuit is now 10 points ahead of Lampkin in his quest for his first world title. In the process will he stop Lampkins reign of championship's? FugiGas won the 2002 Wagner Cup and did it again this year with his fearless style and ultra quick moves. He also loves America and the American crowds loved his riding style. Third place on both days was a young and talented Spaniard, Gas/Gas mounted Adam Raga, the 2004 Indoor World Champion. He lost second to Lampkin on Sunday having a tie score but less cleans. He isn't known for liking the mud, so on Saturday he was surprised he did so well. Second place on Saturday was another Great Britain and 2004 Scottish Six Day Trials (SSDT) winner Graham Jarvis riding a SHERCO. Jarvis is used to the mud and poor conditions. An event of this magnitude takes a massive amount of work and preparation. The Upper Mid-West Trials Association ( UMTA ), Wisconsin Observed Trials Association ( WOTA ), American Motorcycle Association ( AMA ) and the Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme ( FIM ) all did a great job in staging a World Class event located in the mid west. The Clerk of Course Sarah Claire Alhers, her father Steve and the countless others made North America proud to be apart of World Championship trials, and FugiGas agrees. USGP Trials Saturday Results 1 Fujinami 45 2 Jarvis 49 3 Raga 52 4 Lampkin 53 5 Cabestany 69 6 Freixa 77 7 Bou 78 8 Fajardo 92 9 Blazusiak 93 10 Pascuet 100 11 Connor 104 12 Nozaki 111 13 Morris 120 14 Manzano 122 15 Bruand 129 16 Florin 158 Sunday Results 1 Fujinami 15 2 Lampkin 17; 23 cleans 3 Raga 17; 21 cleans 4 Cabestany 33 5 Bou 35 6 Jarvis 44 7 Freixa 46 8 Fajardo 62 9 Pascuet 64 10 Connor 74 11 Blazusiak 75; 7 cleans 12 Nokaki 75; 6 cleans 13 Manzano 90 14 Morris 103 15 Bruand 108 16 Florin 133

Life is Short. Saviour the great times you guys had riding together. Losing a friend is very hard, yet all the good times and memories will last forever.

More blanks to fill in?

Well Ringo, always stepping up to the plate! This sport needs to have fans following riders like other sports. You could be the Dick Trickle of United States Trials. May I be your minder/public relations director? I could line up for you to do a Shopping Cart Demo at the AM/PM Super-Mart in Rice Lake Wisconsin?

I'm going to have to sit on this one a bit. This is ALL very confusing? Riders moving down from Pro to Expert last year was confusing? Low United States rider entries in our own countries World Event was confusing? No United States National Indoor was confusing? I know two riders who WANT to compete in Duluth and rules have been laid out to not allow them to ride, This is confusing? The AMA/NATC board needs to come up with a new plan, or call it the 14 class Support Nationals.

Here we go... again, it must be off-season?

How correct you are...If I lived with-in 1000 miles of the venue, I would have gone!

The Yahoo Live Remote Sheffield Trials Chat Room was excellent as a back up. The 22 or so of us that used this system had a great time! We knew early on there was a problem and everyone joined together to make the best of it. It was for the mostly free, except for Yahoo commercials. Towards the end of the event, the typing got tough.

Do you Yahoo? Thanks r2w!

Hall of Fame, or "SHAME"?

And Japanese, plus the Montesa 4 stoke thing, but it still doesn't add up? Most real people who live in Minnesota are sitting on a lake, Ice Fishing right now, and the only access to the outside world, is the cooler full of beer, and the ham radio.

I am now lost.

What was the bird doing flying at a truck going 60 mph or whatever km it's equvalant is? Was the truck empty or did it have a full load? Did this meeting between bird and moving truck happen in the day or the night? is Penny Lane related to Perris Hilton? When are those tight pants and one peice suits going to go out of style?