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Are you hinting that someone may have returned from filming a major stunt in a major film in (insert country of your choice) and has not had time to be online and make a response to things said to him?

My sherco 2.9 is a year 2000 and I believe it still has the original rings. Maybe it is time for a new set.

It was not just you I had a problem earlier this morning. Maybe it was just us.

Have there been reports of somebody really checking out HL's avatar again?

I are a cheap redneck yessir Nope no scrambler, that there is a 1968 Sears Puch 250 2 stroke with 2 pistons and 1 combustion chamber. It's a pretty neat bike. but not running at this time.

Yea thanks, that's why I am stuck with the dang thing and can't get a new one. That water landing was HILARIOUS!!!

I like to wrap the handle bar and the throttle tube with a layer of electral tape, dump a little gas in the grip and swish, swish slide it on. Grips never move after that.

This may be a bit extreme or totally irrelevent, but one of the pinch bolts for my front axle was broke off and seized in when I bought the bike. I tried the easy-out and broke the not-so-easy-out. Total disassembly of offending fork. Took lower fork tube to awesome welder guy. He cut out that section where the bolt was, filled in the chanel that was created when cutting out bolt and stuff. Re drilled and tapped the hole. I have had no problems since, works great. But I don't know if the yokes can be welded as the lower fork tube was. But maybe solution instead of buying a new yoke.

I gonna stick with my glasses, I tried contacts just couldn't get myself to shove something into my eye, and I have seen a video of a Lasek eye surgery. It was right up close to the eyeball I won't get too graphic but eeeeewwwwww a flap is sliced off the cornea and then the laser hits the area under it. The flap is just laid back over no stitching I think it heals back up. I Like glasses.

Nope, can't, my computor skills are exhausted just doing a cut and paste for the quotes in the forum. myself

Clear as mud

Im my best Beavis impersonation: "Fire, fire, he he fire."

Sam, Have you tried starting it with the exhaust off? Not sure if it would run correctly that way or not due to back pressure being wrong but that may help to figure out if exhaust is plugged.

As part of my yearly maintenence I clean and repack the dog bones, shock eyelets, and swing arm bearings. I should probably do the steering head but just too lazy I guess.

T-Ride = ultimate Endurocross bike? Just a random thought that wandered through my mind and got lonely.

I was just sittin' here thinking earlier that it is pretty easy (once the fear is put aside) from a skill point of view to just pin the throttle and fly off the jump into the wild blue yonder. The really skillful part is landing without mangling yourself. We have a gentleman who is an excellent rider that sharpens his foot pegs to a point. This of course keeps his boots on the pegs REAL well. Unfortunately at a section that I was observing he went up a fairly steep hill with a log at the top that was hanging over the edge, nicely undercut. His foot came off the peg and the peg scraped upwards on his shin. The part where his boot was did not have any damage but he got a really nasty cut or two between the boot and his knee, I may be wrong but I believe it required stitches. He is a tough one though didn't say a word at the time and finished the event. My hat's off to him. but of course those super grippy pedals and the sharp pegs are worth it, you just gotta remember how many times it kept your foot on so there was no dab and a lower score!!

I have come to a conclusion......... with my limited time on a MX bike (one time out) and watching many YouTube videos also lots of shows about "amazing things caught on tape". Jumping and tricks are easy (relatively) but that landing has got to be the hardest thing to pull off. oops this was suppose to be in "anything goes" sorry Thanks Andy

Well, if the limelight makes you uncomfortable than by all means avoid it. But Thanks for the site, even for us cheap b@#$!#ds. That's FUNNY! as for the question, sadly yes I have seen an entire restaurant go silent and everbody stare at us. This always seems to happen when me and the missus take our 3 boys out with us to the restaurant. Man, I gotta say kids are a blast.

Why won't I sign up as a Supporter? Call me cheap, lazy, paranoid.........whatever I don't care. I just have no ambition or gumption to do so. What REALLY bothers me is that the Site Supporters get this huge logo under their avatar but the SITE OWNER has just 2 small, little words under his avatar telling us who he is. Remember, this is the guy that gives up spare time, uses vacations to report on trials, deals with scammers and spammers just to bring us this wonderfull site, one would think he should be just a tad flashier. Andy I really enjoy the Belching Barnery avatar, and my four year old sees me on here and tells me "make him burp".

Yep, seen more racing quads and utility quads for that matter. I guess it would take a promoter that was willing to take the risk of holding a single event (Endurocross) to get it started and then make a series. Maybe get RedBull to throw some money at it, they are into sponsoring or advertising at "extreme" sports events. Maybe nobody sees it as a money making venture. That would be ALL the trials bikes in the US plus the few hundred that got sold just before the event to fill the entries.

Well, apparently a "tongue in cheek" comment about agreeing with someone I normally don't agree with is wasted on you. back on topic: Would there be funds available or "thrown around" to pay the "pro" trials riders if the AMA spent more time and money on advertising the sport and generating interest? Or maybe we need the AMA, NATC, USMTA, Sponsors, or some other organization to create a pro series similiar to the schedule/format of Supercross. It may require that the series be indoor events, and really would that be that terrible if it was?

Yep, if I remember correctly Sam you started a similiar thread not long ago. And besides a dead horse can't fight back.

At the risk of going off topic. Yes Lane you do have some good points to be made, and other points I may not see eye to eye with you on. I guess for what I don't agree with is your presentation of the ideas, unfortunately it is difficult to describe or pin down any one item or style. Let's just say that we have a clash of personalities, and that we may still be able to agree on a few things. On topic: If it is called "PRO" then there should be some monatary compensation. Whether it is trials or competative basket weaving it don't matter.

Well, mark this on the calendar I agree with him.

I gotta write that on the calender somebody agreed with me!! I should have been more specific in my original post. Sorry. OK in the club that I ride in we have six separate classes/lines within the same section. Which makes section marking difficult to say the least. So the outside boundaries are marked off with tape and inside is a mess of signs. I will try to use my earlier example. Technically the rider has not left the section and returned but has turned to the right between the trees and then made a wide left to line up straight for the log and then go back through the trees and go over the log. Without crossing their path. Although the intended or correct path would have been the 90 degree left and then over the log. This will probably start some discussion in itself. Agreed that the rules is the rules, and that everyone should be made aware of the rules before competing. Arguing with the observer will get you no where. And a shouting match and physical aggression should be punishable with removal from the event. If a rider is that unhappy about their score they need to see the clerk of the course and then accept the clerks judgement. Which should be in favor of the observer. I like the hop and bop stuff like Barry mentioned, I too would like to be able to ride like that but also can see how some one just getting started would be discouraged by it. And I mentioned OldTrialsFanatic because I knew he would respond and very eloquently.