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Most of his shows were inane and asinine with very little substance or worthwhile plots....................But they usually had some good Eye Candy!

Personally I believe the current "mass produced" frames from GasGas, Sherco, montesa, Beta, Scorpa, and yes even Xispa, and Greeves, are just fine for the average club man rider. Even those that ride Local "Expert" class and Lower classes at Nationals. But there may be a market for lighter, stronger frames in the realm of U.S. Pro class and Expert class Nationals, The top 2 classes of European National Events and of course the World Rounds. But is that enough of a market to justify start up costs, taxes, labor, etc. etc.....? I think I would enjoy a skid plate made from Titanium...........AAHHH the beautiful sparks when skidding across a rock.

OOOOH! a nipple! ain't seen one of those in years. So is it a weekly drawing, how many parts to a Xispa? When someone finally gets that last part it will be just in time for the official release of the Bike.

ALRIGHT NOW YOU HAVE GONE AND MENTIONED THE UNMENTIONABLE ACTOR!!! I am going to straight away to my settings and make it so I never have to see any posts by DGShannon!!! Of all the things he could have posted, he went and put that name on my screen!!!! Yep I am being a twit. Good one DGShannon.

nope 29r not daft just properly paranoid. Too many people want somebody else to take responsibility for the actions that they willingly took. In this case yes it is tragic that a child has died. But look at it this way there are few children that participate in motorsports that do not want to. There has been growing regulations to "protect our children" from motorsports. I.E. certain size motors (cc) for certain ages. irregardless of the physical size of the machine, there are a lot of 12yr old boys too big for a 50cc bike or quad. There is a growing trend to slow or remove off road motorsport (quads and motorcycles) as an option. oddly enough it seems to be socially acceptable for snow mobiles to go wherever they like, even through your yard without permission. These motorized activities are considered to be outside the norm. The norm being team sports, Football, baseball, basketball, etc..... My son had 2 teeth broken playing little league baseball. Should I sue the organization for our dental bill? No we knew going into it there is a possibility of getting hit with the ball. How many high school kids have irreversible knee injuries from football? Make a law or regulation that affects those team sports to the extent of kids not being able to participate and stay way back cuz the crap will really hit the fan.

Alrighty then, first you need to get a couple pints of your favorite adult beverage. Next get out the BFH (for those that prefer to have things typed completely out that would be the BIG ****ING HAMMER) Fit a standard brass drift pin to the offending giggle pin. Now the tricky bit.... Simultaneously hold the spraffle shaft between your big toe and next toe. (extremely important) whilst applying a large amount of force to the drift pin with the BFH (again I shall type this out completely BIG ****ING HAMMER) After repeated attempts and multiple swear words and......... VIOLA!! it is removed. note: two of my words probably got the ****** treatment and that will really cheese somebody off that prefers proper spelling.

I personally don't play Football or much care for it, (Never understood the Quarterback reaching between another guys legs from behind ) I watched the commercials during the Soup eer Bowl, does that count?

TOUCHDOWN!!! Or is it supposed to be Sock her? Be careful she might hit back just as hard as you!!

around here Scorpa is the least seen.

ishy, If you pre-register prior to the deadline for the round of the national that you are riding the entry fee is $75 riders, $40 minders. If you show up on Friday per your scenario and register for the rounds on the following Sat and Sun then the late fees are in effect. Taken from the 2009 NATC rule book in the "Technical Inspection" section. "I. TS-Class: Twin Shock design, Air-Cooled engine, No Hydraulics, Must have Drum brakes" Hope that helps.

OH that is horrible Andy... He got no arms and legs, he can't help how tall he is. OK as the saying goes "I'll get me coat"

I was using sarcasm. it can be argued that all bikes can be traced back as copies to the first bicycle with a motor. Although I do find it amusing that now there is a British manufacturer making a modern trials bike and there are all sorts of comments on how they can make the product better, that having another manufacturer can only be a GOOD thing for the sport and how everyone hopes they can pull it off and have a production bike that is successful. But when Xispa was first mentioned there were a multitude of comments on how another manufacturer will make things financially difficult for the other existing brands and possibly put them out of business, How the bike is total crap, and that the bike will never hold up in a trial. Geez make up your mind, Is another brand of trials bike good for the sport or bad? or does it matter what country the main office is in.

HMMMMMMMMM! Never wear what? And only put the honey on if she says it's ok.

Hey Cope, Maybe we can revive that Sponsorship you mentioned so long ago.

HMMMMM! Sherco started as copy of GasGas Xispa is accused of being a copy of Sherco Greeves has been accused of copying Sherco. So all the "New" bikes are just a copy of GasGas?

Leave it to Cope to come up with a cheaper and easier fix. Yep I would try that first.

Has the engine been ever been rebuilt? I have a 2000 sherco 2.9, when cold it used to start one kick, I just never knew which one, could be the 3rd kick or the 30th. After I changed rings, crank bearings (crank shaft would shake if I hit the handlebars with my hand) and crank seals, at cold it now starts on the 2nd or 3rd kick. sometimes 1st. Or it may not be that extreme could just be the ignition timing is needs checking.

OW! My forks are currently in a many pieced puzzle, hopefully to be resolved before spring. 20F would be an improvement I think we are averaging about 14F for highs right now. Couple weeks ago the lows were -13F

Just had some extras laying around and needed a place to put them.

HMMMM Cope don't wanna rain on your new business venture parade but...........I think I would rather buy that Sherco Economy 2.9 model they got going right now.

Not sure when this was done. Anybody seen this wall attempt?

Congratulations to the Gaz's Gaz let me know if the following comment rings true with you as well. I remember the birth of all my children. Each birth was the most incredible, beautiful and emotional time of my life. They brought my wife and myself closer than ever. The kids were just incredibly angelic. AND at the same time from a strictly spectator viewpoint, it was also the most disgusting thing I have ever witnessed. Enjoy your new daughter, they are only young once. Get used to the smell of dirty nappies and vomit, it don't go away for quite a few years.

Yep what he said and think about this, half of the Sherco Economy bike is 5 yrs newer than my current bike and the other half is 9 yrs newer. But in my current situation still too expensive.

OK here is some "food for thought" (pun intended) If being fat is so bad, evil, contrary to societal values and gonna make you die early..........why are there so many of us (yep I big dude..well round anyway) that ride trials, ride mountain bikes, cut wood, play recreational sports such as volleyball etc..... that have perfect blood pressure, plenty of energy, perfect sugar (not diabetic) and basically told we are healthy in every way except our weight is too high? I am not trying to sound like being 500 lbs is the new norm for weight, I just want to know why if it is so bad why are there so many that are healthy? (except for weight) Admit it there are a lot of riders on here that fall in the overweight category but still ride regularly and have plenty of energy and just well feel good most of the time. I just think the BMI scale may be a bit low for what is normal. This should get somebody somewhere fired up.

Damn straight I beat Anorexia, it was a hard fought battle but I think the donuts, cupcakes and ice cream gave me the edge I needed to really put me on the winning side. Cope, Thanks for the compliment, I sorta went over the Pyramid, rode up it with Biff playing catcher. Took a few tries to get the throttle right and courage right, but I did get on top, put my foot down, slowed my breathing and then gently rolled down the other side. Upon which I decided "Once is good enough"