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Maybe but there would be nothing to purchase to replace it if you sold it. So therefore being worth more monetarily doesn't matter, it will be worth more to keep and ride. Nasty Catch 22. Nope, EU banned Beef so US 100% tariff on motorcycles. If the EU is to follow suit then they will put 100% tariff on porn.

Actually Biff gets along with my boys quite well. He talks computers and video games with the older two and acts totally silly with the youngest. He's a good friend.

OK first off I never understood how an industry can claim to "lose" money that it did not have to begin with. There is no guarantee that the EU would purchase the beef if it was allowed to be imported. The EU already has other sources of beef, they have for the past 20 yrs. Second, how does the US government actually believe it will generate that amount of revenue each year off these tariffs. If bikes cost twice as they do now basically nobody will buy any, therefore none will be imported, therefore no tax money. Just because XXXXX number of people buy new bikes each year now does not mean that number will be the same after the price increase. Third, The US has beef to export, The EU produces their own beef. If the EU does not want our beef they are able to purchase the beef produced in their own countries. The EU has on road and off road bikes to export, the US has........well Harley Davidson and Buell and let's face it those really suck in off-road applications, I am not so sure they work well on the road either. (but that is merely my opinion) Point is if the US basically taxes these motorcycles away than there is no US produced alternative for those bikes. The EU bans US beef but they have an alternative already in their own countries. And this would totally DESTROY the possibility of Observed Trials growing in the US. But this may open a huge market share to Honda........Just call the montesa a Honda like they do in Japan, then it would be a Japanese bike not an EU bike. OOOH and a 4T also that all those Environmentalist ******* like so much.

Depends, What country? What area of said country?

Dad was heavily into riding trials in the 70's and early 80's. He got quite good and rode a few nationals. I started on a TY80 at 6 yrs old in 1979. rode for about 8 yrs or so. Got interested in Skateboards, guitars, and girls (not necessarily in that order) did a STUPID thing and sold my TY175 that I had at the time. Many years pass during which I married a wonderful lady (cuz she puts up with me) had the first 2 of my 3 kids. And felt the tug of trials for a long time. Wife finally got tired of me whining and gave the green light to ride again in about 2000. Kid number 3 has come along, first 2 no interest in bikes, but that's ok they said I can get free tech support with my computer from them , 3rd may be interested so far he likes anything with a motor.

BAH! HUMBUG!! Merry Christmas :star:

Hey Copey I think the term you are searching for is Bidet

If Teflon is non-stick how the hell do they get it to stick to all those metal pans? Never seen powdered teflon but I imagine it should be extremely slick under the throttle tube. Probably works excellent.

What is this "bike cleaning" that every one refers to???? I just blast with power washer, and lube chain. Once a year my air filter gets cleaned whether it needs it or not. Maybe twice if I get real energetic.

I am still using the original "ice cream" scoop style pegs on my 2000 Sherco. file them up a bit to get sharp, as far as mud building up in them stop being lazy and just use a stick to clean them out or flick them up and let the spring snap them down a few times. Mud pops out. Save your money for other bits that break. If your pegs are broke or shot, then yep those titanium ones with no cross bracing look like the ones to go with.

I watched the Time Warp episode of bike trials tonight and thought it was really good. So I went to the Discovery.com/Timewarp posting board and suggested Motorcycle Observed Trials. Link http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/9931905079 Please take a look, post in support if you like. Maybe we can get some more exposure for the sport on television. (Could really use some here in the States)

I am using graphite at the moment. been using for a couple months, seems to do the trick of making it smooth action but does not encourage dirt to stick. So far so good. not sure what I will find out long term.

wetfeet are you in Europe? If so how much of that $93 is going for taxes on fuel?

DOCTOR DOCTOR!!

If the big 3 are still around next year (if you believe all the doom and gloom about their financial situation)

Gee I only see a black box..................................hmmmmm Do you got something else on your screen?? or is that a pic of the "crack"

cman, always enjoy the vids keep em coming.

SWEET!!!!!! Timewarp is one of my boys' favorite shows...That is an awesome show. I bet my 12 year old boys will enjoy the cheerleaders more than the trials bicycles.

you're scaring me Cope if you want to see me smiling from behind!!! I never would have thought you were batting for that team.

I am awfully happy that it takes $40 to fill my truck instead of the $85-$90 it was a few months ago. But enjoy while you can inevitably it will go back up.

Hey Andy, Any possibility of getting a smiley on a trials bike? We got pukey and santa and dunce.....etc.... We need a trials crash maybe?????

The pie chart was interesting. Interesting to see where the money went. I also did not realize the number of volunteers that are involved. Big thanks to all of them. Glad to see entry fee down to $75/round. (Maybe I can convince the wifey to let me go, maybe economy pick up also) Hopefully lower entry and a 10 round series will get more attendance. Twinshock should be an interesting class to watch, there are some excellent riders that toss them old heavy bikes around like a feather.

Thought this was hilarious. Canadian Police Chase Parts of the US could fall into this also.

In my opinion (yep disclaimer I could be wrong........well sometimes I am ) The width of your bars should be such that your Hand, Wrist and Forearm are in a relative straight line. Your elbows should be gently bent when riding. The wider the bars the more your hand points toward center of the bars, the narrower the bars the more your hand points to the outside of the bars. Causing an unnatural side ways bend to the wrist. You need to find something in the middle that suits you. I don't think there is any formula for it. Just take your hand and move it in and out on the bars until you find a comfortable spot. It could be just a small distance of 1/4 inch or even up to 3/4 or so.

AAh so they did not need the duct tape either? congrats on a safe flight!!!