nigel dabster

im pretty sure its head piston and cylinder, thats it. You may need to look at taking weight off it has one.

nothing anywhere, maybe e mail fim.

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The entries in the wtc this coming weekend for france are appalling. Usually one of the most popular rounds there are only 2 enties from france and 3 from the uk in the 125 class which historically was the best supported. The total is 13 entries in this class which usually loses approx 90% by the time it gets to gp class. Trial 2 women is better supported. its time for a rethink Thierry Michaud?

I rode a 225cc kit when it was first done. Excellent bike like a very soft 250 with a little bit of zip, i think ill go back to that soon....

Apologies i checked his palmares and it didnt mention the one win. There are lots of reasons why young lads are not challenging now, im not sure Tarres would or wouldnt have lasted longer now but again its hypothetical, different times different riders. regardless i accept you agreeing he wasnt/is the most professional which was your point?

Somethings not right plug comes out ok

Avoid slow throttle.

2.5 or 3.5 is probably down to fuel in the usa and individual set up neither is right or wrong.

does it have a weight on? Boysen reeds are the best, so changing wont make it better. Is compression good?

It used to be 90 secs that worked most of the time, and avoided some judgement calls.

I would not describe tarres as an animal much more an artist with a type of symbiotic relationship with his bike. Certainly no more professional than dougie, colomer,raga or even going back Don smith sammy or vesty. tarres never won the ssdt, dougie and bou won more titles, and didnt ride competitively into his 40's as doug has, dont think hes done the scott either so im sure youre wrong there. But as illustrated above times change and unless you have a machine to transport jordi here or bou back then Sammy to 2019, Graham Jarvis to not injure his knee the year he couldve done well in the wtc its guess work and hypothesis on your favourite??

I am serious. You are being naive. I understand the process of harder rubber but who gets the tyres, who checks the compounds? Which riders have to have the tyres all in wtc? national championships, club trials? Tyres for the average punter last long enough now, at most nationals you can see lots of new or nearly new tyres too. Nothing really is impossible, certainly impractible (sp?) but id like to know how you would get a worse tyre made, accepted by teams (especially when they got the organiser kicked out last year), let alone tested at events and regulated? Even if the powers that be thought it a good or workable idea and wanted to include it in regs. So impossible yes in the real world, just the same as 2 shocks like you say....

get it then as it was you that said they were increasing

That was then this is now, and when i was going to alot of wtc 10 or so years ago it was exactly the same the ordinary person could not relate to what the top lads could do. You cant turn the clock back on the increased ability of riders post Tarres?

any evidence to support this as im sure the overall figures are down, just look at clubs that no longer exsist etc. Nice to know acu figures that would give us some idea as to the trend?

I think you mis read my example, Bou couldnt do half of what he does even on a bike 20 years old, but a raw novice is probably very little difference, this is what creates the vast gulf in overall performance not primarily the bikes.

It may have seemed unfair but thats from yours and our CURRENT viewpoint not from a no stop starting point. Whatever trials is its always the same, have you never taken a flying dab that barely touches the ground yet someone has a long and deliberate big dab? you just dab 3 times but someone legs from beginning to end and gets the same, miss a marker and its a five, too many examples to go on but if the rules were adhered to rather than showing sympathy we would be better off?

I would say changing tyres is probably impossible. There is really only one manufacturer at wtc level, would they produce tyres a smaller size? who pays for moulds ($$$)? privateers and youths have to buy there own? would everyone have to have them including uk club riders and so on. Unworkable and not the easiest. That would be twin shocks bolted on.

Top riders got better beginners didnt the gap widened.

By the same process you should only allow twinshocks no linkage and drum brakes? Why just tyres? Then you could have 3 ft steps and no risk? im sure its much more section design and the simple difficulty in taking marks off Bou that have caused many problems. However i do think if you analyse the scores that the top 3 loose the odd 1 or 5 or 0, especially bou, there are virtually no sections that he struggles in and when he does as happened in the scottish wtc a few years back on slippery streams he was vulnerable. So Jordi pasquet needs his a*** kicked for not doing his job. Thierry Michaud should say the 3 criteria for no stop rules havent worked and it needs a re think, then we could get to a prestiguos showcase without so much danger.

Who are these riders that will go around the world to ride half the sections? even riders who are capable of riding the top route like matteo graterola doesnt do the top route now.

What facts do you have to say entries are up at grass roots?

surely most of the sections would come down a notch if no stop was enforced?

Agree with what you say but its not so much the bikes but the riders that are much better. Said it before, a raw novice on a twinshock back in the 80's cant do much more than someone in 2019 with a brand new bike, top lads on the otherhand....