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Has he beaten colley yet this year? Do they drop one score? If so jarvis might win!

Good job M Brown wasn't at the british champs else the winner would be on 95. Sounds a tad too hard?

The drive is actually not as long as it looks, although the misses does moan about the wheelie bin! I have only ever had one bike a year till now. Most of my reliability problems concern sex! The cannister although it doesnt get in the way at all, is the only downside of the shock, which is a fair improvement over stock.

Lets just say it was (as I have always done) from the first batch of 04's.

04/04 with dirt and rear shock reservoir (r2W)

My 03/04

Joel Corry should have some forkskinz which is what you need probably, trial 70 I think in your neck of the woods?

"be prepared to eat your words and a big slice of humblepie soixant nuef". As you are not up on your trials history sammy spent a matter of weeks producing a pre production bike from a basic prototype, not alot of money and went out and won the following years SSDT. Now as the honda was supposed to be ridden this year and was then mysteriously withdrawn all those Superb Japanese trials experienced engineers with unlimited time and cash (I doubt it) haven't as yet come up with the goods. If Dougie says its "soft" thats a pretty good indication to me.......... and thats it I'm not debating this any further.........

There is no substitute for engineering genius, cleverness, inginuety call it what you like. Not directly relating it to anything Sherco were would Issigonnis, lotus, John Cooper have produced brilliant things if money was the only factor. How much time and money did Sammy miller have to build the first Sherpa? If you cannot see that a 320 will be more powerful than a 250 both single cylinder 4 stroke with similar valves then I can't help you. 70ccs the sherco would have to be nearly 30% worse,are you sure Paxau is that bad an engineer, no way!

Oh no, I know you are a fair minded tree hugger. You can be at this years crackpot again if perce doesnt cut down the offending tree beforehand.

If only, it would have saved me alot of money these last few years. Its my brand of bike, but unlike some others I could mention it is not blind faith, simply based on personal experience rather than the anecdotal "facts" of others.

Whatever.......... I don't really want to get into a hypothetical argument about which bike is best, so give the Sherco factory a break and if its crap when it comes out that's probably the time to say so. My guess is the bike will be sound, more powerful than the Honda and available sooner.Any bets?

You're getting there...

Always start with mineral oil I do a full gallon at 32:1.

I guess shanny that the fact there is an engine noise is probably due to the prototype being a prototype and sherco do not have a bottomless pit of money or time for development. Critisise all you want but what Sherco have done since the formation only a few years ago is nothing except worthy of admiration and praise. When was the last trials bike made in Texas? Glass houses and stones?

Well at least we have seen a prototype, and don't forget that this is aprils version. As you well know Marky, I can be as sarcastic as the next twaaat, but after 5 sherco's and not one has shed the mains or needed any cylinder work or anything major really so I can only assume its a phallacy.(Sp?)

It really looks alot better in real life, it really does.

Sounds like its going to have a fair bit more power too, 320 vs. 250?

Sticker kit and spray can and I'm there. Sad thing is I will buy one (if poss) or will it be the 4 stroke?

Think that is Gubain, from france who is leading the Championship with our Alexz Wigg going into the last round. The guy minding for him was riding the 160 in the French 4 day that I mentioned before. If it is a 150 I would be suprised but it sounds very different to a standard 125. Section 3 on the first lap he was suffering a bad misfire and a "mechanic" appeared from the crowd and sorted the problem. Interesting.

When are the next rounds? Poland for the adults and Spain on the 17/18th September, Saturday or sunday for youth and women?

My mate did and he knows nothing about it.

Yep apparently he and Laia spent a day or so on a photo shoot for the factory on the bike, lets just say he doesn't seem like a kid who has seen the wrapped up bike before christmas. Not to say that theres anything wrong with it but for soft I guess its not as "sharpe" as the factory 2 stroke.

Doug said that the production run is for 10th. October so expect the Sherco 320 to be out a good few weeks before that, reinforced by the fact the 290 05 is early this year. Doug also mentioned that the Honda/Montesa that he rode for the publicity shots was the "retail" version and "soft", and that he hoped to get some factory HRC bits before next year.

No thats not her. That Graham Archer is a bit of a plonker really though, especially when he asked chris Pearson if he would be going to the next round in Spain!