grahamjayzee

Anyone seen this? Ebay item number 270349323048 Linky It's nicely done and rather interesting! Graham

Tombo, your skills humble me! The van door crash is a corker though! Graham

Lineaway, my old 260 Zero used to do that. I'm sure it did it for revenge! Stkman, that's a classic comedy crash! A few years ago me and me mates were lucky enough to have access to acres of land that was being mined for gravel. There were many useable areas, but equally, there were acres of barren land to be crossed to reach the good stuff. About 4 of us were out including 2 guys who could handle a trials bike but weren't what you'd call trials riders, and the bikes were borrowed. We crossed a big area that had a 10ft high bank around it. Far side of the bank was rough grases down to a stream, near side was freshly dug soil. I was first and shot up the bank, stopped on the top and turned to ride along the top. Behind me there was a very loud scream followed by a revving bike and howls of laughter. One of the 'occasional' riders had followed me up with a very generous handful on my old ratty Beamish and completely cleared the bank. He was face first in a pile of stinging nettles inches from the water in the ditch. He must have travelled 30ft and by all acounts, half of that without any part of him touching the bike! He landed across the bike with the bar poking him in his lower abdomen. He decided to go home and when we saw him in the pub later that evening, being the shy retiring type, he promptly displayed his gentlemen vegetables that were the size of grapefruits and the coloue of aubergines. Combined with a puffy and swollen face from the nettles, he cut quite a dash... Those were the days...

Reminds me of 2 mates out on road bikes. Mate one for no apparent reason, missed the black bit and went straight into a ditch at 50 mph. Mate 2 obviously stopped and in a state of panic considered his options. Now I've never see a first aid manual that gives step 1 as: "Rummage through unconscious mate's pockets to find fags and lighter"... He was OK, by the way...

OK, just for laughs and not wishing to offend anyone who has REALLY hurt themselves, but let's share some daft trials injuries/ accidents. Many years ago I fell over at a standstill trying to push my bike out of a very muddy section after I had fived. I managed to land on the section marker and cracked a rib. This weekend after washing my bike following a trial, I was too lazy to push it into my garage via the side door. Me, being Dougie Lampkin, decided to ride it in. I can attest to Rev3 bars being wider than my garage door. I can also tell you that the brake lever leaves a lovely white indent in your right middle finger. It didn't hurt at the time as my hands were cold and wet from the washing, but half an hour later the current Mrs GrahamJayzee pointed at my huge black finger and screamed. It isn't broken, but I can't get at the change in my right pocket today. Nothing new there then...

Feetupfun, that's very true on both counts! I have long pointed out to my mates that on the clubman route, bike isn't an issue. Clearly, bikes have moved on but I do still stand by my view that since watercooled monos reached us, it's been far more evolution than revolution. Thing is, I could change bikes, but I'm stuck with the pillock behind the bars!

I had a 1992 Zero 260 which I sold in 1997. I've returned to trials now and have a Rev3 and I have to say, I don't think there's THAT much difference! I don't think things have moved on that much in that time; My zero was great on the clubbies route, so is my Rev3! Graham

Welcome! Short answer, yes! My mate (Nicks_TR34) is having a similar problem and watching him yesterday, his weight is too far forward. Get your weight back and try to ride the bike 'from the rear tyre'. Rocking the bars back will certainly help things. Check that the front brake isn't binding though. Any binding will cause understeer. I suspect that the bars being forward is the biggest factor though. Graham

Hi, First I've heard of this unit, but after reading the website, I'm very interested. I like seeing new approaches and this looks to be a genuinely useful idea. I agree about the difficulty in using the rear brake to bring back a runaway wheelie on a steep uphill and also find I can't get a brake pedal position that is ideal so I have total control on the brake with a decent foot position on the peg. I'm interested to hear how you get on with it. Graham

I'm returning after a number of years out and have brought in a couple of newbies with me. I'm not having too much trouble sorting out where to ride, but for both of my mates it is a genuine problem. Now, this will ease for both guys and most of the issue is learning how to only regard the markers relevant to their particular route, but the system would certainly be clearer if there was some standardisation. I understand that for some this will mean changing from a system that works for them, but as in a point made earlier, if you ride for different clubs and regions, every rider will be used to working to many different systems. For the newbies, we want them to get into the sport quickly and not waste learning time getting familiar with which markers to follow. A common system has the disadvantages mentioned above, particularly the inconvenience for clubs who have a large collection of markers, but will make things loads easier. At Cambridge Matchless (as far as I remember) the hard route has white markers with red/ green tops, the clubman route has yellow markers with red/ green tops and the easy route has orange markers. If this changed, it won't upset me, but would be so much easier when I ride in Thames MC trials and it's all the same. Graham

My standards haven't slipped at all; same requirements as when I was younger: A pulse... I am considering dropping my standards a little though: Reasonably warm...

Some God-pesterers once asked 'if I had time to talk about the Lord' to me. They may have got furhter and with less effing and Geoffing if they had not directed the question to my soze 10s poking out from under my car. Seriously...

Gosh, yes. I did overlook that 3rd group. I've gone and done it now, haven't I? That bl00dy Aaron Spelling TV producer guy really GET'S ME TOO!!!!

Sorry about all the typos; it's late and I have imbibed...

It's not much different ot raod rallying. You should find out what is or isn't legal and then take your own stance, but if the cops know about an event, they are generally sympathetic. Some of the barely roadworthy WRC cars limping to service are no way legal, but the spirit of sport often prevails. You take your own viuew, but best do it from a position of knowledge....

Is it only me that has the urge to stick my tongue on cold things in the ice to see if it get's stuck? I don't know why I thought of that then...

Gosh, how a forum thread quickly descends from funny to feisty! It seems that there are 2 people who are easily upset: those upset by poor grammer and those upset by people upset by poor grammer! We're all equally right and wrong, but certainly shouldn't take this seriously; up until a few posts ago, it was light-hearted humour! Graham

I think I'm suffering from a generation gap, but I value good grammer and a broad vocabulary very highly. My daughter recently actually used 'lol' in conversation. How can it be too much effort to actually 'laugh out loud' so you have to abbreviate it?? I informed her that only proper, audible guffawing would be accepted and at no point would she be permitted to roflmao or somesuch... I was asked to leave...

What did he say?

Agreed Big John. BTW, I've never ridden the Scottish, can I still keep my finisher's award?

I have terrible grammer. But then Grandad wasn't much better... I'm here all week....

The scourge of the 21st Century. My friend Phil Darbyshire used to run Tracktime Promotions; one of the largest trackday companies in the UK. Way back, someone tried to sue him when they fell off. He claimed that it wasn't made clear to him that wet grass offers less grip than the black bit and applied his brakes after running off track only to find himself in an earth/sky/earth situation. Phil successfully defended but said at the time (and made it clear at each and every briefing) that if it happened again he would close his doors. Needless to say, some ingrate who cannot accept the responsibility for their own actions looked for someone to pay for the wreckage of his own mistake. Phil again defended and being a man of his word, called it a day. The minority need to be aware that the majority will pay. We have lost a fine company and more will follow for as long as there are people who believe that the world owes them something. Let's all get on with hurting ourselves and accepting it as part of the sport we love! Graham

Good Lord. This is all too much for a gentleman like myself...

HAM2, clearly you are spoilt with bevvies of beauties round your way, but the sight of VBH at a club trial round here would see scores skyrocket as chests puffed out and rushes of blood left brains in short supply! I, for one, would love her to adorn my arm. I could allow her to 'spectate' and suddenly my pitiful scores would be enough...

Andy, Knowing that changes things a little! I was offering the benefit of the doubt as it does no-one any good to lose a good rider from the sport. However it does appear to be increasingly indefensible. I guess people will now treat Mr Alderson how they see fit. What a shame Graham