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Agreed, Well done TC, better coverage than we'll get anywhere else. Thanks guys dy

Any idea why this site was so dammned difficult to log onto earlier on. It was a nightmare for ages dy

Short time on here but a lot of fun, bye Mr M4RT, you might be missed dy PS au revoir mes ami.........................

Watcha All, reading everything thats been written I can only suggest that the individual styling himself as M4RT can only be God himself. Now ask yourself a searching question do you believe in God. If so then we assume that M4RT exists and has taken a persona similar to that of the messiah on earth. If not maybe he'll go away......... However, M4RT looks suspiciously like a well know shortening of the name Martin................ dy

G4321, 12mm on mine dy

Hi G4321, I'd love a copy of that TLR 250 Manual Been hunting all over the place for one. send it to dy3.northstars@btinternet.com please What a star Regards dy

Hi, Hope you all had a merry christmas...some of us have been working!!! Thought I'd chip in my tuppence worth. In all the years I have ridden bikes back to riding my old mans 325 bulto into a fence(!!!) the TLR is the best thing I have ever ridden. I have never noticed snatchy power at low revs on mine or a light twitchy front end, power just rolls on nicely and off when you want it too. Gearing seems okay for whatever I want it to do. It may have some mods but I don't know what, got it from my old man but he doesn't know of any either. The biggest thing I found as a negative, was as someone else has said, a tendency to stall at very low revs, tick over up quarter of a turn solved that. I've never ridden anything that can grip as well in any conditions, deep muck, slimy rocks everything. It's got enough grunt the way it is to cope with my dynamically challenged frame (fat!)... As to some of the comments on price, it is immaterial whether the prices are extremely high or stupidly low, if some one is willing to pay that price then why argue. Market forces will always dictate but no-ones getting mine even after the missus saw what they were selling for! My only wish with the TLR is that the rider, me, was better and could do it more justice... dy

I love my TLR 250,soft, pliable bit of oomph when needed. I does everything I need from a bike. Only issue I have is the prices of some spares and as said already, some are getting a little bit rare. My engine is about to get stripped to see if I can solve the smoking, hopefully simple like a jammed piston ring which is salvagable other wise it's about

so JRSunt we get the impression that you like it !! It's good that we are getting the first impressions of a stronger rider at this stage maybe if we can get impressions across the whole scale of rider we'll get a real guide to the strengths of the bike. For the completely crap riders view - Mum can I have a new Mont for chrimbo...........................

Please let me know as well, I have a dose of Honda Wheel Rot and will need a new back shortly......busy winter coming up engine rebuild and a new wheel. (note don't let wife read this..... ..) dy

Wallace, Is this an open area for practice or private and personal. I'm desperate to find somewhere decent and not overly far from home. Last time I had a day out was in Ayrshire, not good when you live in Stonehaven!!!! dy

Gorgeous bikes boys, I feel rather ashamed of my scruffy untidy TLR sitting in the shed at home. One question, how much, roughly, to rebuild the wheels, I too have the rot, worry every time I hit something too big too hard dy

Agree with all your postings but would add that I suspect Mont/Honda call em what you will, will have looked at every aspect of a riding season before sticking the beast into the open market, that includes the Scottish. I honestly don't think the there will be many problems with the Mont, they have been solid reliable bikes in the last few years, can you see the factory wanting to change that, I can't. This idea of the lap top to run diagnostics on the bike is Formula 1 fantasy. We don't have them for our everyday run around (I know you can get em in Halfords but is there any point if you can't fix the damn thing) Mind you might be a giggle to see some poor sod push his shiny new Mont off Clunes or Rannoch on a nice damp west highlands day in may dy PS Disclaimer;It's a joke, I Jealously take my hat off to anyone riding the Scottish, I ain't capable

Even my smokey old TLR purrrrrrrrrrrrs. There's a place for both at the minute so until one's banned and there is a demand for whatever the manufacturers want to produce there will be 2s and 4s dy

Many Moons Ago it was called the Aberfeldy Two Day Trial and started from the Cattle Market in the middle of the town. You had to ride along the river to get to the first sections at the Birk's o' Feldy. It was always a superb weekend. My old man rode the first two or three of them, think the first was in '78. Two laps on the Saturday of around a 20 mile loop then a huge run on the Sunday, if memory serves 60-70 miles right out in the wilds of Rannoch. Places like Innerwick, Bridge of Balgie, Invervar ring bells. My dad always talks about the run over Scheihallion on the Sunday. I remember some awesome groups of sections, but bu**ered if I can remember many of their names (anyone remember some of them)and some cracking riders over the first few years, like of John Reynolds, think Nigel Birkett rode one of them. Like the Dan Stewart of the same era they were superb weekends. Too many years ago........ dy

I think that Whiz should be praised for taking the wrath of all trials ladies upon his head. I would suggest he keeps his head well down before one of them removes it for him. A very brave comment, very brave we salute the passing of this brave soul............

Steve, 25 years in the game, IIHF level 2 coach (Canadian NCCP intermediate equivalent), Coach kids at U19, U 16, U 12 years old, Scotland U16 and Chairman of the Aberdeen club, i even get to play now and again. I am also the worlds biggest NHL anorak... Would agree about the Hab in denial though... As to riding bikes been around trials all my life (went to my first Scottish before I was born!!), my dads been riding since he was 15. I come from the south west of scotland and still do most of my riding down at home. I know one or two north east boys but not many, really don't get the chance to get out as much as I'd like cos of work and hockey. Still my smelly old TLR 250 does the job even if i'm not able, don't see much point in footrests my feet seem to be on the ground all the time, still love it though. dy

Hey JTT, At least in Nova Scotia you can get to see the St John's Leafs, surely thats better than the Habs Hockey Joke: ( a little old cos Jaques Martin got fired) Poor old Jaques dies and goes up to heaven, he's met by St Peter at the gates and get the grand tour. Eventually they get to Jaques new pad and it's all decked out in Sens colours so Jaques is impressed. However he notices a house nearby, much bigger, more sumptuous, bigger pool, bikini clad bunny girls and it has a big blue leaf on it. Jaques says to St Peter " Why is Pat Quinn getting a bigger house than me when he gets here" St Peter replies, "That's not Pat Quinns house, GOD lives there" dy

Hey Steve It get's worse my best mate is a Senators fan.......... Closest I get to BC hockey is following a young protege of mine playing for the Okanagon Hockey Academy in Penticton. Vancouver, nah never heard of them but we all know what they say about the girls in the Western Conference....... Go Leafs Go

Missing the NHL on this side of the Pond as well, yup we play hockey in Britain too. We also get Hockey Night in Canada Live during the season on a channel called NASN, It's time god stepped down for Don Cherry. They have started showing us AHL and NCAA games just to keep us interested.....Go Leafs Go..... just have to keep coaching and playing to get my fix