slapshot 3

Nup, won't change it, still love strokers and am on the look out for a nice Pre 65 project, c15/b40 or a cub (but don't tell anyone yet, Mrs Slapshot will kill me if she catches me even thinking about that this soon!!!!). Apart from that, you always need a bit of innuendo on here as well

Superb

Jake is sitting with all the ticket applications matching names and any other information with TC forum users, weeding out any undesirables or those who've slagged Andy and him off on the forum could be a quiet place Hawkestone...

WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW Just been out to play on the Beta. That thing is amazing , I don't think in all my years I've ever stepped onto a bike that's so easy to ride. Power delivery is so smooth, but when it needs to it comes in hard, grip is superb and the suspension is out of this world. Point it at something, roll open the throttle and it'll climb anything...why didn't I get one of these years ago

Thing I've noticed about TODO TRIAL is it's very Spain Specific, focused on their scene, their riders etc etc. This site is on a global scale of course us xenophobic Brits will shout for our own however I'm with Ishy on this one, Doug and "team Lampkin" are the most popular on the world scene.

Being in the "wrong" bar at British Forces HQ in Rheindahlen, Germany while Engerland were losing in a penalty shootout to Germany, think it was a Euro tournament '96 maybe. I mean, it's not possible for 4 Scots to stay quiet in a room full of 1500 screaming squaddies when the Engerland player missed his penalty and lost the game.....suppose they managed to get a cancellation for an early flight home

Andy.....how come anytime we see your Scoob, it never has semi clad maidens around it??????

Very Good..maybe it should only come in dark blue with a white cross on it....

We're all mighty glad you said that yourself (saved us saying it )

Hiya, Which journalist would that have been then???? I'd love to have kept the Honda and gotten something else but no chance. Still I'll keep hiding the odd tenner and get an RTL some day I don't smoke and don't drink much but I have other expensive hobbies,

He does have some hugely valid points and let's face it he's been there and done that. Maybe changing his tack might get some of the others onboard and we could have another Bernie, Marland Whaley, Curt Comer or the like, however, you can sense the don't step on my toes nonsense already

Well Mr Big John I would have liked to (specially that one the Highland boys had in the parc ferme) however, I work for the government and they don't pay me enough. Thought of bumping off the old man but you know what he's like, my inheritance will be in the pockets of that miserable bu

Thanks for the tips guys, does anyone have a manual(?)as a pdf file??? been told one exists Cheers

....Hawkstone's not too far away, is it......

Another Beta convert, got a 02(by frame number)250 and need some advice in setting it up properly for me, if you guys on here can oblige. (all I know is twinshock 4 strokes so the incompetence level may be high .... )Bike is absolutley immaculate and has been very well looked after, I want to do the same. Simple one first Premix: told 50:1 ratio but Lampkin's site suggests 70:1 what does everyone else use, which is the best oil, I know I need a Semi-Synthetic type but which, PJ1, Silkolene, Ipone, Repsol???? Rear suspension: It's set up for a guy weighing 11st, I'm significantly heavier than that what do I do, is it a simple case of lengthening the spring or shortening it with the two nut type things at the top of the shock or more complicated. Front Suspension: need to change the seals, only minor problem with the beast however worried I make a complete B*****ks of these fancy forks. I've seen the advice on JL's site regarding air gaps (?) however from own knowledge, how much oil goes back in and what weight 5, 10, 15 (?). If I unscrew the bolt on the bottom of the leg to take the slider out is it going to drop lots of bits with it? Do I make them a little stiffer just by changing the weight of the oil (always used 5wt up till now). Like I said thick , I'd rather get these bits right. Are there any other foibles I need to be wary of?? Any help is much appreciated and if anyone has an exploded diagram parts list that would be great as well, Ta Donald

Dear honda boys, thanks for all the help and advice you've given over the last couple of years however I am about to defect to the Beta forum, the lure of something modern got the better of me....hope they are as helpful as you guys ta Slapshot 3

Just to be different, the purple one looks damn good as well

Michael Brown Strange how when taking the pic of young Mr Brown, Andy has managed to get him almost totally out of focus but the young Japanese lovely behind him is clear and sharp...... moral of story: don't even try to take pics of riders when nice girlies hanging around maybe Andy's not so daft

What previous thread are you lot on about anyway... All trials riders, you, me, him and the good guys can all be excellent gardners if we can get the chance to get away with it.

Prepare yourself for abuse, a right royal slagging, loads of good advice, great debates and always a friendly welcome. Welcome back to the feet up game

yeah, they had a test on this bike, well last year version, in one of the Mountain bike mags in the UK, Awesome was the word they used. Looks damned sexy, doesn't it. Cost, typical honda,

she won't let me, it was the Scottish and away in the summer this year, they clash . However, Andy, I am willing to provide some PROPER weather info in the lead up to it if you want. donald

Read this thread a wee while ago and have been getting more pi$$ed off about it since. Night shift and rather philosophical but bear with me. In the last 30 years two landmark events have changed trials and the way the message gets out to us and the wider world about what we do and the kind of people we are or maybe should be. The first was a paper, TMX, 15p in my sweaty mitt running to the local paper shop to get the first issue, I still have it. No more half a page in the MCN but a paper devoted to the off road game. Pages of trials reports & pictures, local stuff, wherever you lived, pictures & cuttings of my old man in the same scrapbook as pics of my trials messiah, his name is Lampkin too and he shouts a lot. Inspirational stuff to a kid. Move on 27 years(roughly)and this thing called Trials Central appears on the Internet thingy. First few months of reading this brought some of that youthful excitment back. World Round scores on the day of the trial, didn't have to wait for TMX. Pictures, stories, your own results, your own pictures if you want. The TC Forum is the best thing that ever happened to our sport, we don't have to wait till a Sunday to talk trials with our mates just switch on the computer. We talk about the state of the sport, we see the up and coming riders punching their way into the world game like never before. It's inspirational stuff again, why, because our kids read this site. My daughter does, why, because she met the guy that makes it happen. What Andy Grieg has done with this site is not just give us something to read while the wife watches Corrie or Deadenders, it has moved the evolution of sport of trials forward by light years. When ever before could we communicate with a rider down the road, or in Canada, America, or even Yorkshire. When have we ever had a truly GLOBAL trials community, that's what this has created. This doesn't come cheap, web space is expensive, servers, domain names, security, Andy coming to your event to take some pics with his aging box brownie isn't cheap when you look at the places he travels to, the coverage of events around the UK are not all Andy I know, but the vast majority of it is. Andy and TC give more back to this sport than we could ever pay for. If Andy is able to help our young riders in any way then I'm quite sure they are more than grateful for any help they can get. If my

What Andy and Bikespace said and Ill take it further. I'm heavily involved in Junior ice hockey, coaching at club, Scottish and GB levels, I'm also club Chairman of the local club. I've watched some of the most talented players around the country lose out on a potential professional career at the last minute because they could not afford a specific game or a specific training weekend or a trip abroad to a tournament. Parents have to dig deep, and like Bikespace said mortgage their souls to get their kids to that kind of level. Could I do more, not really all my budget is taken up with my costs, even coaches don't go free. Could our clubs and associations do more, maybe but don't forget that's already the parents' money that pays for the associations, our licenses and affiliations pay for the centres and ACU. There is no lottery funding because sports like Trials and Ice hockey cannot be 100% inclusive. How many sports do parents have to pay for their kids to represent their Country, bet the Kissballers don't. What it all boils down to is someone who is lucky enough to be noticed, to have the talent and to get the support from a sponsor he or she makes it, others reach a level beyond which they will never progress. A kid Ive coached all the way up to GB level has been offered a scholarship in Canada next year but it'll still cost his parents