the artist formerly known as ish

whats Jakes sex life got to do with Raga

Don't tell anyone this YD but it's a secret list of the numbers, if the secretary found out I had let you see them he would cut off my supply. Just clicky on the link http://www.trialscentral.com/cms/showartic...p?articleID=733

He's a nick knack paddy whack, leave the lad alone

Last night I was thumbing thru the Castrol book of the SSDT by Tommy Sandham, and noticed around 1970 Eric Kitchen started taking photos of trials. I don't know Eric, nodded to him a time or two at a world round or the SSDT but know nothing about him other than he has been taking photos of trials for around thirty five years, many of his old photos will never be seen by most of the young riders and enthusiasts of today, Like the six photos in sequence that show Mart Lampkin fiving a section on Ben Nevis in 79 that cost him the win, and older lads like myself probably have only seen a fraction of his work. One thing for sure! he has mastered the art of taking pictures of trials. A book of his work over the last 35 years or a web-site sure would be a great historic window of trials past and present.

You can get a bit more life out of them if you pop the seal out with a small pick, I use a dental pick. Wipe the old grease out and put some good quality waterproof stuff in and replace the seal. Do this when you have the wheel off to change the tyre, don't wait until you have play in the wheel it only takes a couple on minutes. Do this with the bearing in the wheel, I took a photo of one I just took out of lads bike, he didn't bother to grease his and paid me to do it. Preventative maintenance is cheaper than paying Ishy to do it

Oops I nearly forgot, English fridge! you may have to take the door off

No Kinell!! wipe the **** of the tyre and put the wheel in the freezer.

I think the only way to gauge riders ability across the US would be the national classes. Although you have 15 classes, in truth you only have four ability lines Pro, expert, expert support, and support. I would class the support class as Advanced and the lower 30% of the support class would be good intermediates but in reality riding over their heads, intermediate sections should be easier than the national support line. If you look at the NATC results you can get a combined support readout http://www.natctrials.org/results/04Rnd1S.pdf looking at how riders from your area compare against others from other areas, should give you some idea of how you would fare in a national event. Novice, intermediate classes I know in this area, but no nationwide information to go on.

More information and some short vid's on the todo trial site.

Takumi Narita consistently scoring world championship points since the early nineties, then Ken'ichi Kuroyama came along, now Fuji takes the world crown. Japan has found it can produce champions and the bikes for them to ride. large population in a small area and the willingness to work hard and focus, I can soon see them dominating the sport.

Have those two come out of the closet yet

I see they have now took up the topic on the todotrial forum, they tend to look at things in a different lite ower there, some interesting points though, Cabby to sherco? Amos and Pons battleing it out on four bangers. Do we have a bit of life getting kicked back into the sport, next year could be the most interesting we have seen in a long while, the trial!! she lives

Thanks Marky, Kinell was a virgin last year and he was well and truely f****d by the end of the week, in fact I think it turned him to a bit of a slutt, because he wants to go back for another bash.

Keep thi knickers on Boyd, Perce said the draw had been done and they will be posted on the Richmond site soon, just keep thi head up and follow that big black line, is Doss and Harry riding ?

It says Raga's contract with GG is up for renewal this year, how would he know how much to ask for if he didn't see what others would offer, GG would want to renew for as little as possible and Raga will want as much as possible. Now if Mont/HRC say some big number and poor old Adam was only getting ten bob a week at t'other place it may just shake the job up a bit. Also have to keep in mind when some of you say he owes the company for all they have invested in him, if he wasn't producing the goods they would be investing the boot up is ass and he would be down the road, it cuts both ways in the real world, how many of you would change employers if the guy down the road offered you a substantial pay increase.

Gas Gas or Montesa, looks like he could be getting a pay raise this year. HRC2002 your theory was proved wrong in 2000, what's the difference.

Hi Ishy, This is a true rumor. Raga is finishing his Gas-Gas contract, and he is speaking with Montesa. The money is very important....but not sure if he will change. Sorry but I can't tell you more. Some people know that they are speaking, including now some newspapers. Obviously your not going to see this on the front page of TC unless it was fact, but it did!! first come to light on TC. Then again I could be wrong, and it could be seen on the front page of trials Central.

All the work Amos has done with the new bike, he would be a great and popular winner in 05 if he could pull it off, but Graham is so steady round the six day, I predict a fourstroke will win the event.

All I can say Ringo, is keep away from that Paris Hilton girl, she'll get you into trouble How's the dingle balls hangin

Interesting point Gizza!! carb with a bit of oil = a bit of smoke, fuel injected ? don't know what sensors they are using, it says in the brochure that the bike self adjusts for altitude, so must be able to detect rich or lean conditions. If I ride at home stock jetting is fine, if I go to Donner I have to drop down to a 105/100 main on the Sherco 2.9. I can just see wonder boy now new Mont full race kit and a hole in his pocket Gav if you get a new Mont, keep it stock, it will have more than 90% of riders will ever need, upgrading to a DL, you need two more things, the ability to ride the bugger and the ability to know how to fix it.

I noticed on a todo trial topic they were still testing a full no stop electronic system on the HRC fourstroke Fuji was riding around this weekend. The fact they are still testing must mean the FIM do have plans to apply the full no stop rule sometime in the future. I also noticed no one could be bothered to attend the ACU open forum where clubs and riders could voice their concerns on rules etc. No doubt when a rule change does come about we will see many crying foul! who the hell thought that one up. The answer will be "we did" where were you ?

Just finished mi last bottle of turps, what yer selling

you'll only end up in

Yama Dude, nothing wrong with you trying to copy what the topic starter did, but if you don't know what you are doing why not practice on your own clean sheet of paper instead of making his work look ****e.

It soon comes round, entries for the 05 SSDT will soon be out and the postman will be delivering the hopes of probably 400 + trials riders to the event secretary. Thinking about this I picked up the 2004 program for the event and noticed the foreword by John Lampkin. Many trials enthusiasts round the world can only dream of riding this great event, but everyone is welcome to join the throngs of spectators on the moors come May. For this then young kid spectating the SSDT " I did not think this could get any better: pushbike, box of stickers and off to watch all the stars, but it did" SCOTTISH 6 DAYS TRIAL 2004 Foreword by John Lampkin. Firstly. it is a real pleasure to be asked to write the foreword for the SSDT program- especially as I am the only Lampkin apart from my Granny not to have won the event. My first memories of the SSDT were when Reg May would come to Silsden and prepare Sid's and Marts Bultacos. I would watch them leave for Scotland - this was no good, this could not carry on, and a plan was needed to get Johnboy to the Scottish. I agreed with my dad that if I saved half he would save half. To help me save he bought me 20 hens. From these I would sell the eggs all year to save up my half, nobody escaped buying my eggs. The following year soon came round and all the finances were in place....Johnboy's off to the Scottish! I had a major problem on my hands - no room for my pushbike in the van. No way , this cannot be happening! how can I go to my first Scottish without my pushbike? They eventually found room for my bike so we traveled up to Edinburgh for the weigh in, all the top riders fettling their bikes. Excited does not come into it. I set off round the start, autograph book ready. My main job was to try and get as many stickers as possible from the various trade people. The day went well - stickers everywhere. I am in paradise! We set off on the Monday to go watch Edramucky, which is a group of sections on the way up to Fort William. I did not think this could get any better: pushbike, box of stickers and off to watch all the stars, but it did. But it did our Mart's Bultaco seized up on the first morning so I could travel with him, lucky or what?! Our Mart did not see it like that - he was not even interested in my sticker collection. funny or what? I watched for about five or six years, missing one year for my exams. Now 25 years later I am considering forgiving my mum for "making" me stop behind to do them. My time soon came around and, with my birthday being in April, it was my second trial on the road. I rode a bultaco sponsored by Colin Appleyard, finished 84th but loved every second of it. There was a bloke called Vesterinen just in front of me and I was told to just keep up with him and time would not be a problem. Poor man - I never left his side apart from on the road when we came across a very tight left hander. Vesty just leant over a bit more and I went straight through the wall, concussed, bent frame but no damage to my stickers so we were off again. In my second year I rode an SWM for Jock Wilson and our Mart. I had a number next to Mart, which I thought was a good do until he loaded my bum bag up with spanners. It was so heavy that if a leant back on the road my bike would go into a wheelie. Everything was going well until the Thursday. Just before the lunch stop Mart turned to me and said: "we are really late - do not try and keep up with me." Stand back and learn, Martin, this is Johnboy, 18 years old. We set off going like hell - he wasn't even sticking his knee out. He had no idea, well until we came across some roadwork's, just like Vesty he did a little swerve and missed it all, I rode flat out off the road into the eight- feet ditch that the JCB was digging, which was full of water. I think in the trade they call that education. I carried on to ride 22 SSDT's and have too many stories to tell. I have loved every one of them in different ways. I will require a knee replacement in the future so it is the end of riding for me. Last year was my final ride in the SSDT - joint leader after the first day and best over - 40. At last I have beaten Steve Saunders at something, even though he is not 40 yet. To the riders: hope the rocks roll your way. To the observers: hope the riders behave in the right way. To the organisers: carry on in the same way. John Lampkin. To me, John, just about sums it up, and he will be up there again no doubt in 05, just where he first started all those years ago wishing he was riding in the SSDT.