the artist formerly known as ish

It's a P poor do! when the team manager has his little camera toting spies taking pics of team members having a quick tab behind the bike shed. Do we have a rat in the team, that will squeal boss boss every-time we pass gas, or is one of the team members a double agent????????? and if so which one is it.

His results in the Hurst from the FIM archive 77 - 8th 78 - 3rd 79 - 1st 80 - 2nd, not bad for a lad who taking care of the farm was the first priority.

The 02 was a bit tall in 1st, the 03 and 04 are lower geared. Thanks, I was just wondering if you had geared down the 04.

Also keep in mind your friendly neighborhood customs man may add on his little bit of profit too

The pound is strong against the dollar at the moment, but you can add a tenner for shipping, I was riding creeks with the owner of Apex yesterday as he is entered in the scottish and owns 40 acre of prime riding with some great creek sections, just about twenty five min drive from my house.

I have tried the Irish approach the Rick Oshay, effect!! and found it quite painful to the shins.

It's only 10.15 am here, now to be fair to the rest of the world one should hold the drawing at 1.30 am GMT that should make a few cry

Ha but the idea is to clean em, I rode every single section in first gear in the 02 ssdt on the 125, including the big ups at witches, trotters, and tramway, cleaning tramway, two for the whole group at trotters, and two dabs at witches.

Sherco666, what model year are you trying the 9 tooth sprocket on, I like a low first gear for the stream sections gives old timers like me more time to think where to go next.

See your getting used to wearing a parachute Kinnel, tha will bloody need it top er that step at trotters make sure you have a good plastic water-proof bag for thi tabs, I think you will be getting a little soggy during the week. I think the team manager is just complaining about what brand your smoking, he would prefer you to go low tar Cigarettes whiskey and wild wild sheep. Viva la team woftam

funny post that Eiger, best weapon you can have in the Scottish is a good sense of humor, I think everything you need can be purchased in the parcferme on sat or sun, so depending on how healthy Kinnels wallet is we could end up with a snap-on truck following us round. Rumor has it Kinnel has made the ultimate tool, a metal handled ten pound sledge hammer with a screwdriver welded on one end, no problem carrying it, he also got ten foot of chain so he can drag the bugger behind him.

I didn't have a front tube for the pic, the link splitter was in there because in 97 I broke my chain and didn't have one spent bloody ages running up and down sections asking to borrow one. I take about 6 bottles of air, never used one yet, touch wood. The MSR pac Jak are top notch sweat too much in the rubber stuff. I saw them at a bike shop tody for $89 about 60 quid, think they are well over the ton over there, could be bribed in to bringing one or two over for team woftam, and if all else fails I will nick parts off kinnels bike

Don't be taking the pee lad, it will just have a big bar of cadburys and mi tabs this year, I hear they don't call you sherpa ten kinnel fer nowt

WOW she's a sweety, best one he's had yet, or is she all flash Perce? It's a shame when his dog has to round is girlfriend up

HL, Perce was on the reserve list, did he get in? and if so will we get banned if he is cought having his way with the local livestock during event hours

I think as people drop out they start taking from the reserve list, did you put in an entry Nigel? we don't get any younger you know, and it's no use saying in a few years time "I should have done that" I also think quite a few more will get rides as the deadline for payment draws closer.

Majority of his wins indoor, oudoor over Lampkin and Fuji, seem to be in Spain! funny that

I think this comment just about sums it up rabie, and probably why Octagon are bailing on the outdoor series. If world trials can't sustain correct training of section observers, one per section, and that's in it's 29th year of world championships, the chances don't look good for it ever to be able to. Shame some good comparative numbers on riders, spectators, machine's sold in the first year of WR comp and now can't be found, it did seem like more were about then.

It won a world championship early nineties, Rob Crawford rode em, as you say pulls like a train, strong motor, heavy bike, don't see any about now. Steve Fracy, often posts on this list he rode them and probably could give you more info, he may even have some old tech info on them.

Bet you can Saw you chating with HL on the board last night, and you saying you couldn't believe how much oil you had on you, if the problem was a part that should have been in the carb was in your pocket, how did you get covered in oil I can remeber when I was young and fetteling bikes, with wrong tools and fumbleing my way thru repairs not knowing what I was doing, the dreaded snap Oops " I didn't do owt wrong why did it snap The only difference was I didn't tell any bugger or advertise it, a good cartoonist could make a fortune off a cartoon in a daily paper. GAV " RING RING" rev are you going for a ride! "yes gav let me finnish posting all I know about airbox's on TC. right I will meet you up there! just got to oil the chain OK see you up there. [ 2hrs] later ring ring Hi rev can you put the mains back in without taking the cases off. dunno, fancy go to the youth club

Last year when the FIM changed from stop with penalty to allowing the stop without penalty, the ACU voted to keep the penalty, I don't know if the reason was it was more like the old full no stop rule where only a full no stop ride feet up can get a clean. Or they just got tired of changing rules every year and thought let's stay as is and see what happens. It's a bit like a weather forcast, who knows what it will be tomorrow

Bikespace,The stop wasn't peanalized for the 03 season This is the current rules on the FIM website. Not getting at you but it does prove that training by the FIM would help the job, as rules get changed often. Counting of points in a section. -The counting of points in a section starts at the section begins and finishes at the section ends. -The section's begins and end line will be considered as crossed when the front wheel spindle passes them. -The greatest penalty incurred in a section is the only one to be taken into account for each rider (with exception for the additional penalties). -If there is any question concerning penalties, the rider will always be given the benefit of doubt. -The rider is allowed during the entire Trial to explore the sections by foot. -During this exploration, the rider who is passing the section should not be hindered. Penalties 0 Riding the section without footing or failing. 1 One fault (footing). 2 Two faults . 3 More than two faults. 5 Failure. Additional points +5 The rider must accompany his machine in the corridor. If he recives outside assistance or leaves his machine, he will be penalised by an additional 5 points. From outside the corridor the mechanic may check and adjust the pressure of the tyres. Refusal to leave a section after failure with the established time run out, at the time and place indicated by the official. 20 Missing a section. Fault: -Footing will be deemed to have occurred if any part of the rider's body or the machine (with the exception of the tyres, footrest and the engine protection plate) touches the ground or any other obstacle (tree, rock, etc.). To touch lighty a tree, rock, etc. without stopping the progress of the machine, will not be considered as footing. Failure: -If the rider does not have both hands on the handlebar when he foots, whilst stationary. -If the rider is moving backwards, with or without footing. -Total loss of control of the machine. (The rider dismounts from the machine and he has both feet on the ground, on the same side or behind the machine), or the handlebar of the motorcycle touches the ground. -To cross the section's boundaries .(The machine crosses a boundary with either wheel on the ground, the machine passes the wrong side of a boundary marker, to jump over the section's limit with both wheels.) - To leave the indicated course. (Missing a "gate", to ride over or on a boundary or arrow, to jump over a boundary or arrow with 1 or 2 wheels -both wheels have to pass the gate) -Damaging the markers . (To break a marking tape, to remove a marking tape, pushing or touching lightly the markers (arrow or tape), with the body or the machine is authorised as long as the rules are not broken. -To break, remove or knock down a marker. To break, remove or move a solid boundary (marker, rock, stake, etc.), to break a stake, to tear, break or remove an arrow). -Crossing its own track by doing a complete loop. -Outside assistance . A third party touches the rider or the machine, to push from outside on the tape or remove a natural obstacle, the rider or his mechanic changes the severity of a section. -The mechanic may be allowed by the Observer to be present in the section for security reasons. -Refusing to attempt a section provided the rider has reported to the section official. -Failure to complete a section within the time allowance -The engine of the machine stops whilst the rider is leaning -The engine stops whilst any part of the machine with the exception of the tyres, touches the ground. The twelve commands for the Observer 1 Ask politely the mechanics not to go into the sections, unless to secure the rider’s safety. 2 Always be visible to be recognised as an official 3 Always give a clear signal to the rider to go into the section. 4 After the rider's performance, always indicate clearly the number of points obtained. 5 Don’t be distracted while observing the rider. 6 The observer must take care, to give to all riders the same condition. For example he replaces a broken tape immediately by a new one 7 Don’t judge if a rider is good or bad, sympathetic or not, only the points count. 8 In case of uncertainty. give the rider the benefit of the doubt. 9 Use the whistle clearly and energetically and watch carefully the chronometer 10 It is the section's observer who takes the final decision and communicates it. 11 The section's difficulty should not influence the penalties distribution. 12 Choose carefully your place to observe the passage and check attentively that the tapes are between 10 and 30 cm above the ground. Or click here for the FIM http://www.fim.ch/TRIAL%20CD/VT/index.htm

Gav lad, it doesn't sound very promising they way you are talking, by seal do you mean gasket? In all truth I think you should take it to the bike shop, you may think it's too expensive, but in the long run I bet it will be cheaper.

I thought that hat would be top of your shopping list for the new Grandson lad.

Consistency Just reading rider reports and a topics on todo trial saying some riders got a raw deal on observing calls, which if it was myself or another country man making the statement it would be seen as sour grapes, but when the Spanish themselves are asking what's the deal, then it doesn't look too good. This was a Spanish championship round and the foreign riders to Spain are only there for the training and their results don't count for the championship, is it biased scoring for the home boy? the same gets said both ways for world championship rounds depending on where the round is being held. When it comes to world championship events, 10 two day events 15 sections and 4 section officials per section were looking at 600 different people making calls on how they see a riders score. Myself watching world championship riders notice they cope with the lenient or strict judging well! providing it's consistent for all, any variation by one judge in the same section, is what really hisses them off most and leads to problems. For a world championship title, I think at least one person per section should be the main call judge a official FIM judge, a person trained and licensed by the FIM as a head section observer, and no country can field more than x amount of these people at their home event, say 75% or 10 sections must be headed by an official from another country. I think once the riders started getting used to less people per year making the calls they would be happier with results and a fairer more creditable championship would come of it. At this time I think there a stricter guidelines for how the parking and bathrooms are than how the event is scored. A video, book, or comic strip given to 600 people to make their own interpretation on how something should be called is not a narrow enough target, when an FIM official should be teaching and licensing people on the FIM official interpretation of the rules. Will it happen!! not untill every venue has heated restrooms with wool carpet's, but it's a thought.