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Good to see we now have a new forum dedicated the youths. After all we need all we can to promote the stars of tomorro. And also thought I would be the first to put summat on it! Viva Trials Central

I would strongly suggest to anyone who is in the market for a new 125 to try the 06 Beta before rushing out & buying a new Gasser. The 06 bike is vastly different from the last 3 attempts from Beta, which frankly were poor. The new Beta is still very strong on the bottom end, unlike a Gasser, but now revs much cleaner & stronger at the top end. They still don't rev like a Gasser, but unless you are at National or international standard then it won't make a differance to your results. And then there's the build quality issue, Frankly Gassers are made of tissue paper & eggs! So if you are'nt a dab hand with the spanners, don't even go there!

The sections are only as dangerous as the clerk of course makes them! Just because the rules change, does'nt mean the sections have to get any harder, for instance our Brit Champs trial ( Mackenzie ) would not have to be changed at all I don't think, it would probably mean that Jarvis, Dabill etc would drop less marks, but would probably encourage one or two other lads from the Experts to ride the full Championship course, and lets face it, the number of riders riding the Championship course are getting fewer, so I think anything that encourages other riders to ride it is a bonus. If Doug were to express an interest in riding Brit Champs again, then its easy to get sucked into setting a trial out for one man. But this should'nt be so, if he did enter & cleaned the trial then so what, this would just emphasize how good he is! Without de-moralizing the majority of the entry. Another thing regarding the difficulty of world trials, you don't have to go big or dangerous to make a section hard, some of the hardest sections are the nadgery tight ones, the only thing is they are not much of a spectacle to watch. But you can still put big stuff in between, just give them abit of a run up, take Hawkstone, I don't think there was anything particuly dangerous there. It just takes abit of thought from the COC, & not just to put flags around the biggest rock you can find!

Who do you mean by us Scottie? Do you mean all Brit Champs inc youth. If so this would be excellant,as we can then practise & perfect the techniques needed for the Brit & European youth Champs, rather than just practising it hard the week before a european round. At least then their would be some consistency in the rules that our Youths are used to riding under, for instance, Jack may ride a local trial full no-stop one week, a national under old FIM stop for a dab ruling then a European the following week under full FIM rules. Its getting daft, hows he or any other youths meant to progress without any consistency in the rules?

Cheadle, Mansfield Maun, EMRA and Bradford are all National Youth trials, but do not count towards the British Championship. i.e Non Championship rounds. As stated the ACU are trying to rotate the Championship between clubs to freshen the series up. Therefore we won't be going to the same venues year on year & riding the same sections, which I think is a good thing, & keeps the lads interested. The only one I am abit P****d off about is the Bradford trial, as it was one of the best rounds last year, the rest of the trials that are ommitted from this years Championship were all the poorer ones.

In the full British Championship, what will the age limit be for the 125 championship class & likewise in the 125 expert class. Does this mean that the youth class is going to be dropped?

Kenichi, Maybe?

Hi Alan, Don't listen to anyone giving you any grief. We think its great that you have invited Alfredo, it gives the event a more international feel. Also it gives Uk parents etc a chance to see what standard the Spanish youths ride to. It seems to us that you have put a hell of lot of effort into this event, and deserve some credit & not critism. Cya next week & keep up the good work. Regards Team Challoner

Just thought I'd let you know that one of your "so called stars " Jack Challoner, who has already won the B class championship , will definately be there, barring any disasters. We will be treating it as an end of season finale, & hopefully rubber stamping his championship. We are also looking forward to the indoor trial. Any Club that seems to have put this much time & effort into an event deserves the riders & parents support, you are to be commended for your efforts thus far & look forward seeing you in October (Hope the weather is good & sections good & hard). See You all There, all the best, TEAM CHALLONER.

Ave been reading replies to this post with interest. It has said that I am whinging, but that is simply not the case. All I asked was a question, what is the point??? Ok it may be just for one day, but we don't see your local football team or the like changing the rules for a sunday match, 'just to get a reaction'! It just seems that this is de-valuing our sport & turning it into a hobby! At the moment trialing is thriving, with more entries than ever before, my view is if it's not broke don't fix it. The full FIM rules are fine for what they were intended, WTC & Euro Comps & thats it, they have no place in local events. Surely the club remembers the bad old days of hop + bop & 20 minutes in a section, with classic trials like the Scottish & Scott struggling for entries, and nearly being merely history. This is not a whinge I am simply putting across a point of view, because I care about the sport I am part of, & it p****s me off when poeple start messing about with it.

I have just read in TMX that the BFD club are running the anual Boxing Day trial under the WTC rules!!!!!!! What is the point in this, have'nt we got too many different sets of rules already with two. Why introduce another? I am sure the majority of riders would rather have a normal ride round on a Boxing Day full of Turkey & Booze than attempt to wreck themselves & there bikes. It seems to me that this event catering for the minority, and not the majority! The sport is never going to entice more poeple from the Clubmans course onto the hard course with this type of event! Are the club planning on running more events like this? Or is this just a one off? If it is, then again, what is the point???????? P.S. SEE YOU AT POST HILL.

I got mine from sandifords. Very good helmet.

Theres talk of returning to full no-stop! Suppose this would favour the new 4 banger (s). Whadya think?