matt

Your thoughts on the best video of toni bou in action available on the net along with a shortcut to the video! Heres Mine: BOU Matt

Haven stocks the gear dibs used before the move to TRW, and the gear Brown used before the jitsie deal. Think you mean the green and red on&off. (also has the black and red TTT gear) For Contact details visit: HAVEN TRIALSPORT The material used is thicker then any Hebo gear! And cheaper! Ive still got ON&OFF gear 4 years old still fine? matt

some does....some doesnt generally the bottle with the strawberry on it does. both the same colour though.

Putoline is blue

ON & OFF boots come further up the calf then any other boot...not that it makes much difference does it?? Importer is HAVEN TRIALSPORT Tel:01469532600

So surely the more forums there are the easier people will find it to post comments in the correct place?

Totally agree!!

looks like a copy. should there not be a 17mm gold bolt holding the float bowl on?

there shouldnt be anything wrong with your steel plates just make sure they arent bent. ive put mine on a peice of glass to make sure they arent bent before. should work just replacing your friction plates

Another propblem you will face if you want to attract a top entry is scheduling. the shedule of trials at national level including BTC, Novogar rounds, SSDT,Scott,IOM 2 day,Lakes 2 day other nationals like colonial, peak trial, bemrose etc it doesnt leave many free weekends. the prize money will alomst be irrelevant if it clashes with any of the big events, and usually club events have to clash with these events because there is so many of them. you might just end up with some kid who has been riding your trials before, still winning and turning up on a new bike every 6 months?

There is one called Moto racer 3. its not great but it is the best there is im aware of. its for the pc

like 99% of riders do......i can guarantee you 100% of the riders at BTC level would have questioned it as i did!

I can guarantee it is nothing to do with that! The reason there is no observers is due to the lack of youth competitiors entering. it seems to be generally middle aged men turning up alone for a ride. not bringing anyone with them.(and rightly so) if we had more youth riders mums and dads(the taxi drivers) will often take an observors board. i dont understand what you mean (and rightly so) i am assuming you mean WHY SHOULD RIDERS BRING A OBSERVER if riders dont bring observers !! who is going to do this part of the trial ? maybe you need to find out why the youth entry has dried up and find away of getting them back into trials or maybe get them back to riding in your club trials. this works both ways i agree. i always take an observer to local club trial to help out and so do others. but if someone wants a day out on the bike while the better half goes shopping then why shouldnt he? usually find the same observers week in week out.

I can understand were you are coming from in that respect yes there are some observers who think they are GOD !!!! i always believe that if i have made a mistake or there is a possiblity i have made a mistake i would always give the rider the benefit of doubt. but not all will do this. I lost a trial by 2 marks when i looked at the results i had been scored a 5 on a section which i know i had cleaned but unfortunately the observer said he was correct. Annoying isnt it! your right some observers get off on what power they have and what affect they as individuals can have on a result. i agree the rider gets the benefit of the doubt! thats how it should be. last weeks BTC at skyrakes...i clearly had 2 solid dabs on a section and the observer went to punch 3, i stopped him and said where have you got 3 from? as ususal he said there, there and there. i questioned some more and he began to back track but instead of admitting the error he said you dragged your foot down there anyway so its still 3. some might think oh its only 1 mark...at BTC thats cost me 3 places before. (luckily, or not...my riding was dreadfull and would have made no difference anyway).

I can guarantee it is nothing to do with that! The reason there is no observers is due to the lack of youth competitiors entering. it seems to be generally middle aged men turning up alone for a ride. not bringing anyone with them.(and rightly so) if we had more youth riders mums and dads(the taxi drivers) will often take an observors board.

under the same set off rules you have just quoted from : Failure: when the rider intentionally moves either wheel to the side without maintaining forward motion. this rule clearly doesnt apply to the world championship nor the british championship so how can the balancing on the sump be accurate info if quoted from these rules. the question was asked specifically about these types of trials?

you would get some serious abouse from me if u deemed that a 5 and then when questioned you gave the reply....my decision is final!! an observer especially in your situation whereby you dont actually no the rules should be open minded. if several people are telling you the rules and you stick to the 'my decision is final attitude' then hows that fair. most trials at a decent level can be won and lost over a couple of marks and obsevers need to be aware of that! if an observor is unsure why not ask around for other opinions? usually because observors like to think they no it all!!! for the record i think you will find that it would be a 5 as you are not balancing the bike but are sat on the sump!! anybody can start a bike in that situation, but how many riders can do it when they are balancing on rocks ? i for one cannot and yes there is lots of riders who can, hence why the rules of trials were set out this way to make it fair for all abilities. if the observer is unsure of the penalty for a particular incident they should try and ask somebody else, but this isn't always practicle and they have to make a decision at the time. as for the statement that you would give the observer some serious abuse this is why clubs are always struggling to get people to observer in the first instance and if you did this to me i would have no hesitation in refusing to observe you through the section on any following laps of the trial, riders must remember that the observer is doing this because they enjoy the sport and do not expect to be abused. it wouldnt be the 5 i wouldnt be happy with but the attitude of some observors. im right and thats that. ive had observors clearly get my riding number mixed or something and when i asked what score i had on the section in total, which i knew was clean, was told 11!!! i simply asked the question how have you got that its impossible etc.....next min im getting told off for arguing. the section cost me the win!

you would get some serious abouse from me if u deemed that a 5 and then when questioned you gave the reply....my decision is final!! an observer especially in your situation whereby you dont actually no the rules should be open minded. if several people are telling you the rules and you stick to the 'my decision is final attitude' then hows that fair. most trials at a decent level can be won and lost over a couple of marks and obsevers need to be aware of that! if an observor is unsure why not ask around for other opinions? usually because observors like to think they no it all!!!

scenario above: as long as the riders feet do not make contact with the ground between stalling and kicking the bike off again, nor do they remove their hands from the handlebars to aid kicking the bike off then it is still a clean (or a 1 for a stop depending on rules been used). this applies when not sumped out on a rock so why should it change when doing so?

You often find that rounds that contribute towards the Novogar clubman championship offer cash rewards. this is possibly due to the complications of actually getting the awards to the prize winners as they are usually from all over the country and no award presentation is organised after the event. its much easier to post a letter containing a cheque. the lakes 2 day offers

Gawd ,Matt, don't say things like that they'll think it's a challenge of some sort....Whale-tail spoiler anybody? Then let the challenge begin!!

whats the most money someone has spent on a 4rt apart from the works teams? must be a packet.