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I came across this Youtube clip of Fuji doing a jump in a section. I've watched it a few times and I struggle to believe my eyes. Check it out for yourself

Looks like a nice day. Here's a couple of similar shots I took of The Addict a few years back

This looks like a bit of fun. The entry form is HERE.

Were there a lot who didn't make if this year?

Do you think we would get enough observers? Maybe the army could use it as arctic warfare training :-)

So perhaps it does make sense for the FIM to start thinking about going full non stop? And I suggest that this is not what the manufacturers want to see??? Most of their customers are regular riders who can't ever hope to ride in this way, which defeats the manufacturers very reason for supporting the WTC. Well done to the organisers and all concerned.

Maybe the FIM will go Non Stop for all events anyway and save the ACU from having to make a decision at all. You never know, they might even suggest a standard set of colours for each route so that we really can all ride the same rules!

I believe there was a lot of discussion about this at the SSDT recently. The Midland Centre is considering making all events in the centre fully Non Stop for 2010. Maybe it's time to make all UK trials fully Non Stop once and for all and to hell with the FIM.

No real major changes throughout the nine year development of the SY250. Obvioulsy the later model you can afford, the better it will be; but buy by condition. A mint 2005 will be a better bet than a well thrashed 2008 model. At club level, they take some beating. Higher up the championships they are slightly less competitive, but it depends on what type of competitions you are going to enter. If you are an average club rider, the extra weight will probably not make an 'ounce' of difference and you will appreciate the soft power delivery and reliability. However, that said it is always a good idea to try as many different models as you can, you may find one of the other makes suits you better. Good luck and let us know how you get on. Pete

Do you have the electrics, cdi, carb, airbox etc and access to some steel plate, an angle grinder, a welding machine and a pillar drill? If you do, then it should be possible. If you are thinking of trying to simply bolt an XL engine straight in, then no.

And lets not even start on the flouting of planning laws that 'law abiding' land owners are forced to adhere to!

BJ I don't think the comments were meant to upset any of the hard working volunteers, but surely it is something that could very easliy sorted out? I am not the worlds biggest pre-65 fan but non-the-less would still love to see the results. Pete

The entries are coming in fast now. Plenty of riders on the 'non-championship' easy route, class ten. Check HERE to see who's already entered. Pete

You can really open up a can of worms with this, we've been through this before. The ACU has forced us to use unleaded fuel in motorcycle sport, but just do some research on the effect of unleaded exhaust fumes that have not passed through a catalytic converter. The chemicals used in unleaded are far far worse than the lead they replaced. These chemicals are normally removed from exhaust fumes by the Cat. No Cat means those fumes are still there. Sitting in a queue breathing in fumes is dangerous. Don't think I'm scaremongering, take a look on Google. Unleaded fuel is nasty stuff.

I've put together a clip showing a few failures. Click to take a look.Pete

A lot of people will tell you to be patient and keep feeding the rim tape into it's groves. Other's will tell you to use marine grade sealant. I've been patient, I've used sealant (Silkoflex) and my rear tyre still goes down. There really is a knack for getting it right, some have it, I certainly don't. My rear looses 1psi per 24 hours, through the spoke nipples. I live with it. Good luck

I rode the DTZ400 in the CHG Long Distance Trial on Sunday, we were lucky with the gorgeous weather and the 32 sections on and around the Cotswold Hills were spot on. A big thank you to the CHG team for putting on such a superb event yet again. Here are a few shots of the day and a link to a few youtube videos. Pete

I had that problem with a wireless one. With the bike on a work stand it worked perfectly, start the engine and it acted more like a rev counter.

Here's a drawing (on a picture) of the system that we've been using at club trials for a few years now. The arrows are made of coloured card and stapled to trees/branches/sticks etc. Which colour is for which route is irrelevant, infact we now never use all four as the D route (TY80's etc) gets no riders. So I simply leave one colour out and set out three routes. At the start of each trial I get the riders together and tell them to follow the coloured arrows for their route and completely ignore the others. If anyone goes the wrong way, they've either missed their colour or gone the wrong side of an arrow! It works far better than the red- left/ blue-right squares, the only down side is the number of staples I use setting out 3 (or 4) routes. Ishy's system solves that problem I often send the hard route way up a cliff that no-one else can do. I can still do this with this system as the wires for the 'hard route only' will just have the hard route colour on. No problem, no dramas. "Look for your couloured arrows and ignore the rest." As for coulour blind riders, they will still be better off than before as they will at least be faced with an arrow rather than just sets of coloured squares. Pete

Thas raat tha nos. Them mad TT road racers av it eeesy too, they don't even af't open t gate these days! Soft ahh calls it

For anyone who doesn't have road insurance (or who's insurance does not cover competitions) basic RTA insurance is available for

Ingenious, I like it! I've been campaigning for a standard marking system, I think the idea of pairs of coloured arrows for each route is marvelous.

The Stratford-Upon-Avon Club are running a round of the Sammy Miller classic trials championship on 17th May 2009 starting at Downs Farm near Bourton-on-the-Hill in the Cotswolds. The route of the Union Jack trial has been shortened to just 26 miles this year following comments that a longer route discourages many of the smaller classic machines from entering. With classes for a wide variety of classic machines including sidecars, the trial will still still visit all the favourite groups such as Dovedale, Scarborough Farm, Saintbury Quarry and Weston Wood. There will also be a return to Top Farm for the popular lunch stop mid way through the day. Sidecars will start at the front of the entry, followed by Rigids, Pre-65's, Twin Shock's and bringing up the rar of the field trial bikes. The entry will be limited to the first 120 and the regs are available fromthe Stratford Club Web site HERE The web site will be updated on a daily basis so that riders can see who has entered. Pete Barnett Clerk of the Course.