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They ll be fireworks if this carries on...

Whilst finances may dictate what bike you ride again this is not new to trials, years ago some bikes were always much more expensive than others. Sadly however way you spin the argument it comes down to gaining an advantage, and should this be allowed ???. Twinshock trials are what they say they are nothing more nothing less.... You can still buy twinshock bikes relatively cheaply, yes agreed the more " tricked and exotic " ones come at a price, but thats the same as everything , I.d like a Ferrari with a bike rack but that aint going to happen... You can still do well riding a cheap bike, and spending a fortune or even converting a mono into a twinshock will not propell you up the results if your level of riding cannot take advantage of the better bike. Again as I see it, if nothing officially is done regarding the rules and regs then I feel clubs will have to police it themselves or it may gather momentum.

Also what is interesting too, is that seven out of the top eight riders were ex Essex schoolboys trials club riders, now it would be interesting to dig out a set of those results and see who is still riding more than twenty five years later. Several now back on the bikes they rode all those years ago. Bonsoir

I think you ll find you need deeper pockets than that Woody... That might about cover the engine and a little of something else. I hear one ,might be coming to the Uk next year as well... No names though.....

Great weekend although my thoughts go out to the wife of one of the riders, having just left the road and riding down a wooded path she somehow lost control and fell off. Sadly in doing so she managed to get her hand between the chain and rear wheel sprocket and it had a finger clean off. I arrived no more than a minute after it happened and made the mistake of looking to closely ......... I hope she is OK and they managed to reattach it. I hope all the Brits enjoyed it and had a safe return and look forward to next years event although I hear it may be in two different venues Saturday then Sunday, problems with the ramblers apprently.........

Parked next to that Ossa yesterday at a trial, really not that nice in the flesh, and talking to a more informed person it would appear to be a bit of a bodge........his opinion not mine.. There were certainly better bikes from Spain mainly Bultacos they do like a bit of bling ... On a lighter note nice to ride the same sections as Eddie lejuern and Charles Coutard they may be old but they can still ride, very very well.

Just back from a trial down in deepest France and was really impressed with an Swm out after having a make over. Was interested to learn that the headstock had been moved... swingarm lenthened and exhaust had been breathed over. Was really impressed with the way that it went I was told it was a 1982 280. Are these really an undervalued .., but overllooked alternative in the competative twinshock trials market. Don t know as in many cases, whether the above mods are really worth the hassle and cost and at the end of the day the bike still has to be ridden but I was very impressed with the way it went , I might even be tempted or are they an aquired taste....... Thanks

It seems to me that most people are happy with any twinshock as long as it looks pretty much as it did when it left the factory. Bikes will without doubt be tweaked and modified but if it remains easily indentifiable as a Fantic, Bultaco Majesty, I dont see any problem. Hybrid one off bikes and certainly converted mono shocks do not fit, And for the life of me cannot understand why you would want to ride one knowing the controversy surrounding them as they are clearly being built, sold and ridden to gain an advantage and test the rules or lack of them , on machine eligibility. It will be very interesting how this subject progresses but it can start with the clubs policing it themselves and some hard decisions being made when these bikes turn up at trials.........

Great picture on the front of CDB this week showing what I feel Pre 65 trials is all about, then delve further into this issue and look at the whizzy Pre 65/70 Bantam. Great as it looks and clever as it is........ Should they compete against each other or should it be up against twinshocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY local mate at trials club here in France is really peed off at the rule changes, when he marks out a trial each year he looks for bigger and bigger steps and the sections take longer and longer. This not because they dont enforce the time limit but when one of these young bucks fives it, he wont get out of the section until he has had at least another two goes at it. Modern trick riding is impressive but is it what trials are really about. Here trials are cancelled if we have some rain because they won t modify the sections accordingly and deem it too dangerous . I hope this encourages more bums on seats and I for one may now consider putting the Pre 65 aside and buying a modern bike.

You will never ever ever see any Yamaha involvement again with Scorpa.......... They are currently taking stock of many options with the new CEO off on holiday, reflecting in which direction the factory will take. Apparently nothing has been decided yet and will not for several weeks.

Talking of Roy and Helen Cary do they still reside in poshest Essex or is he living up somewhere else, I was only talking about them and there input to trialing the other day...

Someone is trying very hard to rescue this company, so don t write it off just yet ..............