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Ty250A Vs Ossa Mar

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  • Well back in the mid seventies all the jap bikes were crap compared to spanish bikes. Reality was they just did not make the same stump pulling power that was needed for the style of riding and rules.

  • The OSSA MAR forks are amazingly good for an early 1970s trials bike and the rear end works very well too with the right shocks. Yes I concur with lineaway the standard MAR 250 motor is quite amazing.

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    Teversal always was a horrible bog hole of a place. Knew Pete, Thomas and Nick very well after school and every weekend we all used to ride on the old tip at Sawley firstly on old road bikes then Tria

Baily Tuckers attempt,, notice,,,no kicker,, these kids do some crazy stuff...this is just a local club trial..we try and set them so they get used to national level sections.

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Yes,the way it,s presented by OTF the Yamaha definitely wins!!! I hope Mick will forgive me.

I must add though,very nice Ossa OTF!

I'm getting so old that I look at the Yam photo and worry that she'll hurt her toe (not camel :closedeyes:) when that sidestand touches down?

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I'm I geting so old that I look at the Yam photo and worry that she'll hurt her toe (not camel :closedeyes:) when that sidestand touches down?

I wasnt looking at her feet....

The picture of the Ossa is great. You guys are gettin` old, all I see are tan lines in just the right places! Did someone mention a ty?

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On 1/26/2013 at 10:09 PM, lineaway said:

The picture of the Ossa is great. You guys are gettin` old, all I see are tan lines in just the right places! Did someone mention a ty?

I'm a very safety-conscious person, but I totally missed the big toe/kickstand mishap-waiting-to-happen.

I blame "side-beaver...."

On ‎24‎/‎01‎/‎2013 at 10:55 AM, old trials fanatic said:

midTeversal always was a horrible bog hole of a place. Knew Pete, Thomas and Nick very well after school and every weekend we all used to ride on the old tip at Sawley firstly on old road bikes then Trials bikes which led us into competition eventually. Those first TY A models were a revelation at the time. I couldnt believe what a step forward they were over what we had. However i've always had a soft spot for the MAR possibly as i've known Mick since the late 60's and had Chris Millners old Pennine which even with Micks help never got on with. Way too much of a monster that bike plus with all that fibreglass was BIG. When the MAR came along it was a revelation although i dearly would have loved Micks prototype OSSA which was a dream bike. They are both good bikes and i suppose it boils down to emotion at the end of the day.

Sawley tip, now there's a place I haven't heard of in years. I live in Sawley and learnt to ride bikes on there in the mid 70s

First bike I ever had a go on was a MAR250 a mate paul tivey had, so still have a soft spot for the OSSA.

every Saturday n Sunday all day we would be on there.

come the 6 weeks school hols, it would be 7 days aweek lol

great times, a sad day when it ended up a golf course .

The 2 guys I hung around with most back then was Paul Tivey and Mick Extance

Riding their bikes, OSSA/Bultaco and TY175's back then, is the reason I decided last year to get a twinshock and start doing some trials.

something I should have done back then, but at least I'm doing it now, instead of never. 

 

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