Practiced all week over Xmas but unfortunately the trial was cancelled in the end as it was so wet - real shame for the organisers ...... i'll be keeping a watch out for another local easy one and will go for the next one I can.

thanks for all the encouragement !

I had never even been to a trial, let alone ride one- but I've been riding for many years- but MX or enduro bikes until pretty recently.

I went to give one a go- on my OSSA Explorer (trials bike with a full seat and fuel tank).

It was super fun!

The sections were quite similar to trails I ride all the time- but of course when out trail riding I am just trying to Make it and not fall down. I do try to keep feet on the pegs, but that is really because of much better control.

I had no idea of rules or scoring or anything.

But the first section I tired I cleaned it! Not to say I did that on the rest, but felt pretty good, learned a lot about places I need to work on (after 46 years of riding you would think I could do a basic turn).

I need to work on keeping my feet on the pegs rather than taking a dab when I don't really need to. My #1 rule when out trail riding is to not fall down, I need to try a little harder to just keep them on the pegs!

I highly encourage going- everyone was friendly and helpful, I just said I knew nothing! Lots of good tips.

(I did win the class, which was very surprising to me since I didn't think I rode that well!)

Mark

Edited February 19, 201412 yr by lotus54

Cool, glad you enjoyed it..............awesome isnt it? Ive been on bikes for 27 years but only trials for just less than a year. Amazing how difficult it is to do simple things, almost like learning to ride all over again. I love it

You couldn't do any worse than my first trial. Coming out of the very first section up a slight bank my throttle stuck open,Panicked and ended up disappearing into a load of bramble bushes for five minutes. Every one was p****** themselves laughing at me followed by a round of applause for the entertainment value I think. Any way sorted the carb. and removed the thorns from various places and carried on regardless. I still spend more of my time on my a*** than on the bike but I love it. You can only look a fool once then it's expected!!

Nothing scary, just keeping 'in the lines' and not loosing balance.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by lotus54