January 1, 201412 yr Looking forward to seeing more on this and more information about the project. Trials is great in the sense that there is a wide variety of brands becoming available with Ossa and JTG in recent years- look back a while ago and it was only Montesa, Beta & Gas Gas.
January 1, 201412 yr Very exciting , what will dougie ride this year though whilst he's developing the new bike ? Will he ride as a privateer and choose whichever he likes ?
January 1, 201412 yr Author so who is the myterious man that hasnt been named? Nigel Dabster Seriously, I do know, but they obviously don't want it public so it's not my place to say.
January 1, 201412 yr Long shot I know but it could be jordi tarres!? We know he's Broken all ties with jotagas and fancies another crack at it who knows
January 1, 201412 yr Good luck to them,but does it make commercial sense?Trials is a small market with probably too many manufacturers already,you'd have to make a bike as good or better to ride,ensure reliability and cheap enough to affect the established brands,
January 1, 201412 yr If Dougie reads this it would be nice to have the following things for us cheapskate trials riders. A flipable back wheel so you dont have to turn the tyre just disc/ sprocket. Some form of handlebar height adjustment low maintenance airbox/filter Cheap decals Cheap or unbreakable plastics like in the 70's !!!! Factory made sets of frame/fork protectors And lastly some velcro footpegs would top it off for me
January 1, 201412 yr commercial sence? it is a small market,sounds like bloke who wants to make bike has plenty of money.possible a hobby for him?four or two stroke?too many smelly two strokes out there.four stroke will have to compete with best made bike in the world the honda Montesa.
January 1, 201412 yr Wow this is interesting. As a Design Engineer myself, I believe there is some room for innovation with the trials machine (and its not all about designing a new frame ! ) so awaiting with excitement what comes up - Good Luck
January 1, 201412 yr A flipable back wheel so you dont have to turn the tyre just disc/ sprocket. I have never looked at this but is this not already available? If not I fancy having a go at designing a new hub that would have this feature. Seems so logical ? Are there any problems with doing this anyone could mention?
January 1, 201412 yr I have never looked at this but is this not already available? If not I fancy having a go at designing a new hub that would have this feature. Seems so logical ? Are there any problems with doing this anyone could mention? Did Talon not make one?
January 1, 201412 yr Yes Talon made them but remember sprocket bolts require loctite as do disc bolts. Its easier to turn the tyre ! It was an advantage before tubeless tyres however. I would suggest they follow yamahas lead and ignore wtc altogether. Make a 250 that 75% of riders will improve on and make it reliable and it will sell. A modern Ty250 isnt available currently but is desperately required.
January 1, 201412 yr I have never looked at this but is this not already available? If not I fancy having a go at designing a new hub that would have this feature. Seems so logical ? Are there any problems with doing this anyone could mention? no problem with designing one of these, if i was back at work and had NX in front of me I could do this in a few hours.
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