Evening.

I'm Kevin and new to the forum.

Quite long in the tooth now but enjoy getting out on my KTM on the local lanes around Llangollen.

Having always fancied a trails bike, especially in my youth when funds were too tight, its now or never.

Heart is saying a TY175 or Fantic ( could never afford one when they were new), head says something modern for the reliability?.

There is a pay per day wooded area near me so that would be a good place to start and hopefully try some easy events - twin shock event for newbies could scratch an itch and improve my laning skills to boot?

Whatever I buy, I'm hoping to buy from a fellow enthusiast and not from bay of e etc.

Look forward to your advice.

 

Kev

You can readily ride a twin shock in a normal trial, and generally you can also ride a modern bike in a classic trial (though many clubs have a minimum age for the rider). If you're starting off on the easy route, you'll find it's the same severity on both types of trial.

I think you need to be an old-bike fan to have a twin-shock or pre-65. Otherwise you just find yourself wishing for something better/newer/more modern. I had a twin-shock for a short while because it seemed the sensible thing to do as I was riding mainly classic club's trials. I quickly changed back to a modern.