New Guy From Alabama

[Bials]

Hi everyone,

I want to say thanks for letting me join.  I got my first trials bike when I was a teenager.  It was a slightly used 1973 Honda TL125.  I rode that thing on the thousands of acres near my house.  It's long gone, but I am purchasing a Honda TL250 soon.

I ride Honda CRF300L at the moment and enjoy it, but it's time to slow down a little and try the trials thing again.  At 67 years old, I hope I can handle standing for so long on the pegs.  

I don't know how much advice I can give you guys/gals, but I hope you will indulge my many questions.

Thanks,

Wes

[LaVern]

I am 74 yrs old and own a 1975 Suzuki RL250, and a 1975 Honda TL250. I still ride, but not trials, just trails with my grandkids. Standing for extended periods is a problem for me at times, but more of a problem is my balance and reflexes. Last May I fractured my left fibula while riding my son's 1978 Yamaha TY250. It was supposed to be a 6-week recovery time, but for me it ended up a 12-week recovery. I did get out a few times after that and look forward to getting out again this year. I live in Pennsylvania, 6 miles in from Lake Erie and the snow has me working on the bikes instead of riding them. I think you'll be fine coming off of a Honda CRF300L. Have fun.

LaVern 

[feetupfun]

12 hours ago, Bials said:

Hi everyone,

I want to say thanks for letting me join.  I got my first trials bike when I was a teenager.  It was a slightly used 1973 Honda TL125.  I rode that thing on the thousands of acres near my house.  It's long gone, but I am purchasing a Honda TL250 soon.

I ride Honda CRF300L at the moment and enjoy it, but it's time to slow down a little and try the trials thing again.  At 67 years old, I hope I can handle standing for so long on the pegs.  

I don't know how much advice I can give you guys/gals, but I hope you will indulge my many questions.

Thanks,

Wes

Hi Wes. We are the same age and I still ride competition trials. Make sure the bars and pegs layout allow you to ride with comfort standing up. A lot of old trials bikes have relatively high pegs and when they were new, they also had high bars. Modern bars are not as high as the old bars. I find when practicing that I ride for 5 to 10 minutes on trials stuff, then stop riding and sit on the seat to recover. Riding competition can be easier on your body than practicing because you usually have to wait to ride each section, and also on a twinshock you can usually ride between sections sitting down.