I'm confused. When did the United States trials scene become a circus show?

Here it's mid-summer and our pros are out entertaining the crowds like a bunch of half time cheerleaders at a football game.

While other nations young and old riders are competing in competitions, our top pros like Geoff Aaron, Cody Webb, Keith Wineland and Patrick Smage are hanging out in the Supermoto pits gabbing with Doug Henry about a loose throttle cable - while drooling at Michael Jordan's Suzuki in Wisconsin or hopping over police cars in California.

I can see our old washed up champion's of the sport doing these shows like this, that's what they are suppose to do.

But our top pros?

Edited June 6, 200620 yr by City Trials

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c'mon now, you know the answer

Some call it "paying the bills"!

You mean there's money in those things? I guess I should ask MR. Bill where Ty's and mine checks are. I thought we just did it to promote trials and have a little fun. They would be more fun if we had a Cop car to ride over though

Hey Craig ,

Hows' bout coming over Sunday and help us " Promote the Sport " .

Been doing this for a few years now . Just might have enough ($)leftover to pay for your gas !

Actually is a good show , getting bigger all the time . The Museum itself is well worth going through .

http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/

Come on Craig, it's just a stones throw from you.

I need to get over to that area sometime again.

Edited June 6, 200620 yr by Brian R

Craig,

Welcome to AMERICA, where you are aloud to say the stupit sh$t you say, write about what you want and are free to take advantage of free enterprize making money at just about anything you like.

Don't be jeolousy of others just because you can't make any money at what you do, instead start writing about something you actually know about, like gay porn.

Don't see any other way to make a living on a trials bike in the US? Join the circus folk!

Craig is right!

Because the sponsorship pie has been sliced 17 differnt ways at the US championship. Our best riders are not able to perform in center stage anymore, they are reduced to being a sideshow act to keep riding.

On and on and on and on you go.

Get over it!! I'm sick of seeing the same **** scrambled and re posted every day.

dry your ******* eyes, do summat or **** off will ya.

Don't see any other way to make a living on a trials bike in the US?  Join the circus folk!

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For the US of A read anywhere in the World, there's no money to be made in Trials it's a HOBBY!

Some people do these types of shows to promte the sport. If even one of those people who took my phone number and show up to events, it was worth it to me. I would not say there is money to made in small demos like the cop car.

But when you see the faces on people when Cody jumps a 6 foot gap from a spool to the top of the cop car and blowing out the windows on the way. It is worth the time.

I am hoping to do the same thing for the 4th of July Parade in my town. Have a car drive down the parade while I ride over it. Just a little promotion of the sport.

Of course all of my royalty checks help pay for this being a factory works rider. That money just rolls in, dont know how to stop it. Have any of you bought my No Jive Answer Boots.

Just might have enough ($)leftover to pay for your gas !

OKAY , OKAY , OKAY !

I'll throw in a couple of Hot Dogs , chips and a couple of waters . Help me out here , I'm scraping the barrel !

Can we plan on you now ?

so johnny,craigs wife will let him watch gay porn but not let him hang out with you and sendero? must be a so cal thing

The real motorized Circus act is the FMX stuff .Trials shows are a great way to get the sport out to people that would otherwise never know about the sport,escp. since in America it is almost never televised or advertised. We do a commercial on the local club scene,where to got to watch an actual competition ,where to buy a bike ,how great of a family sport it is and on and on. Every time a show concludes someone comes up and wants to know more. Even a guy who does motorcyle license training wanted a demo disc to show his class . All positive feedback and a paycheck top cover travel to the next NATC round ,why is that a bad thing???