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I have seen this 55 year old dutch ex champion who does tricks with his bike, a tlr 250, i am years away of. So it is defenite the rider first......... and then the bike to win something at all. He does all modern tricks with this bike, like hopping, bunny hops etc, which he seems to do effortlessly. Btw i am happy with my GG pro as it is soooo technically advanced makes me feel better Trials is 90% mental

Normally spoken a high compression head is working best at the low-end scale of the revs, as the higher comp makes for higher temps, creating better burning pattern specially at low throttle settings were port-flow is not optimum. So a high comp head in combination with a keihin carb shld give the whole engine more hp's. I wld check the squish height first though, maybe you run a high squish right now and the high comp head wld not change a thing, when you forgot that part.

All you guys proof me wrong Great examples/stories you give me. So it is all up to the rider then. Every bike can be trashed if you won't have a feeling for her. I very much agree on that. It is unbelievable how certain people have absolutely no feeling for a bike, how she sounds etc. When i start up my bike i almost immediately hear if anything is wrong. I then monitor her carefully and when in doubt i start wrenching Sometimes it is just carppy fuel, sometimes it needs airscrew adjustment, but one time it was a bigend corroding. I wish all you guys a healthy engine/bike during yr ssdt for this year. Hopefully one day i can join a ssdt myself. I understand i need some more years trial riding under belt, but i intend working on that.

Yes ham, i agree with you. Bench pressing with light weights, doing big nbr stints, are usefull for our sports.

Seeing the drop offs they do, i feel safe to say they use different suspension. Who knows what they have different to ours? Heavier springs, progressive springs, heavier valving, different pistons rebound and compression etc. When i drop of 3 feet i bottom my suspension.

Aaah some honesty at last But, to come back to the several ssdt bikes. They did open up the engine, didn't they, before they rode an other ssdt?

Oke, i realise i miss the history about all this Will lay low again

This is a thread about training, and Mich Lin gave his ideas about it. Now, you guys, have bashed him etc and you got away with it as the moderator did not do his work. Every thread were Mich Lin is given his opinion is hijacked the same. Can you pls do your vendetta elsewhere, and stop with saying that i do maybe believe his stuff. I can think of myself, and so shld you guys. Pls grow up.

Nice going, Jackman. Keep it up And Biffs, i like yr inventivety. And you won't leave stains of oil drips on the floor, wld you? Nowadays all my practicing is about descending a hillside, and than doing frontwheelies with flicking my rearend to the side, left or right, to negotiate a turn uphill. Sometimes , not often, i succeed without a dab. To get to the next level, i have to improve on that part, as i see all the good rider flicking their rearwheel to one side, after they conquered a log or obstacle. There is no room to just steer it to the next obstacle. It is almost impossible to turn on offcamber sandy hills without the hopping technic. I start to sweat within 1 minute, it is that mental/physical.

Of course you would be with him if your Dutch, he speaks your language twice over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah yr right, what am i talking about But enough about supporting anybody, back to business: trial training. Btw i feel a lot of hostility between the usa members.... Something to do with religion ?

Oke guys, i believe you. And i was not so much as trying to question my pro's gearbox as i was questioning everybodies gearbox So it is depending on one man's love for his bike that will keep it from trashing. And yes yr right, some people just don't have a clue how to look after their bikes. But i won't say that a bike will be getting any better of a ssdt , will they? I think it is safe to say, that you better open up yr engine and do some pre checks, like bearings etc before you attempt a ssdt on a older bike? How many percent is rding the ssdt on a older bike? Oops i just realise that there is a pre 65 class, isn't there?

Is it true that you trash a brand new bike in just one SSDT, or are there trialist who get away with it? Several dutch rider who, in the far past , did the ssdt mentioned this. I can see why it isn't that nice for a trials bike to do 200km for 6 days. Haven seen my Pro's gear box i can state it isn't made for 1200km hard labour.

If it looks like it has been there for awhile, then it won't be any problem. If the flake is fresh, etc, cld be that more chrome will fall apart on that area, causing rings to deflect and eventually get broken.

I am with you Mich Lin, Keep up the good work. I enjoy yr comments, passioned, i love that in a man. Yesterday, i saw the dutch national top guys at work. Wauww these guys are great. They were all accompanied by their minders. But as it was not a important trial event, they were there more out of interest and mental aspect. A lot of these guys are helped(as allways i reckon) by their fathers, who also were trialriders in the past, and/or by a dealer who is most of the times also their sponsor. In Holland it is just a small world but i feel the standard is pretty high, as one of the guys also does WC trials. In general the highest competion is found in Spain and probably in England. Yes, Mich Lin, you are right, europe is the place to be for a serious rider. One need better riders to improve themselves.

Yes, some will read this, but to say believe it all....... Anyway, i like people with a opinion, especially in the country where normally everything is soooo good. Mich Lin wants the american riders to beat Raga...... and to do so, one will have to train hard, with lots of talent. Do you have the talents available? Yes? Than,.. will they train hard with a idea?..... and after that they probably must come to europe to compete with the riders since only then they can become better. Yes, hard competition will make yr riders better...

Mich Lin, can you explain to me what you consider as poor set-up etc. I am very much into bike set-up, but as i lack the years of trials experience maybe you can give some examples. For example, since i come from a enduro bike i thought my rebound was too fast. So i dug into the fork and got myself more damping only to figure out now, that the fast rebound is actually crucial for hopping the frontend.

You really have to open up the whole fork as there is sludge between the shims. This is obstructing the oil flow, damping the fork too much. Just a refill won't do the job, sorry.

Make some good pictures, preferable not with yr mobile phone, and show us the pitting. I had two barrels done and there is no pitting when done proper, but the pictures must give me a good idea about that. The piston with no window won't blow any gaskets or damage the small-end. My bike runs with no window so no sweat there. However when the barrel was designed for a window piston, chances are that you will loose some performance, as the flow will change. Time will tell, maybe you find the performance oke anyway You can ask the shop what they think about it, maybe they have experience with the no window piston and will tell you not to worry about it. Show us the pictures of the barrel ..... fast. I am interrested

Nice bike Miked

Rob, great that you share this with us. At my trialsclub at Apeldoorn, one guy is riding a Tlr. That bike is so smooth on idle, it is just unbelievable. When you can achieve that you are in for a great bike. Looking at the pictures i am enjoying myself very much. Do you need new parts, as the old are beyond help, or is the engine in good condition? Maybe i can see you ride one day.... cheers

I gradually increase the difficult level during my training sessions. I also try to ride as often as possible, even when it is just for 30/45 minutes. Just feeling the bike underneath me , during the week, helps me when i go for a long training session in the weekend. I see a lot of my riding clubsmen just fooling around when they train. I don't think that is wise. You have to have a plan when you practice. That way you are better focused hence you train more intense. The things you do during trainigs depends on yr skill level. When you are like me... you focus on offcamber turns, body position(very important), using the suspension the right way, finding grip, doing small 2ft jap zaps smooth, 3ft roll ups, small drop offs within your fear limit . Try to run/bicycle during the time the weather sucks as stamina helps you always and ever. You hear, i know it all, now i have to do it myself Btw i ride trials for one year now, i am a former soccer player/bicycle/atb racer.

Joe, thanks. It is indeed fun overthere. About the fuel: don't question our fuel as we have the most expensive and best there is directly from the gasstations . We can choose for normall-95ron, super-98ron or diesel I am positive that we are talking unburned oils here. But I'll monitor the engine the next few rides to see if there is a change with different riding styles. With my mx bike i also see no carbon build up even after a year so the synthetics do their work oke in that engine. cheers

No, the pro is not better than the TxT,'s, just different. I even dare to say the Txt is better.... but.... I have seen the inside of a pro engine in close view, and i must say i was thrilled by the look. Very clever engineering. Can you break the engine: no doubt Just revv the hell out of it and ram it tru the gears. No doubt something will break. Sorry, what you say: a beta will break too? The gearbox of the Pro is, i think, the most delicate of all the trial brands. So, i say it is depending on the person behaviour. Do you need the lightest and trickiest bike of the bunch(out of love ), or can you coop with a heavier bike and down to earth engineering.

Aaaaah R2W just beat me with his responce... Now my reply is not funny anymore .... it is easier to tell what is the same between them. It seems that they both use the same exhaust muffler, swingarm, fork, carb, tyres, chain. So that leaves the rest different. Like frame and engine. Haaa, writing it down like this, difference seems meaningless. Ooo almost forgot: did i mention 8 kgs weight difference?

Isn't a new bike cheaper