samy

Last year a member of our club kicked over his bike and it must have been in gear or partially in gear. The bike took off into a lantana bush and screamed it's head off while his hand somehow managed to get mangled in the chain/sprocket. He needed surgery but thankfully he's back on his bike this year and guess what? He and a lot of us in the club now run lanyards! I still have the factory push button fitted so i can use either. Get a spare, i turned up at an event and went to start the bike and realised i left the lanyard at home but luckily i had a spare buried in my spare parts bag. As far as riding with it - i've done some events and it's now second nature, i don't even think about it. cheers

Sounds like he's got a great dad! cheers

I'm still loving my 250 Sherco after 2 years with it. With a 9 tooth front sprocket they're a good bike for a beginner. cheers

When doing the double blip obstacles, make sure that on the first blip (when you lift the front wheel) you bend your knees so that on the second blip you can extend/straighten your legs to help jump the bike up. Well, that's the idea...

great pic!

That's a great angle!

I'm about to change the factory tyre on my bike, it's a 2010 model so it's 3+ years old! My tyre is worse than that and i didn't come last in my class last week but i did notice that i struggled more than some other riders in the muddy slippery sections with off camber mossy tree roots so i decided that 3 years is good enough from 1 tyre

I use motorex oil and have found that after only one dry ride the oil does go pale/milky, but not sludgy. It appears that some oils almost change colour the moment you put them in the bike. When my clutch starts to feel very different when cold and the gearbox becomes very notchy it's time to change oil, usually every 2-3 months for me but i only ride 1 trial per month if at all. I tried ATF fluid for a while but that makes gearbox changes terribly difficult and finding neutral impossible. Fresh oil and it's like a new bike. cheers

It's 20 degrees here, middle of winter and i'm rugged up with my jacket and long pants... bbrrrrrrrrrrrr 20 degrees is too cold to go riding

Apart from bolting everything down, I use an 8+ camera CCTV camera system around the house and sheds. I paid about 1300 pounds ($2200au) with discount (i set them up at work) 5 years ago but now you can get the same updated full professional system for less than 600 pounds ($1000au). Get great big dirty cameras that stick out like a sore thumb where people can see them so hopefully they'll move onto an easier target/something else. Cameras have been invaluable for catching thieves who smash and grab so i set up a system at home too cheers

great video!

Nude trials. That's the ticket. Strip away your inhibitions...

I just use a satin black to touch up my 2010 frame, matches in well. cheers

Hey guys & gals, here's some videos i recently posted up. The first is from Sunday out with the boys practicing on the 2012 sherco and ossa on the rocks in beautiful south east queensland, australia The next one is from a competition a fortnight ago in the Gold Coast hinterland. Have a look, i placed the camera in all sorts of positions, particularly in the last half of the video. See if you can spot where i stacked it! cheers

I printed out this and keep one on my shed wall and one in my toolbox: I usually put about 70ml per 5 litres which is closer to 70:1 although there are blokes in my club which say they run 100:1 in their new Sherco's, but i would say that's not enough. Cheers