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I've had contact from Guy Smeeth, the lone Canadian entry in this year's SSDT who has a little bit of a logistics problem. His flight gets into Glasgow airport around 1pm on Sat 6th May. The next bus won't get him into Fort William until it's too late to do any work on his new, untested bike. I've checked train times and that's the same. Is there anybody passing through Glasgow around 1:30pm on the Saturday heading for the SSDT who could help him out with a lift? If so, please PM me or email me trialscentral AT trialscentral.com

Blatant Spammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! There will be a LIMITED number of Trials Central Polo Shirts available at the SSDT from Highland Leisuresport which you'll find in the Parc Ferme. First come, first served.

Apart from wanting to bump this topic back up to the top of the list, I want to confirm that the "Dougie Lampkin" signature added to the petition today is 100% the man himself. It is not a fake. I can also confirm that Alexz Wigg on the petition is not a fake, nor is Shaun Morris. I hope to add the names of James Dabill and Graham Jarvis as genuine names shortly. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to try and save this key venue, but please - if you've not signed the petition then PLEASE do so - even if you don't think it affects you.

Glad I'm not the only one who mis-reads this every time I look at it

Nothing received. However, the major problem with Japan, apart from the attitude of the people is the location. You're a good two hour drive from Tokyo airport and unless you have an international drivers licence, you can't hire a car so you have to organise transport in advance and it's not cheap - though if there's a few of you that can share cost it works out better. The Honda complex is surrounded by nothing except miles and miles of paddy fields. Once you're there, you're stuck there. The hotel is the most sterile I've ever been in. Rooms are nice, food is okay, attitude of the staff sucks. We were up 3am to fly from Manchester to Paris then a 12 hour flight to Tokyo followed by 2 plus hours on a bus to the hotel. We arrived around 11am local time on God knows what day - we'd lost track by then. They wouldn't let us into our rooms till check-in time (1pm I think) - even though they were empty and ready. They wouldn't even allow us a room to dump our gear and take a shower (and folk think what we do is glamorous and fun...) The officials at the Trial are a nightmare. Jake, Doug, Mart - they all warned me. I thought they were exaggerating and just winding me up, but they were right It's not a place I ever want to go back to. However, if you do go then make the time to visit the Honda museum. That is well worth a visit. My claim to fame, gained on this trip, is that Martin Lampkin called me the "Most annoying **** he'd ever had the misfortune to travel with" after I got excited about getting the hell out of the place and whistled "Leaving On A Jet Plane" for the entire two hour journey back to the airport

Craig - where's your press report? This is worth a front pager, surely?!

Just been over and they're a bit quiet. I've re-added the old linky to their forums to take you directly there. No excuses now - get posting!

Now let's see... You told me it was going to snow so us Scooby boys could have some carpark fun - you got that wrong You told me it was going to rain at Kinloch for the Brit round - you got that wrong Who exactly are the amateurs?

I've just put a bit of travel advice up on the front page here after Kinell got himself stuck in Glasgow rush hour traffic last year. I suppose we should be thankful he even found Glasgow

You were Ebaying for Elton John???? :lol: :lol:

I expected to see a couch. Now if the topic title had been "An Ideal Mount For Perce" your theory might have had some value

Just posted Michael's reports on the front page. Well done to the lad - and to Shaughan too.

Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park Sunday April 22, 2007 ELIAS FIGHTS TO SECOND, DANI TAKEN OUT ON LAP ONE A dramatic MotoGP race unfolded in front of a 40,000 crowd here at Istanbul Park with Casey Stoner (Ducati) winning from Toni Elias (Gresini Honda RC212V) with Loris Capirossi (Ducati) third. But a first lap incident took Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) out of the race. Elias started from 10th on the grid after a mediocre qualifying performance, but his race efforts were huge and he willed himself through the field to the podium although he could not catch the runaway Stoner. In sunny conditions with negligible wind, 23 degrees ambient temperature and the track gradually warming up throughout the day to 38 degrees, the conditions were set for a full throttle encounter over 22-laps of this demanding 5.430km track. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) who struggled to reach the flag in tenth at the end, got the holeshot from the lights and led the pack into the tricky off-camber, downhill left that is turn one. His team-mate Colin Edwards was in close pursuit along with Stoner and Capirossi. But there was to be drama on this opening lap. First leader Rossi ran wide on the exit of the high-speed uphill turn 11 slipping down the order to fifth. But behind him into the final three-turn complex, chaos ensued as Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki) clipped Pedrosa

FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship Round 3 of 15 - Sunday April 22nd 2007 Grand Prix of Portugal, Agueda Crowd: 18,000 (weekend figure) Weather: Hot, sunny Saturday - Sunshine, clouds later on, 22 C Sunday - Sunshine, blue skies, 25 C Leuret makes MX2 podium landmark Pascal Leuret gave the CRF250R its first silverware, as well as celebrating his maiden MX2 podium appearance, by taking third position overall at a hot and sunny Agueda circuit scene of the Grand Prix of Portugal; the third round of fifteen in the 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship. The Frenchman, who left the NGS crew last week, posted results of 7th and 3rd and even led the second moto to earn his debut walk on the rostrum. After several years contesting the MX1 category 26 year old Leuret earned his spurs in the frantic pace of the MX2 class that on this occasion was won for the third event in a row by Antonio Cairoli with Briton's Tommy Searle taking second place. The undulating circuit, distinctive for its red soil, absorbed the water well from passing thunderstorms on Friday and pleasant conditions graced Saturday's practice and qualification. The layout was not particularly difficult in technical terms but offered a decent and physically demanding racing course for participants of the MX1 and MX2 classes. Sunshine coated the venue on a hot day of racing. Kevin Strijbos claimed his second career success ahead of Josh Coppins as the duo owned an MX1 moto each, taking second position in the other; the Belgian toasted victory courtesy of his superior speed in Moto2. Honda's best performer was Mike Brown with 6th overall. The American scored 9th and 7th position finishes and again looked sprightly off the start line, even briefly leading the first race until the effects of arm-pump caused him to slip back. The veteran is adapting himself to GP pace and also the intricacies of the CRF450R and getting stronger every round. Team-mate Ken de Dycker had a subdued day that was not helped by a first lap crash in the second moto. The Belgian's best result was 7th in the first race but in truth he did not seem completely comfortable on the quick Portuguese layout. He could take comfort in the fact that the team's tweaks to the suspension set-up meant that he was able to circulate at a higher speed for longer without suffering arm trouble. He was 12th in Moto2 for ninth in the classification. Multitek's James Noble was close to a memorable day. The Briton started the first moto within the top six before dropping back into the lower reaches of the top ten to catch his rhythm. The 26 year old then continued a decent spread of lap-times right up until the flag to capture 5th position and equal his best ever race finish (taken at Namur and Teutschenthal 2005). Sadly his hopes of a first podium were dashed after a collision with Thomas Allier in race two and he also stalled his machine to end the day with 16th earning himself 10th overall. Martin Honda's Antoine Meo is still struggling with an injury to his left knee. The luckless Frenchman needed to have almost one litre of fluid drained from the joint in the days before travelling to Portugal. Meo attempted both motos but his participation was cut short in the first outing when he was hit by De Dycker and had to retire with a broken throttle. The second saw him claim 17th spot and he now lies 21st in the standings. The MX1 standings show that De Dycker holds fifth and Brown is also in the top ten with 9th place. Martin Honda's Ryan Mills qualified for his first ever MX2 World Championship event but finished outside of the points in both motos after mis-timing a jump caused the American to finish the day with raw, bloody hands. Matti Seistola was tenth overall for SRS Racing. In the MX2 standings Cairoli has a mammoth 44 point lead over Christophe Pourcel who crashed out in Moto2. Leuret holds fourth, which is another career best. The fourth round of the 2007 series will take place in two weeks time, the first weekend of May, at the Mantova circuit for the Grand Prix of Italy.. Pascal Leuret: "I am happy, this is my first ever podium and it is good for me but a little strange because I am on my own. I worked hard this week to sort out the bike and also take care of my physical condition. This is the best I could have hoped for. I stopped with the team because of many problems. I know what I want. The 450 is a good stock machine but the 250 needs some more special parts. I was already fifth in the Championship after the first two GPs but I knew I could make better results; the bike was good but not perfect. I wanted another solution and when you are not happy you need to change. Maybe it is not so professional but I have one goal and went my way." Ken de Dycker, CAS Honda: "The first moto was OK. I was in the middle of the pack and looking to come through but Ramon crashed in front of me and I rode into him. I got going again but after three or four laps I hit Meo and we both crashed. My speed was good after that, I am happy because I did not have pain in my arms anymore and the bike was working better in terms of the handling and the suspension now. I had a pretty good start in the second moto but I could not avoid riding into Josh and the bike stopped. I started again and things were OK for the rest of the race but it was not easy to pass because the track was rough and quite dangerous in places." Mike Brown, CAS Honda: "It is getting better. I need to work on my sprints because I am getting the starts and I just need to get those quicker laps made at the beginning. Overall the weekend was better than we have had so far. I got good starts in both motos but in the second I was not going to try and over-ride myself and get arm-pump. I wanted to settle in and go with the other guys." Antoine Meo, Martin Honda: "In the first moto I had a really bad start but came back to 15th then De Dycker really hit me hard and sent me flying. He broke the throttle and also the brake. In the second moto I got another bad start but rode OK to come back to 10th. I wanted to push too much and had some pain with my knee and 17th was the best I could do. My speed was OK today but I will have to drain the knee again now and try to get back into a good condition in time for Italy." Ryan Mills, Martin Honda: "I got a good start in my first moto, around 12th, but because I haven't been riding much I got really big blisters coming into the race and the skin started ripping off in that moto. I kept going as fast as I could. In the second moto I got half way through before I over-jumped one of the jumps and lost grip on the bars, taking more chunks out of my hand. I was 22nd and thought it would be better for me to heal up and come back strong for Mantova." James Noble, Multitek Honda: "The first moto was good. I got a pretty decent start and was around 6th or 7th but slipped off on the step-up. I was down in 9th but got back to 7th and got lucky when two riders crashed in front of me, but I was happy with 5th. In the second moto I had a really good jump out of the gate. Strijbos and Josh were going at it but I managed to move around them. I was hovering around 4th or 5th but then the lad on the Kawasaki took me on the inside and forced me off the track. I came right back on and passed him going up the step-off. He was railing the berm and came across me and hit me mid-air. I crashed pretty hard and bruised the left side of my body. I got the bike started but stalled it three laps later. After that, and being in 23rd position, I went as hard as I could. Obviously I am a bit disappointed but I showed that I can run with them. Things are coming together for me but I just have to get those two moto results now." Results Motocross MX1 Race 1 (20 laps = 30 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Coppins, Joshua / NZL / Yamaha / 39:18.003 2 / Strijbos, Kevin / BEL / Suzuki / 39:29.018 3 / Philippaerts, David / ITA / KTM / 39:32.136 4 / Leok, Tanel / EST / Kawasaki / 39:35.343 5 / Noble, James / GBR / Honda / 39:58.777 6 / Priem, Manuel / BEL / TM / 40:05.161 7 / de Dycker, Ken / BEL / Honda / 40:13.080 8 / Nemeth, Kornel / HUN / Suzuki / 40:18.743 9 / Brown, Mike / USA / Honda / 40:23.025 10 / Pourcel, Sebastien / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:28.099 11 / Ramon, Steve / BEL / Suzuki / 40:31.653 12 / van Daele, Marvin / BEL / Honda / 40:33.314 13 / Barragan, Jonathan / ESP / KTM / 41:01.075 14 / de Reuver, Marc / NED / Yamaha / 41:10.311 15 / Desalle, Clement / BEL / Suzuki / 41:16.516 Fastest Lap: STRIJBOS Kevin in 1:50.759 on lap 3 MX1 Race 2 (20 laps = 30 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Strijbos, Kevin / BEL / Suzuki / 39:43.882 2 / Coppins, Joshua / NZL / Yamaha / 40:03.996 3 / Pourcel, Sebastien / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:16.033 4 / Priem, Manuel / BEL / TM / 40:22.707 5 / Philippaerts, David / ITA / KTM / 40:29.124 6 / Allier, Thomas / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:32.607 7 / Brown, Mike / USA / Honda / 40:36.047 8 / Ramon, Steve / BEL / Suzuki / 40:40.281 9 / Mackenzie, Billy / GBR / Kawasaki / 40:41.468 10 / Nemeth, Kornel / HUN / Suzuki / 40:42.726 11 / van Daele, Marvin / BEL / Honda / 40:47.402 12 / de Dycker, Ken / BEL / Honda / 41:08.251 13 / Leok, Aigar / EST / Yamaha / 41:13.766 14 / Barragan, Jonathan / ESP / KTM / 41:20.312 15 / Renet, Pierre A. / FRA / Honda / 41:22.959 Fastest Lap: COPPINS Joshua in 1:52.018 on lap 3 MX1 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Coppins, J. 144, 2 Strijbos, K. 125, 3 Barragan, J. 89, 4 Ramon, Steve 86, 5 de Dycker, Ken 84, 6 Pourcel, S. 67, 7 Nagl, M. 63, 8 Philippaerts, D. 62, 9 Brown, Mike 62, 10 Priem, Manuel 61, 11 Leok, Tanel 61, 12 Noble, James 61, 13 de Reuver, M. 60, 14 Nemeth, Kornel 51, 15 Mackenzie, B. 46. MX2 Race 1 (20 laps = 30 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Cairoli, Antonio / ITA / Yamaha / 39:42.522 2 / Pourcel, Christophe / FRA / Kawasaki / 39:46.428 3 / Searle, Tommy / GBR / KTM / 40:17.467 4 / Swanepoel, Gareth / RSA / Kawasaki / 40:18.753 5 / Rattray, Tyla / RSA / KTM / 40:19.837 6 / Bonini, Matteo / ITA / Yamaha / 40:20.961 7 / Leuret, Pascal / FRA / Honda / 40:24.697 8 / Boissiere, Anthony / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:26.820 9 / Seistola, Matti / FIN / Honda / 40:38.115 10 / Monni, Manuel / ITA / Yamaha / 40:48.310 11 / Frossard, Steven / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:54.080 12 / Gundersen, Kenneth / NOR / Yamaha / 40:58.018 13 / Nunn, Carl / GBR / Yamaha / 41:00.246 14 / Boog, Xavier / FRA / Yamaha / 41:02.406 15 / Church, Tom / GBR / Kawasaki / 41:03.612 Fastest Lap: POURCEL Christophe in 1:51.572 on lap 4 MX2 Race 2 (20 laps = 30 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Cairoli, Antonio / ITA / Yamaha / 40:28.619 2 / Aubin, Nicolas / FRA / Yamaha / 40:33.796 3 / Leuret, Pascal / FRA / Honda / 40:39.723 4 / Boissiere, Anthony / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:44.339 5 / Gundersen, Kenneth / NOR / Yamaha / 40:49.864 6 / Searle, Tommy / GBR / KTM / 40:57.692 7 / Simpson, Shaun / GBR / Kawasaki / 41:01.260 8 / Swanepoel, Gareth / RSA / Kawasaki / 41:11.038 9 / Frossard, Steven / FRA / Kawasaki / 41:14.526 10 / Bonini, Matteo / ITA / Yamaha / 41:21.043 11 / Seistola, Matti / FIN / Honda / 41:25.802 12 / Boog, Xavier / FRA / Yamaha / 41:28.101 13 / Church, Tom / GBR / Kawasaki / 41:34.719 14 / Nunn, Carl / GBR / Yamaha / 41:39.663 15 / Avis, Wyatt / RSA / KTM / 41:47.047 Fastest Lap: POURCEL Christophe in 1:52.318 on lap 2 MX2 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Cairoli, A. 147, 2 Pourcel, C. 103, 3 Rattray, Tyla 98, 4 Leuret, Pascal 87, 5 Searle, Tommy 79, 6 Gundersen, K. 75, 7 Swanepoel, G. 72, 8 Aubin, Nicolas 69, 9 Seistola, M. 61, 10 Boissiere, A. 57, 11 Eggens, Erik 54, 12 Schiffer, M. 49, 13 Frossard, S. 47, 14 Monni, Manuel 45, 15 Boog, Xavier 41.

Results AMA Barber Motorsports Park Climate: Sunny Temperature: 24 degrees Crowd: 30,000 Double Superbike Podium for Duhamel American Honda's Miguel Duhamel scored a pair of podiums in the second round of the AMA Superbike Championship at the picturesque Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama. Duhamel finished third twice on the undulating bends of the track which is the most scenic on the American calendar and one of the most challenging. With long, looping bends and near constant elevation changes, the track puts a premium on handling and agility. Starting from the second row in the first race, Duhamel quickly joined the battle for third. He lost the position briefly, then took it back with a crafty move over fellow veteran Aaron Yates (Suzuki) on the penultimate lap. Though happy to be on the box, the competitive French-Canadian wanted to be closer to the front, which he was on Sunday. Duhamel battled almost to the end for the second position and took 16 seconds out of his deficit to the winner while finishing third. He stands third in the AMA Superbike Championship after three of 18 rounds. Teammate Jake Zemke had a less successful weekend. Tire problems in both races blunted his early race aggression. Front tire problems dropped him to sixth on Saturday. The solution for Sunday's race fixed the front, but there were other problems with the rear. Suzuki's Mat Mladin won both races, with teammate Ben Spies again second. Miguel Duhamel, 3rd Place, 3rd Place Saturday We came through the field a bit, got through those guys, and I put my head down. All I could do was run for third, but then Aaron (Yates) came back by me. We ran a good pace for us in the 1:25's and 1:26's. There were a few places where I thought I might pass him, but it might be pretty tight. I said, 'I'm just going to take the opportunity when it presents itself.' I thought if I could get him-we were pretty evenly matched-it would be hard for him to get back by me. It worked out. Sunday We got third, but 26 seconds behind yesterday and today, until about eight laps to go before I decided, OK, just couldn't hang with them any more, I was like three seconds or whatever it was to Mat (Mladin), because I was with Ben (Spies). So yeah, that was real good. Learned a lot. We need to do some modifications to the bike, a little different set-up. When the tires get hot, when you're running a harder pace, the bike starts doing little things that we need to be online. But we did improve a lot. Like I called it yesterday; we're going to get better today and we did, so we got a good start. The goal is to win and I think we're on the right track. Jake Zemke, 6th Place, 10th Place Saturday We made some changes in the morning and the thing was quite a bit better, but we had a couple problem areas with the front end. We only had about six laps on the set-up we qualified on. I basically just used up the front tire. The issues we're fighting with the front wore out the tire. Those last five laps, I think I lost a second a lap those last five laps. We changed a lot of the geometry this morning because we were having problems with the bike backing in going into the corner. We actually changed the thing quite drastically in the morning to alleviate those problems. We got one problem fixed with it backing in, but we didn't have time to get it to go around the corner the way I needed it to. Sunday In the race I just didn't seem to have the same grip levels I had this morning. The rear, I just couldn't get off the corners. Then all of a sudden on the right side, every time I'd lean the thing into the corner I'd lose the rear. I almost crashed the thing about ten times in two laps. And I said, alright, I better slow down. I stood up to take a look to make sure all the parts and pieces were there and there was nothing on the tire. I just basically circulated and brought home some points. Actually the bike wasn't that bad. When I was in that group of guys I was just kind of sitting there waiting for themselves to wear themselves out because they were dicing pretty good. And I figured I'll sit back here until they go back into single file and then work my way through them. About that time I started having no grip. Superbike Race One: 1. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 2. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 4. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 5. Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) 6. Jake Zemke (Honda) 7. Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki) 8. Eric Bostrom (Yamaha) 9. Jason Disalvo (Yamaha) 10. James Ellison (Honda) Superbike Race Two: 1. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 2. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 3. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 4. Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) 5. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 6. Eric Bostrom (Yamaha) 7. Jason Disalvo (Yamaha) 8. Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki) 9. Roger Lee Hayden (Kawasaki) 10. Jake Zemke (Honda) Championship Standings: 1. Ben Spies (103) 2. Mat Mladin (95) 3. Miguel Duhamel (90) 4. Tommy Hayden (76) 5. Jake Zemke (75) 6. Aaron Yates (73) 7. Jason DiSalvo (71) 8. James Ellison (63) 9. Eric Bostrom (58) 10. Jamie Hacking (47)

Can some of our older members (or younger members ask their parents) cast their minds back - was Addingham used as a regular practice area/venue prior to 1963? This could be vital to any defence for the continued use of the land.

Normally not until a few weeks beforehand. they go out en masse.

Home Office Advice "You should be on your guard and exercise great caution as violent crime is common throughout Guatemala" "Tourists are targeted by criminals, especially those arriving at the airport" "Armed robbery is becoming more usual in Antigua, Guatemala, and even the main areas of town during daylight hours have seen attacks. You should be on your guard at all times. " "Violent crime is a major problem throughout Guatemala. Serious attacks on tourists, including murder and rape, have taken place. Armed robbery of tourists and muggings can happen anywhere in the country. " "There have been attacks on cars and buses (including tourist buses) during daylight hours on well-used, main roads. These attacks have included the rape of female passengers." "There are 5 to 6 murders a day in Guatemala City and surrounding areas. The majority involve the use of guns." Personally, I'm glad I'm heading to my folks for the weekend. Not much chance of getting shot/mugged in rural Aberdeenshire.

US off-topic has gone as it wasn't being used. The few topics that existed have been merged with the US Forum. I've split the old "Across The Pond" category into dedicated US and Canada forums. You Canucks now have your own dedicated forum - something you should always have had.

Latino lady boys a plenty. You could be missing the trip of a lifetime, Gringo. It's bad form to laugh at your own jokes. T**t

Firstly you can rule out a digital SLR if you want to carry it around a Trial with you. Firstly because they're bulky and secondly because they're still quite expensive! I don't know how old your current camera is, but shutter lag isn't nearly as bad on modern compacts as it used to be. It still exists, but might not be as bad as you're used to. I'm not clued up on the compact camera scene, but always found DPReview to be a good independent site for reviews etc.

I am SO glad I didn't go!

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