Andy

I've had contact from Caz. Some logisitical problems at present, but nobody has anything to worry about re not getting their orders. She's going to put a more formal announcement together which I'll put here and front page when I get it.

The police story is true, but it was in Edinburgh. It was all over the papers here at the time.

Giulio has given up the journalism which is great for us as he was, without doubt, the loudest journo in the press room. He is now head of the Italian Federation. We call him Il Duce

Whyaye man. Canny like. Divvent kna why like, but I'm seein' this as yee... Doon the Bigg Market of a Saterday neet pullin the tarts then oot on tha Sherco on a Sunday mornin' like. Canny weekend. Yeez gave us thon Ant and Dec like oota Biker Grurve and thon Cheryl Curl. She's canny like and well fit. Thon Ashley well he durnt deserve her.

Great photos. That's what I like about the British Championship - you can pretty freely choose your shot, go distant or get up close and personal without the crowds and folk getting in the way that make it difficult at a world round. There is always, however, at least one tube that never looks who is shooting behind them

When I got the results from Dave Willoughby tonight and was sat writing the report I was really surprised to see both your lads retired. I know the Scarborough guys very well. I've been down to their Trials and I know the last thing they would have wanted is for people to have travelled to their event and then not be able to take part or to finish. Whatever happened today, I'm certain it caught them unawares.

Absolutely. In my years of going to world rounds I've seen totally blistering heat, rain from light to downright tropical downpours, unbelievable flooding (anybody remember Duluth?!) and even snow. Organisers can never account for the weather, but it's all part and parcel. Every rider had to ride in the same conditions so although the scores might seem high, the playing field was level.

Results now on front page

Couldn't you just lie down and get Bigfoot and Fugly to ride over you?

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Geek joke

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Before Bigfoot comes along and says it... North East UK is Aberdeenshire

One of my favourite ever jokes and what's more, it's clean! A man is in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock and it's half past three in the morning. "I'm not getting out of bed at this time," he thinks, and rolls over. Then, a louder knock follows. "Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife. So he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs. He opens the door and there is man standing at the door. It didn't take the homeowner long to realise the man was drunk. "Hi there," slurs the stranger. "Can you give me a push?" "No, get lost. It's half past three. I was in bed," says the man and slams the door. He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened and she says, "Dave, that wasn't very nice of you. Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up from the babysitter and you had to knock on that man's house to get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get lost?" "But the guy was drunk," says the husband. "It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs our help and it would be the right thing to help him." So the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed and goes downstairs. He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouts, "Hey, do you still want a push?" He hears a voice cry out, "Yeah, please." So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts, "Where are you?" "I'm over here, on the swings."

Little Johnny was off school for a day Next day he comes back and the teacher, thinking Johnny has been skipping school puts on her most stern voice and says "Johnny, why weren't you at school yesterday?" Johnny says "Sorry Miss, but Daddy got burned" The teacher, suddenly realising she might have made a mistake says "Oh, that's terrible. I do hope it wasn't serious" "Well Miss," replies Johnny, "They don't f*** about at the crematorium"

The very same. What really annoys me is the TC users mentioned did all the groundwork, the owner reported it to the Police. The Police turned up, identified it as stolen then the legitimate owner had to pay

And you boys have got it absolutely spot on recently, haven't you? No use telling us it's going to snow once it's started snowing

For those that don't read the front page... Back in April 2009, one of our Trials Central Forum users posted in our Stolen Bikes Forum that his garage had been broken into and three bikes had been stolen. Roll on 10 months to February 2010 and TC Forum user "benz19" posted a link to a rather dodgy looking Gas Gas which had appeared on EBay. Several thousand miles away in Massachusetts, USA TC Forum user "Dan Williams", not content with providing his very useful Beta Clutch Fix started playing detective and suspected the bike on Ebay was one of the ones reported by the user back in April 2009. Now we're not sure which, but either Dan or user "motofire", again out in the USA, dropped the guy an email, pointing him to the Ebay Ad. He got in touch with us here at TC saying he was pretty sure the bike was one of his. We immediately removed all reference to it from the Forums just in case the seller got wind that the TC brigade were onto them. The suspicions were passed to the Police, the bike was positively identified as one of those stolen and we're delighted that the owner and bike were reunited yesterday. The owner has asked us to express his thanks to all who helped track this down in what was a truly international effort. We're going to give all three users - benz19, Dan and motofire two years TC Supporters status giving them access to our vast and exclusive collection of video and photos not available to the public as a small thank you for their efforts. Well done guys!

Dougie Lampkin Report: Dougie Lampkin followed up his recent victory at Hell's Gate with a solid third place at the Tough One Extreme Enduro held near Owestry in wintry conditions. Still very much 'the new kid on the block' in these type of specialist competitions, Dougie once again showed that his two wheel skill from his trials background enabled him to record yet another podium result against World class and much more experienced opposition. Lampkin always knew that a second win in a row at this type of event was going to be near impossible as he lined up aginst friend and rival David Knight who was the clear favourite for the victory before a wheel had even been turned. Thankfully clear blue skies and sun overhead allowed the heavily frozen ground to thaw slightly ahead of the Pro Hot laps that would determine starting positions for the main two hour race later in the day. Ahead of this initial action the main of the crowd had positioned themselves down the sides of a long and vertical descent that brought the riders from the highest point of the course to the quarry floor in a few frightening seconds. Lampkin's trials background came into its own here as he never looked in trouble as he eased his factory four stroke Beta down amongst the rocks and trees to the applause of the crowd. Dougie held top spot in the single lap sprint for most of the session and was only beaten by Graham Jarvis and eventual winner Knight to claim his place on the front row for the afternoon race. With the expert riders having been set off nearly half a lap ahead of the pro riders, the initial part of the main race was heavy going for Lampkin and co as they soon caught and set about the difficult task of passing these riders on a course that was single track in many places. Knight soon had one hand on the trophy as he bullied his way to the front and immediately begun to strech his lead over Tom Sagar and Lampkin who were now both without goggles due to their passage through the pack. Dougie momentarily made it into second place before stopping to collect new goggles, and then seemed to lose his rhythm, as both Sagar came back by along with Jarvis and stretched their advanage over the ex multi FIM trial World champion. Typically Dougie dug deep to stay in touch with the front runners despite having handling problems on the higher speed parts of the course. Just past the hour point Lampkin moved back into a podium position as Jarvis crashed and then suffered mechanical problems. Not content with third spot Dougie pushed hard in the last sixty minutes and dramatically closed the gap on Sagar in the closing stage only to run out of time as the flag was brought down exactly at the two hour mark. The top six riders from the main race automatically qualified for the finale, aptly named the Boulder Dash, it is as it says a one hundred metre sprint over massive rocks where in the majority the riders are forced to man handle their heavy machines. Dougie looked dead and buried as his Beta failed to fire into life at the start of this short race and entered the rock strewn gulley several seconds behind his rivals. However a quick bit of thinking and some trials style riding saw Lampkin emerge two minutes later as the victor and one thousand pounds richer as he stole the winner takes all cash prize. Clutching his winnings, Dougie smiled widely as he spoke about his day. "With the ice this morning I wasn't too sure what sort of race it was going to be, but in the end it worked out OK. My qualifying lap was quite good, it was just a shame that they had to cut that section out of the main race as that was by far the most technical part of the course. All day I have struggled with the faster parts of the course, maybe it was my tyre selection, but that is where I lost ground each lap." "Each time I tried pushing on these sections I ended up in trouble or on the floor, it is a shame as I felt good on the other parts of the track. I still have got a lot to learn in this type of event, as just twelve months ago this was my first ever extreme enduro. Last year I was fourth, so I suppose I should be happy with a podium finish this time around." Lampkin added. Dougie ended by saying. "Winning the Boulder Dash was a good end to a hard day, especially as I thought my chance had gone when my bike wouldn't start. Grabbing the cash will definitely make the journey home much better."

Even Perce does ugly ones occasionally

Jeezus. Poor bugger!

Any relation to Mark? If so, you have our sympathies!

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