Andy

Made me laugh

I've split Sherco and Bultaco into two seperate Forums. I moved the most recent Bultaco topics in the Sherco Forum to the dedicated Bultaco one so they showed as new topics. Just the way it does things.

That's cool. Just checking I've always said "group buys" make sense and were commonplace on the Subaru Forums I used to run. So much so we had a dedicated Forum for those organising group buys. Good deals were to be had by someone taking the bull by the horns and negotiating discounts with suppliers if they could find X number of buyers.

I do like a bit of speculation. Keeps you lot on your toes

Who's selling them?

Any chance of some full results - email to trialscentral AT trialscentral.com

This is just a slighly changed version of a spoof topic that did the rounds on the car forums last year.

Really like this one - very nice motion blur

This is a busy site and both Ian (AtomAnt) and myself have demanding full-time jobs over and above our time on Trials Central. The policy is that we will not change a user's Forum name except under extraordinary circumstances e.g. being stalked online by a psychotic ex-girlfriend (don't laugh - it has happened - honest!)

I'll have a pint of what Mark's been drinking

Been meaning to add this for ages. Would still love to get along to a sidecar Trial one day, but for now you have your own place to talk

Just a couple of points.... 1) It's his third Indoor Championship win, not his second 2) It wasn't the final round. That's in Madrid on 14th March so you still have one more night of Indoor Trials on telly. Could be a good one actually, as with the Championship already in the bag you might get a bit of showboating from Bou.

Just hang on till after the Scott and make Cota Kid an offer for it. He's got this thing about collecting Dougie's old clothes

Just so you don't look like you're talking to yourself, user "sherco25016" had his posts deleted because they contained so much text talk they looked like another language. No text talk!

I went to the Scarborough Youth two-day a couple of years ago to cover it for TC and can't recommend it highly enough. It's an absolutely fantastic weekend for both kids and adults. My report from then can be found here It really is a great weekend and they are fantastic hosts.

I'm not about to ban anybody, but do you not agree it is far easier to read a message when it is written in English than in some sort of pseudo-muppet talk? I can understand using abbreviations when on a mobile phone with a limited message length, even though I refuse to use it myself even when texting, but on a Forum with a full QWERTY keyboard in front of you and no message length restriction, it is simply laziness and not acceptable to the majority of people who read it? As I said, many kids have come on here using text talk. It is pointed out to everyone when they sign up that they must use English on TC. Kids are enthusiastic and don't always read things, but point it out to them as I did tonight and suddenly they start doing so as their enthusiasm for Trials outweighs their desire to talk "text talk" bollocks and they'll comply with the rules Adults, however (who should know better), tend to get stroppy instead of taking it on board and leading by example

Not harsh at all. You're lucky I didn't vape your post along with the earlier ones, but instead thought I'd take the time to clarify the position since it seems to be a growing problem on here It's clearly stated in the terms and conditions of use of these Forums that text talk is not permitted and you even have to tick a box saying you accept them when you sign up. Text talk is hated by the majority and there is absolutely no reason for it with a full QWERTY keyboard in front of you and no message length restrictions. It's purely laziness. You might accept the decline of the English language as part and parcel of the modern age, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to. Things are very easy-going on here, but that is my one pet hate. As long as I'm paying the bills it is an absolute no-no and the young 'uns learn fast once it's pointed out to them as their enthusiasm for Trials typically far exceeds their enthusiasm for tlkng lyk ths. That can't be a bad thing.

I can't speak for the Carlisle organisers, but I do know the policy when L&M were organising Hawkstone that the policy was tickets weren't sent out until just a few weeks before the event to reduce the risk of forgeries getting into circulation.

Not as embarrassing as your dancing on Facebook

"sum" ? "ur" ? "u"? What kind of English is that? Trials Central Forum conditions of use, which you all agreed to on sign-up: "Messages must be posted in proper English. Messages containing SMS Text-type abbreviations of words are not permitted and will be deleted on sight. Continued use of text message type abbreviations may result in posting rights being denied." NO TEXT TALK

Linky linky

We reached and exceeded 50 bikes a couple of days ago, but true to my word, I took a list of all who had submitted bikes by then, closed my eyes and waggled my mouse a bit and clicked randomly on the following names: Lingo75 Godzilla tt5th totalshell Zippy If the above users PM me, I'll either upgrade you to Trials Central Supporter status for the next year giving access to our massive photo and video archive, plus everything I cover this year or, if you're already a Trials Central Supporters will give you a further year free of charge Thanks to all who have supported this new feature and please - keep them coming. Even I, as a non-rider, am finding it interesting to see the photos, descriptions, modifications and comments

Only that old perv Beardsall could chat about masturbation at 10 to 8 in the morning!

By the time AtomAnt rode the bike down the fairway to do his run-up he'd have forgotten why he was there

Posts about stolen bikes moved to the Stolen bikes topic as it was becoming a spin off of that topic rather than about the cool new "garage" feature on TC