mickwren

Hilarious

Greeves

Having a trials tyre fitted by a fitter, what has the world come to ?????

Rare and sought after really means pile of crap that nobody bought when they were new

Final preparations are underway for this weekend's first round of the BTC. Any experienced and knowledgeable observers willing to assist please contact Gary Gowan on 07740 964982

The European Trials Championship is brilliant and I can totally recommend it to anyone

This is a subject that has concerned me for some time. Travelling to World and European rounds I have witnessed some awesome performances on 125cc bikes yet some people in this country, in some areas more than others, parents seem to think that Johnny has to have the biggest bike available. People really need to be aware of road traffic regulations where road work is involved and note that riders will be restricted to smaller bikes until they are much older. Another point to note is that the ACU Trials and Enduro committee have kept the 125cc class in the S3 series despite small entries specifically for this reason. As for Iwan Roberts he is a very special talent and he will go far.

The ACU has no plans to introduce weight limits in trials. Simple fact we don't have the manpower to inforce this and we see no benefit in doing it. That's from an official view From a personal viewpoint, the revolution to return trials to the 1950's has not yet become a priority in the |UK My views entirely Believe me it willl get worse before it gets better

Wobbler a menace ? never

Would have thought Nigel was a good place to start looking/asking

Sometimes you don't have to even open a post to know where it comes from

Regs for the Lakes 2 Day are now available Please see Trials Central Events Calendar for details. Please contact Tracey Ellwood You can ask me if you're really desperate Cheers

I am busy packing, see you on Thursday morning

dadof2 no I didn't get to see any of the rides at Richmond, I actually left my seat just as the burger van was leaving the field and I was ready to eat my own arm. Thanks for your appreciation of what I do, I do it because I love it, I don't care who I have to tackle to get my point across whether it be the president of the FIM or the boss of Sherco, I don't claim to be always right but I always put the sport first. This is a highly complicated subject and at least it is showing that no stop isn't a magic wand that is going to cure everything and more and more people are realising this but some of the stuff written on here tonight has been just irrelevant because it is totally inaccurate. Not about the no stop rules or the severity of this event but about who does what and who gives who the power to run events etc Sorry but I'm off to bed

Fun Trials, I don't know why the scores were so high, but I'm not on here claiming I do. My views on this topic are well known and I am working to secure the best possible future for my sport and that doesn't include posting anything without I'm sure of my facts Next week I will be spending 5 days away from my wife and work to attend the FIM Europe Congress to do what I can to move our sport forward. The other day I was at Nord Vue working on the British round and while we were there we had Thierry Michaud on the phone making sure we knew what was expected of us, maybe his time might have been better spent ringing Spain but I don't know that.

yet more drivel from balanced individuals who weren't even there. Just for information the FIM didn't put Graham in charge of anything

I read with interest the the ACU are to blame for insisting that the organisers have been asked to change the published start order for this event. The rules are perfectly clear in the book. That is straight forward enough but when you take into account that the ACU Trials and Enduro Committee introduced this rule at the request of these same organisers then it defies logic that they can blame anyone but themselves.

Not sure what you mean by Vega but I had one of the first ones in the country and was "semi supported" by Peter Quinn. After the first trial I tried to "set up" the rear shock and it was never right again. THis took most of my time and I never really set up anything else, it actually ran really well and other than the shocker it didn't need much attention, or perhaps time has erased what wasn't one of my better purchases

gasgas249uk I have to be a little bit careful what I say because I have to work with these people but I firmly believe that there is an element amongst the pro no stop briade who have campaigned for this for so long they have almost forgotten themselves why they want it but like spoilt children they just DO. I firmly believe this is the result of one man's obsession. Regardless of wheteher we get it right or wrong the ACU and FIM have always been democratic and worked on a simple majority rule basis and as a long standing member I have on many occasions had to go along with this, example being the Lakes 2 Day running under no stop as I was the only one in the club who didn't want it, but the people within the industry are their own bosses and don't see why they can't do what they want, Enough said for now

Have to reply to Gas Gas 249uk. You ask why not try it see if it works. We tried it in the UK and it didn't. You quote from the FIM letter stating that the FIM together with the industry have introduced this rule, actually it was the FIM Management who caved in to the demands of the manufacturers and overruled the Trials Commission who were democratically elected to run the sport. There is a lot said about increasing bike sales etc. There is also a lot said about how wonderful the SSDT, Scott, Lakes 2 Day etc etc are because they are no stop, actually they are wonderful because the organisers have helped to put the fun back into the sport but the people who ride in these events are the market the importers and manufacturers should be concentrating on. Just to give a quick example of why we should be very wary of what the industry want at the beginning of 2012 the FIM introduced a rule stating that all refuelling must be done in the paddock on safety grounds, the manufacturers were up in arms claiming they could not produce a tank big enough to travel a full lap without fuelling on the course. Now they are demanding that courses should be a minimum of roughly twice what they are now so that thousands of bikes can travel round the course, they must have found a shed full of bigger tanks in a shed somewhere, point being the industry always have an angle while the FIM Commission and ACU T&E Committee are made up of people with no aims other than to promote the sport.

Just to clarify Nigel Dabster's comment. UEM is now FIM Europe and the first thing that happened after this change was that the FIM told FIM Europe what they had to do , namely to go no stop and fall into line so that's what happened. THis is what happens when decisions are taken for political rather than sporting reasons. It is great to see that many experts on this forum are now realising what this change actually means and after spending most of last year slagging off the ACU for doing the same thing some of you are actually realising what we were forced to do. I have written loads about my opinion on this matter but it demonstrates how poor the no stop rules are when their supporters have to manipulate things and bully people into doing it their way

Try my best to avoid the No stop debate and I am really sorry but there is more to be made public about the direction of Trials at World Level in the near future and I fear very much for the health of the sport I have loved and served for 45 years. The manufacturers don't seem to be aware that they are in any way to blame for the decline in world trials, it is always everybody else's fault. Quick example of how illogical these people are ; At the begining of this season the FIM CER introduced a rule that refuelling could only take place in the paddock and you cannot imagine the negotiations that had to take place to get them to agree to this. One manufacturer from Spain with backing from the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world stated categorically that there was no way on earth that they could possibly make a fuel tank large enough to do this. Now the brainwave coming from the manufacturers is that they want a MINIMUM of 10km lap so that all and sundry can follow the course on a bike, thus increasing their sales. Over the years almost every rule that has been brought in at the request of the manufacturers has proved not to work and has had to be deleted or changed in one or two years time. This is simply because they are driven by sales, and not necesarrily what is best for the sport. Also in the last few years several manufacturers have tried to introduce lower spec bikes but they don't sell, riders always want the all singing all dancing version even if they are only doing the wednesday night series of their local club, and they spend a fortune on after market " bling". My own personal view of the biggest problem with trials is that we have a largish group of dedicated youth riders and their families who devote every penny they have and more besides to find out that at 16 the money has run out and the dream isn't going to happen. After that we have the over 35/40 age group who simply want to have a bit of fun , ride a bike and couldn't give a monkeys about rules or how the ACU works or any of it.It's not a sport to them just a hobby. Where we have a real problem is the few in the middle who actually want to compete to a reasonable standard at National and regional level and I always feel that we don't support these people enough. These are the riders who should be encouraged into the British Championship. The manufacturers interference in the running of the sport is simply their attempt to sell more bikes and many good people are being lost to the sport because the suits are listening to the wrong people

Just to explain, owning the bike was not one of my happiest memories, my relationship with Peter Quinn was fine

I had one and also had an interseting association with Peter Quinn. Not one of my happier memories. Peter told me to adjust the rear shocker all I needed to do was put it on an airline, biggest mistake I ever made, No airline was ever capable of blowing them up I spent the whole time I owned it touring British Gas depots, bus depots and anywhere I thought I could find with a powerful airline and also spent most of my time with the tyre rubbing on the mudguard. Like most piles of crap I bought the subsequent models were a bit better

Should be enough with what is on the trailer but we are a friendly bunch it's usually no problem to find somebody who will take it