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Mmmmmm...... 2nd fastest at the Losail night test by 0.040 secs. George Laurence 1st, Stoner 5th, Rossi 10th Go STONER

I see the Chinese are quite good at bike trials, do not know how good they are at world level comp though and the bike they make i believe is not too bad ZHIbike.I have seen little chinese girls on uni cycles do absolutely amazingly things, balance is incredible. Would it not be good for the sport of moto trials if the Chinese came on board. They are already doing bike trials I don't see them doing Moto-x,Enduro ,road racing(i see they have a endurance team but no rider) Can't be a bad thing if a nation of 1.3 billion people get on the trials band wagon.Looks like Europe is running out of places to ride there trials bike. Just my thoughts. Heres a vid of them bike trialing

WHAT ABOUT ONE WITH NO KICKER?

Do you have to have the ability to hop around on the front and back wheel? to ride bike trials? Or is it like moto trials where only the experienced are riding on the back wheel?and the rest of mere mortals are riding around on two wheels. Forgive my ignorance for i have not been to bike trials event and cannot find a normal(for want of a better word) bike trials vid on youtube.

We have some sportsman riders in there 70s(I guess, they sure look old)who have been riding sportsman(clubmen) for years and winning and I don't have a problem with that. I figure if your in your 70s late 60s if you fall off you have a good chance of breaking bones and various other damage to your body very easily. I hope I'm still riding at that age but I'm pretty sure i won't be doing anything too difficult.

I ride clubman(just been doing trials for 10 months now)I aim to get to C grade. If I ever got to be winning at C grade and they bumped me up to B grade i would give it up.The lines they have to take are just to dangerous. One of the reasons I took up trials as it was not as dangerous as MX and Enduro.Although I now know that the experts are doing some dangerous things.

There is only one thing better than a USA rider(Pat Smage has the goods I think) kicking a*** on the world trials scene is an Aussie rider kicking a***.It took us a while in road racing, moto-x and enduro but we got there eventually.

You can also try mavtv.com if you don't have pay TV.mavtv has USA trials also.

I was wondering does bike trials improve your moto trials skills more or does moto trials improve your bike trials skills more?

http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/index....&hl=stators At most of the trials I've been to this year the very few Betas that are there had problems of some sort over the year. Thats the beauty of Scorpa's I don't need to take my carby out all the time.I can pull the bike out after not starting it for 2 months and it will start 3rd kick. Yes i have heard of expert rider blowing rear shocks on scorpa's(mine is 3 years old and no problems).But Ive also heard of them doing it on other bikes.Most mere mortals are not doing what the experts are doing on there bikes. What about all those buckled rims in the corner are you going to blame them on Scorpa? What are all these other problems on Scorpa's? Yeah all bikes break at certain times some just break more than others.

I would be interested to hear what problems Scorpa's have as I believe they have no consistent problems unlike Betas where you always hear about stator problems especially before 06. Oh have they fixed the carby problem yet or are they still leaking all over the environment . Scorpa's would have to be the most user friendly bike out. Both in riding and maintenance. Maybe the reason you ride Beta now is you like doing alot of work on your bike?

I loved the old Husabergs. That new thing just don't look right.

I have a Light & Motion Arc Li-ion which i use for MTBing.With some working you could probally mount it to your trials helmet. You do not want to mount it to your bike unless you have one on your helmet as well. You want to see where your eyes are looking not where your bike is pointing. Lupine are the best by a long shot but are double the price of the others. My Light & Motion works really well and turns night into day up to 25 metres. reviews of MTB lightsi light beam pattern comparision

Gearne Balance.Don't leak and fit like a glove now that i put a footbed in.

So would it be fair to say moto trials is good grounding for bike trials.As opposed to the other way around.

scorpaluva I'd be interested in hearing how bike trials compares to moto trials.

You know the old saying "If you got a $10.00 head get a $10.00 helmet"

Electric Trials bike why not.They got a electric drag bike that does the quarter mile in 8 seconds and 155 mph.

Well, a good rider in virtually any motorcycle discipline will beat an average one if the superior rider is on a 20-year-old bike. But, a rider on a new bike will perform far better than he would on a 20-year-old machine. Tires are hugely important, and the move to tubeless radials was gigantic. How did the front tires escape going tubeless. Fantic tried it, but it was abandoned for some reason. Anyone? Mountain bikes started to go tubeless a couple of years ago.But there is debate in the MTB community where there are great benefits to be had for the weight gain.I personally would never go back to tubed on my MTB.I can see the MTB'ers going over to Tubeless completely they are advancing in design by leaps and bounds.Unfortunately most of the mtb tyre manufactures are not doing Moto trials tyres. I can see the Technology from MTBing crossing over to Trials bikes if it is not already happening. The technology being thrown at MTBing amazes me with the suspension(Marzocchi,Fox,Manitou and many others)brakes (Magura,hayes etc)Updating the products every year across four disciplines(XC,freeride,DH and DJ) and then there is the frames which are being designed lighter and stronger every year. My trials forks are vaguely similar to my mtb forks.Except my MTB forks have more adjustments and are plusher. Imagine a 50 kg Trials bike.

Alot of people buy Sherco 290 and Gas Gas 300 and then try to tame them down whats the point?I reckon The Scorpa SY250 is just right for the mere mortals who are riding clubmen and C grade.I have seen Experts riding them with no problems too and going well.

I would check where the timing is set on your scorpa as you have a choice from mild to wild(do a search of this scorpa forum and it will tell you how).Also it might have the heavy fly wheel weight on?Might also need new piston kit?

And even a Pampera is harder to ride than a proper trials bike...... sometimes depends who's riding it.There's plenty of enduro guys who could nail that no worries.

I think you could probably do the easy sections of a trials event on a trail bike but you would probably be putting your foot down alot.Depends on the rider.David knight would probably go OK.

It would not be to hard to copy trials bike's suspension it is pretty basic.The Chinese are all ready making good MTB suspension although under licence for someone else just like the frames.

Sick of looking at Rossi wins at Assen. Stoner goes into the summer break full of confidence. Rossi well?? GO STONER