Will he blitz it just as much as the trials scene? Big chance of injury potentially opening up the trials WTC?
The 28th of Dec is dia de los Santos Inocentes. Usually we see images of a soon to be release 2t montesa but this one seems to of caught most people out quite well
Has anyone been successful in getting a new 300RR insured for the road? The current insurance company I'm using for my 2015 260 doesn't recognise the 300, and so far neither do any of the others I've tried.
What method did your doctor use to check electrolyte levels? In the mineral test I run you typically see what specific mineral someone is low in, or if their are out of balance with regard to some mineral ratio.
For instance I had enough magnesium, potassium and sodium but in relation to my magnesium levels my sodium was far too low. In others I've tested it's been magnesium and others potassium etc. They're all important but its the balance between them thats vital hence various things work for some but not for others and why things stop working over time.
Just got in from my first ride, have to say, the difference between my 2012 and the 260 Race Rep are:
The suspension: feels slightly faster with a bit more spring from my 12, but still has that superb Showa plush feel.
Brakes: very good consistent strong feel, without being too sharp.
Clutch: very smooth, I don't think it felt that different from my 12, a little more progressive maybe, due to the new master cylinder (I know the pre 09 were a bit sharp) but I really liked my mont clutch anyway.
Engine: (I have changed the gearing from standard 10/41 to 9/42) from the bottom end, power is very smooth, definitely softer than before, but there is more torque at the bottom end too, so as you ride across a camber and then turn up a bank, traction is very good, it pulls very smoothly but also builds to a lot more torque, without loosing traction (it was wet tacky, claggy, clayish type soil covered in wet leaves). The front end feels lighter, my thoughts are that this is partly due to the suspension settings and partly due to better engine torque at the bottom end, this makes it even easier to lift the front with throttle. The bank I rode up was fairly steep and about 20 feet, I was very happy with how the bike felt like. Engine braking, it's still a four stroke, but engine braking is less than before, when you shut the throttle, it rolls on, there's still some engine braking, but I'm sure people coming from a 2 stroke will appreciate it. I think the biggest benefit from less engine braking is when you shut the throttle and then open it again, on a slippery surface. I cannot tell you what the power is like at higher revs, as most my riding today was at the lower end,( running it in).
Overall: feels really NICE, powerful and lighter, not much lighter, (it isn't) but the front end does feel lighter, everything feels familiar, but better, traction is great and it looks REALLY NICE :0). The bike looks smaller and shorter (it's not) but the rear mudguard is much narrower and a bit shorter. The fuel tank is still quite big (I had a mitani flat tank on the 12) but looks much nicer and sharpens up the new up to date look.
I am SO HAPPY :0)
And so is my Brother, below. :0)
Time to start buying some bling for them now. Looks nice
In the head yes but the body is starting to disagree.
Would it be better for the body training little bits often or training lots/longer and less often (ie: hour a day or 3-4 hours twice a week)?
Depends on how quickly you suffer from pain soreness. If it's really bad start of with small amounts and then train again when your pain free. Once your pain free add in some structure
Im trying to train often, ie 4-5 times a week. Am I over doing it?
Reason im asking is my body is taking strain....elbow issue, sore arms etc.
Would I be better off doing less or should I push through untill the body adapts?
Yes you're over training. Pushing through it will lead to adaption in someway, most likely injury that necessitates a longer break to recover. Training is about cycles of overload and recovery, during the overload phase we break the body, muscle tissue etc down (catabolic phase). The rest period is where we move into the anabolic phase in which we rebuild and repair (hopefully stronger) ready for the next training session.
Billycraig tbh predictive text on ipad doesn't help .. I am a novice so imagined Toni Bou would be for the more skilled rider
I think it's useful for the novice as it lets you watch what he does and breaks a few things down. Not seen the others but I'd say you'd learn something from it and the more people you learn from the more you'll pick up.
There is the ACU Handbook which has the 'standing regulations' for Trials - no pun intended I expect.
Otherwise any of the books on Trials which have been listed on TC in past discussions.
More recently the books have morphed into Videos and DVDs.
Older books include:-
Motor Cycle Trials Riding Max King 1955 and 1972
Observed Trials Bernie Shreiber
Trials - A Rider's Guide Don Morley
Motor Cycle Trials Techniques and Training Lane Leavitt and Len Weed
Ride It! The Complete Book of Motor Cycle Trials Don Smith
I recall that when I started (early 1970s) the ACU handbook defined trials as a "competiton in which competitors endeavour to fulfil prescribed conditions". I guess that really clarified it for anyone who needed to know.
Brilliant thanks, managed to find a copy of the ACU handbook so that should be good enough.
Am completing some university work about trials and need a credible source to reference. I thought the acu site had an explanation of what trials is but I can't seem to find anything (maybe since they altered the website). FIM site doesn't seem to have anything either.
Does anyone have any ideas? (books or sites other than wikipedia)
I've had a PM suggesting that the 200cc may not be up to the moor crossings. I weigh around 11st 6lb at the moment, although this may rise the more I train for the SSDT itself.
Rode a 125 Gas Gas in 2009 and it was more than capable on the moor crossings, in fact I found it suited me better than the 280 I rode the year before. On the 280, 300 and 250 I never felt like I was in the right gear over the moors.
I rode a 200 Beta and did consider one myself. I was 11.5 stone and went up to 12 for the Scottish that year. Pretty much any bike will make it round if you look after it, usually the rider that struggles more.
A diet is defined as the 'kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats'. Following a different eating style like 'low carb' or 'paleo' is simply a different way of eating to what a person may normally eat, it doesn't mean they have to eat less and saying that all diets will slow metabolism is simply not true. Telling someone to eat regularly as much as 5 times a day can be bad if they don't pick the right stuff. Some people will buy 'low fat' but high in sugar foods and eating that 5 times a day is not good specially if they have diabetic tendencies! Add exercise into the mix and your metabolism will increase.
Absolutely nothing wrong with lowering your intake of refined (white) carbs and sugar intake. Getting rid of those things will generally stabilise your blood sugar peaks and troughs, lower your cravings and if you eat more protein you will feel fuller for longer. Problem is these days too many people fill their plates with filler foods such as pasta/rice/potatoes/white bread. Unless you eat small portions of those things or are a professional endurance athlete type these generally have a bad effect on your body and energy levels.
Pretty tricky to remove or restrict food groups and still ensure you get enough food especially if your on a low carb/higher protein diet, not enough food = decreased metabolism. Handy way to lose weight quickly but once your hormones kick in and make you eat, your new low metabolism will store fat even more efficiently than before. And I stand by my recommendation to eat 5 meals a day, your right though low fat foods can be high sugar but as I mentioned if you don't understand the ingredients don't eat it. Not many people would understand the ingredients of a weight watchers yogurt (crystalline fructose for example) or dough conditioners in bread so ideally they would be eating real foods that they knew what they were.
Nothing wrong with sugar either really, the original understanding of diabetes had no basis in physiological chemistry which led to the belief that eating too much sugar caused diabetes. It wasn't until Claude Bernard (1848) discovered our ability to catabolise tissue into sugar that we started to understand that diabetics loose more sugar than they take in. Just this week I've had 3 diabetics visit me on very low carb/sugar diets and one eating disorder patient yet they continue to pass an incredible amount of sugar in their urine despite the eliminating sugar from their diet (the eating disorder one ate just nuts for a period yet had sugar levels high enough to be labelled diabetic and ordered to avoid sugar).
As far as exercise goes, some exercise can increase metabolism in particular weight training but stressful exercise such as cardio in the unfit increases mitochondrial damage. Endurance athletes although deemed fit have decreased cellular function highlighted by their low pulse rate and low body temp. The cortisol released during endurance activity raises blood sugar and if glycogen stores are low (said individual may be on low GI, low carb or just plain low calorie diet) then theirs no option but to catabolize tissue.
Or appropriate weight, high reps. Lots of people fall into the trap of picking up a weight thats light and doing 15-30 reps and wondering why they never get any results. No matter what the rep range the last 1-2 reps need to be very hard i.e you could probably manage 1 or maybe 2 more. No end of times I found people doing 30 reps with a weight and when I asked them to continue they'd still be going at 60-80 reps as the weight was just too light. Know what energy system your trying to work in and use it.
Programming is the most important part (after eating) in training, without it your just lifting a bunch of weights with no real idea what your doing or why your doing it.
For trials I'd suggest most sections are going to take no longer than 60 seconds so maybe train with that in mind. 3-0-3 tempo (so 1 reps takes 6 seconds), 10 reps (60 seconds) and ensure the weight is appropriate in that your only able to lift in maybe 1 more time after your 10 and you can maintain good technique. Set a stop watch and if it takes less than 60 seconds (or whatever you decide) then your cheating. I've programmed someones workout before then found them lifting twice as much weight the next day except they couldn't keep to the timing. Less time under tension = less weight lifted.
Eat well, train clever and remember, strength and fitness comes during the recovery not during the workout so make sure you rest and recover adequately.
Hello as alot of you may doing as its the new year are thinking about starting the gym again.
Iv started the gym today and want to use it to improve my trials strength and fitness so has any one got any tips that I can use to help me on my way.
Also some diet tips would be good as I want to lose a few pounds.
Cheers
Rule number 1 about diet club is don't go to diet club. Any form of diet will slowly degrade the metabolism over time (cold hands, feet and general low body temp are signs of low metabolism). So if anyone recommends low calorie, low fat, low carb, paleo...its an endless list, ignore them and just make sure you eat regularly (5x's a day if poss but its more important that you stick to a routine), eat enough (starvation and being lean are not the same thing, a starved body will store body fat as a means of survival). Look at packets and if you don't know what the ingredients are (guar gum etc) then its not really something you should be eating.
...however if they judge everybody no matter who they are the same then on balance it works...observer judges everybody the same then in my book thats ok.
Not necessarily, if a rider makes a genuine attempt to ride a section no stop, pushes the bike out for a 3 then watches other riders stop, balance momentarily and get less marks then its not really fair on the person riding to the rules.
This idea that "as long as an observer marks everyone the same its all right" is just disadvantaging someone who either has a valiant attempt at keeping forward motion whilst loosing loads of dabs or someone who has a damn good genuine ride, then watches someone get away with lenient "count to three before its a stop" observing.
Not a fan of no stop rules but its farcical to set a rule then ignore or alter it to suit.
how much gear oil is needed and what grade for a 92 climber 280? i have a funny grinding noise from the engine as if the kickstart is being engaged when running. starts and rides perfect so dont think its anything major. was in a bit of a sorry state when i got it. so possibly may just need an oil change. now running it at 50:1 as previous owner told me 70:1 so decided to play on the safe side. any help including a manual would be hugely appreciated. thanks in advance guys
Got a manual at home from my 92 climber 280, its in italian but you can still see everything you need to.
Hopefully Billy Craig is still reading this this forum. In a recent fall I suffered a complete full thickness tear of the supraspinatus with retraction on my left shoulder (this is one of the rotator cuff tendons), there is also some damage on the infraspinatus. I will be having an operation to re-attach the tendon. Has anyone experienced this sort of injury and if so what sort of recovery have they made with regard to riding eg what % of previous strength was recovered, and how long did it take to recover, are there any protective braces that exist for the shoulder that are worth wearing when riding? Any advice/help would be appreciated. The quack tells me I shouldn’t ride again but what the hell does he know. I am 63 yrs old so don’t expect to recover as quickly as a younger person but figure I still have a few years left riding.
I'd say heed the advice, its a tricky one to rehab. In theory (some disagree, me included) the muscle abducts the arm a little (which has little impact on trials) and also more importantly stabilises the shoulder as part of the rotator cuff group. Its getting it to function as a stabiliser thats the tricky rehab part. I'd say you have every chance of riding again but it really depends upon how much work your prepared to put into it. I'm nursing someone through a similar injury at the moment and if he listens he'll be fine.
Is it right shoulder?
Buy yourself some great lakes gelatin (green tub) which should be easy enough to get hold of for you, and take it as suggested everyday as it will help reduce inflammation and will also provide you with the perfect source to rebuild. Feel free to drop me an email and I'll do my best to point you in the right direction.
managed to break my scaphoid last week (suprisingly due to playing football and not riding my bike).
Due to the nature of the bone; I'm in a cast for at least 6 weeks, possibly double that. Which is a massive bummer as I was looking forward to getting out on my bike in this lovely weather Hopefully it'll be healed in time for summer.
Anyone else broken this bone? If so how long before you got back on your bike/how long before it was back to full strength?
Broken mine a few times, the worst being just before the Scottish and I had to use a carbon wrist brace. Its a slow healer due to very poor back fed blood supply. The risk being that if its not sorted properly the side that receives no blood supply can rot or die off. Eat well, get lots of calcium from a variety of sources and rest it as long as its needed.
Strangely i also hear the same comment from "experts", strange i never hear it from the other classes, that they "need" to be able to pull back sloppy dabs or even a five. One guy even stated he wouldnt be riding at our club "because the trials are too easy and i'm getting beaten by people who arent as good as i am" ??? Surely the "skill" is not to lose any more marks than you really have to?
Thats not really a fair comment, I observed at a classic trial due to injury and got a load of abuse from 2 pre 65 riders for fiving them. One for stopping and one for going the wrong way. I won't repeat the comments I got but it was safe to say they thought I ruined their day and one complained that he had noway of winning anymore. Did I bother observing during my recent injury? No I didn't!
No matter what level someone is their is always someone whose not going to be happy as its a competition and people tend to be competitive. I've seen experts, intermediates, novices and complete beginners throw their teddy out of the pram and too a degree they've paid their money so their within there rights to feel aggrieved. I've also watched riders argue and get away with stuff and thought I must be a mug to just always except the decision I'm given. Sadly until we get paid officials we are not within our rights to criticize unpaid helpers.
I rode the trial on Sunday and suffered somewhat with observing that I wouldn't agree with at times, I took the view that the recent endless discussion of no stop had increased the pressure to observe no stop, so it felt a bit harsher than in previous years. Like many others I just tried to make the best of it and enjoyed my day as the wallace is one of my favorite trials of the year.
Have been watching this post for a while and despite my biketrials background I have little interest in the debate as I like both rules as long as they suit the trial. What I don't like is the "them and us" split with people pointing the finger at "experts" etc, I feel it dangers our minority sport more than anything. We all like to ride our bikes and our current rules allow us to choose how we do so. Does it really cause offense to someone if someone else to enjoy a different style? Pick your trials, enjoy them, learn from them and most importantly thank the observers for their help.
Lol thanks guys. I was just out on the bike getting ready for next year. I have the perfect back yard so it's easy for me to just hop on and ride whenever I want. I would say that I was riding stuff well above my skill level, you know, trying to push myself to improve. This is the first time I've broken a bone, I turned 30 last week and due to lactose intolerence I have been off dairy for the last 6 months so that may have something to do with it too. I'll post up a photo of my arm and the ledge later tonight.
Cheers
that looks horrible ..ouch .I have a swiss trials mate who broke his leg last summer and he had (I'm pretty sure he said) calcium injections right alongside the break? to speed the healing. I think this must be what the moto GP guys get. Sorry to be so vague (cant spell that word) but there may be someone reading who knows all about it. Many many years ago I broke a wrist biking got it potted up and after a couple of weeks started riding (my ariel arrow).. all was fine until I rode the bike to get the pot removed...I had to get a mate to pick me up as the wrist was so "weak"..follow the quacks advise re recovery.
Their are various types of calcium supplementation that can be used dependent on the state of the body. I personally measure urine and saliva pH and then use an appropriate acidic or alkaline calcium to bring pH back to where it should be. For instance I snapped my achilles in this years ssdt and had to use calcium lactate to lower my alkalinity which helped me heal quick. If you get yourself some pH strips you could test yourself quite cheaply.
The fact that your lactose intolerant would point to the fact that your more than likely to alkaline as well (I used to be lactose intolerant as well). Good luck with healing quick and getting back on the bike!
Hopefully it'll be healed in time for summer.
Surely the "skill" is not to lose any more marks than you really have to? 
Toni Bou - Hard Enduro
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The 28th of Dec is dia de los Santos Inocentes. Usually we see images of a soon to be release 2t montesa but this one seems to of caught most people out quite well