old trials fanatic

Good luck youre gonna need it. Hope you didn't pay too much for it ?

Wait till the first time you slam her down real hard onto a pointy rock at just the right spot

Go for it then. As you say "because you can".

to do it properly you could do with a new engine mounting lug welding onto the rear of the gearbox and the current one maching off under the engine. Then again the age old Scottish question rears it's ugly head.

I agree with everybody else. the world is full of over restored bikes and to be honest competition bikes should be used not bloody garage queens for all the anoraks at shows to endlessly debate about. the bike is a bit of a difficult one in as much as it would be a shame to change it other than renew worn parts etc as it's great as is. There would be no point in trying to ride it competitively either as it will get trashed. So it's future is probably green laneing while we still can or the occasional long distance trial. Whatever it's your bike so up to you but i'd just keep it as is and replace tyres, you might struggle to find a front though, and possibly electronic ignition. Boyer is ok if you're not serious about competing on it.

I've got Betors on the James and the OSSA but they have 40lbs springs and I weigh 110 Kgs. Seem to work fine for me.

Sunday 30th June dawned cool and cloudy but at least it was dry for the riders who journeyed to Carsons Farm, Grange Mill near Matlock for Round 5 of the Peak Classic Club Championship. There were quite a few date clashes this weekend with a number of events being held all on the same day. Classic and Twinshock trials are now becoming so popular all over the country that sadly this will happen from time to time so it was very gratifying to see so many riders make the effort to support their club. We really appreciate your commitment to Peak Classic Trials Club. So the sections had been eased slightly due to some very wet weather on Friday which finally mostly dried out in time for the 11.00 am start. On the Expert route it was section 6 a slippery rocky climb with some tricky limestone steps and turns over tree roots to negotiate which proved to be the trial decider with some superb rides with eventual winner Steve Hitchock, Honda, losing just 4 marks on this section over 4 laps which was a masterful performance. Steves only other mark was a single dab on section 9 which incorporated a tricky adverse camber U turn with slippery tree roots thrown in for good measure. Great to see Steve ride with us and we hope to see him on a more regular basis especially as he is our latest Club member. Keith Hobson on his Triumph Cub and Ian Bend, Fantic, making a welcome return to form took the wins in the Classic Expert British Bike and Classic Expert Twinshock category with Ian taking it on a most cleans tie break from hard charging Peter Kearsley on his Honda. David Pattison consolidated his Championship lead with a stunning ride to take the Intermediate Twinshock win on his Bultaco with a loss of just 2 marks. Don’t play poker with him as he never blinked all day. In the Classic Intermediate British Bike class Kevin Scott and Johnathan Harrison on two of the shiniest Triumph Tiger Cubs took the honours with Kevin coming out tops with a clean ride obviously finding his new bike to his liking. Johnathan only lost the 1 mark to follow him into second place. The observers were probably blinded by the sun reflecting off the highly polished machines ? Only joking guys superb rides by both of you. Prize for the oldest bike and argueably the most interesting too must go to Werner Eckels pre war Japette rigid machine complete with that evocative smell of Castrol R. Werner secured 4th place with a loss of just 19 marks over 4 laps of the 10 sections on offer which when you think about it was an incredible ride on an iconic bike. We really look forward to seeing Werner at more of our events. Margaret Carter on her 200 Majesty kept all the men at bay with an excellent ride to take the Classic Intermediate Twinshock win from John Morley on his Honda just two marks adrift of Margaret with a loss of 6 marks. The win by Margaret was even more impressive as she still has to wear a support on her right wrist due to ligament damage incurred whilst rock climbing. Stick to bikes Margaret they’re safer . Young Arthur Tomkinson steered his very original Greeves complete with leading link forks to a win on the Clubman British Bike route cementing his lead in the class along with a now commanding lead in the over 60’s Championship standings. Great stuff Arthur on a std bike that shows you don’t need a mega tricked up special to win in Classic Trials. For the first time in a long time we eventually managed to have all sections manned by the wonderful turn out of volunteer observers. It made the event so much more enjoyable it is easy to forget sometimes how important these people who give of their own time to make our sport so special really are. Thank you one and all. Our next event is at Bracken Rocks, Holloway near Matlock on 28th July. Please come along and support the Club it will be great to see you there. Expert Twinshock 1st Steve Hitchcock Honda 5 marks 2nd Ian Margetts Fantic 10 marks 3rd Mark Hallows Majesty 15 marks Classic Expert British Bike 1st Keith Hobson Tiger Cub 13 marks Classic Expert Twinshock 1st Ian Bend Bultaco 23 marks 2nd Peter Kearsley Honda 23 marks 3rd Gary Shield Bultaco 29 marks Classic Expert Pre 95 Air cooled mono 1st Gary Martin Yamaha 15 marks 2nd Tim Gent Beta 20 marks Intermediate Twinshock 1st David Pattison Bultaco 2 marks 2nd Nick Burton Fantic 15 marks 3rd Phillip Higgins Ossa 32 marks Classic Intermediate British Bike 1st Kevin Scott Tiger Cub 0 marks 2nd Johnathan Harrison Tiger Cub 1 marks 3rd Paul Beswick James 7 marks Classic Intermediate Twinshock 1st Margaret Carter Majesty 4 marks 2nd John Morley Honda 6 marks 3rd Steve Fletcher Yamaha 13 marks Clubman British Bike 1st Arthur Tomkinson Greeves 4 marks 2nd Dave Pickering Saracen 12 marks Clubman Twinshock 1st Dave Cole Yamaha 8 marks 2nd Tony Fray Yamaha 10 marks 3rd Martin Page Fantic 10 marks

Simple extrapolation. In your post you said let the riders decide with regard to the no stop stop allowed debate. You then go on the pass judgement on observers scoring the riders based on their perception of the riders performance within the rules. Well as you 1) think it appropriate that the riders should decide which rules should apply and 2) the observers cant be relied on. Then by definition you must be in favour of getting rid of the stupid observers the same as you think you should get rid of the FIM who don't know what they are doing either. You think the riders are the only ones who should have an opinion on the rules so surely the riders themselves can be the only ones who can be trusted to score their own performances. Would save a lot on costs I suppose? Then again perhaps they could decide who won before the event and not bother riding which would save even more money

Perhaps you also think the same about the observers ? Perhaps you would also prefer the riders decide what scores they should each have ?

This Sunday sees Rd 5 of the Peak Classic Trials Club Championship taking place at Carsons Farm, Grange Mill nr Matlock off the A5012 Cromford to Buxton road. Classes for British Bikes, Pre85 twinshocks and Pre95 air cooled monos. Routes for Expert, Classic Expert, Intermediate, Classic Intermediate and Clubman. For more details see our website www.peakclassic.co.uk 4 laps of 10 sections. Start time 11.00 am Please come and support your club. Hopefully see you there.

Rare but on this one I agree with the Dabster. I've said all along that the WTC has NOTHING to do with what most of us do every weekend. When I get worried for Trials in general is when things that happen in WTC are applied to Club, Centre and National Trials. WTC is for people from another universe so why should the rules, sections in fact ANYTHING have to be similar or related to Trials as we all experience it ? Re all the furore about stop verses no stop. As far as I know you can run, at least in this country, whichever the club prefers so what's the problem? If you don't like it start your own club and run the rules you like I'm sure if you are as correct as you assume people will flock to your events as they should. So lets run the WTC as an elitists event and forget about it having ANY relevance to the real sport of Trials. BECAUSE IT DOESNT AND HASNT FOR YEARS !

You must like walking if you fancy walking to Carsons farm from Youlgrave. See you there.

Next best thong ? surprised Ross hasn't picked up on that one LOL

Hope you can make it the weather forecast is looking so bring the factor 20 LOL

Dot a James replica ???? what in a dark room while wearing a welding mask ?

Have you double checked that ?

EXACTLY !!!!!

And the reason they do is that the sections they ride them on are the sort of sections that more and more people are realising are what they want from the sport of trials not splating themselves against some massive rock. Not that anybody on here will ever recognise that fact !

No problem come along with it to one of our trials as we have a class for pre95 air cooled monoshocks. You will be most welcome.

Superb well done

Any results yet ?

Love to get one of those kickstarts. Thanks for the info Hewson. Why did you fit the fuel tap the other way round ?

And the majority of our entries at our trials still come from the same catchment demographic. a very good point which I don't recall being made before. Loads of trials bikes were sold to farmers and their families / workforce. This is most definitely NOT the case anymore. Good PoV