Have a friend who is a good Intermediate Rider (on most any bike). He bought a TL125 (because it was available at a good price). We rode a trial about 2 months ago and he could not get up the Novice hills or over the small logs. He is about 5'8" and 175#. I'm sorry they just don't have any power .....and any they do have comes on verrrrry slowly.
Alan
Great bike for fun riding, not a trails bike as standard.
Had one and loved it, struggled with my 180lbs, several decades on the power is unlikely to have increased !
Very true B40RT, however it is probably of no coincidence that the most heavily modified bikes are often ridden by the rider that least need them.... just like the factory riders back in the day.
Maybe the organisers should bit the bullet and lay out the trial for "standard machines" (whatever they are) and if its to easy for ex-SSDT winners on "heavily" modified bikes, so be it.
They might then raise to the challenge of real pre-65's. Might.
Charlie just coming back to classes ? Wessex ctr. I believe for the wessex ctr. championship rounds there are 6 classes expert, clubman expert, clubman,novice, over 40, over50,and that there are more than a dozen rounds with three routes through the sections, also most club events use similar if not the same format I don't have details to hand but I estimate ther are more than 30 trials a year within wessex ctr plus 6 amca (Bath Classic) then you have adjoining ctrs. I.m sure if you voluntereed to take over the job of trials recorder (which is neccesary to provide competitive sport for most entrants into events) you could introduce a class for red bikes with 2 shocks air cooled or white bikes with one shock air cooled....what you need to understand is that there is a lot of UNPAID WORK involved in being inclusive; at the end of the day as woody says trials is about riding your chosen bike and enjoying it.
Up to now, I've got away with using a Beta (orange, as in tool company) filter strap wrench to hold flywheels in place but in attempting to remove my flywheel from my Transalp on the weekend (not been off for 22 years), I broke it. I eventually achieved the desired result of removing the flywheel bolt with the use of a 1p coin.
However, I've seen proper, heavy duty, metal band flywheel strap wrenches (i remember my old REV3 flywheel being jammed on with one), however can't find them for sale in the UK ? Anyone ?
I understand that a vast capability gap now exists between the best and worst riders which calls for 2 routes and broadly categorisation between bikes of certain era's but the correct grouping keeps that reasonably fair or at least levels the playing field to a degree. I am sure that in the 50's and 60's there were not complaints about modifications made to bikes, more envy or interest in what the factory riders were doing to their bikes that the average club man would try to emulate.
There are also a number of very capable riders that are succumbing to age. As the sections get harder to take marks from younger riders on trick bikes, it forces these riders out.
Is this really the intention ?
Envy is a frequently used word, and is often true, but when used as a defence for heavily modified bikes, its not always appropriate. I find these bikes of great interest, but wonder how much satisfaction can be gained in beating a "standard" bike.
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