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  1. Easy!!!

    Send the missus is instead of yourself :rotfl:

    Good Idea, I'll get a trip to Australia and i will send her to...............well anywhere but where I will be. :rotfl:

  2. My advice is look me up at the next NSW state round and have a ride, sure you will want to trade your sherco in!

    I would love to but...........How do I explain the plane ticket to my missus?

  3. Got my Alpinestars Mid-season last year. Comfortable right out of the box. I wear ankle braces, more as a security blanket now than actual need, and they fit in the boot nicely. Light weight, grippy sole. My foot stays on the pegs nicely. The Alpinestars are slightly taller than the Gaerne's that I had and this changed the placement of my knee brace slightly but is still comfy. I do not feel any vibration, I also ride a sherco.

  4. I dunno zippy. I think I reinjured my stupid bone

    That is entirely possible. After the stupid bone heals it is possible for us to reinjure it, and them it will eventually heal again. And then we do something stupid again and again etc....

  5. But a pinky with 2 shocks on would still have an unfair advantage over a Majesty or a Fantic etc whereas this would have a disadvantage over a pinky, Beta, Gas Gas etc etc etc. So to me anyway that would be ok. Same as it would also be ok to me if someone who had converted a pinky to a twinshock rode in the Air Cooled Mono class as they would most definately NOT have an unfair advantage. Just think how good they would feel however if they beat the other Air Cooled Monos? just like Martyn Stanistreet did when he entered the Expert twinshock class at our last event on his James and beat the Majestys, Fantics etc etc.

    OH for Christ's Sake..........buy a damn bike you like and ride it, and people have said that U.S. trials is confusing.

  6. All the above advise is good but the rear wheel is whizzing round right next to the exhaust.

    I have seen a magnet activated kill button attached to Fabio lenzis Future team bike.

    As soon as you let go of left handlebar the magnet was pulled off by the attachment to your glove.

    Even works at high rpm so would be good for kids.

    Possibly made by acerbis or domino

    When I was a youngen my dad made a kill switch similar to that out of a set of points for when we did parades. The points were held apart by some non-conductive material and that was attached to our wrists by a string. All pretty low tech but very effective. Not sure how well it would work at high RPM's.

  7. which was a bit older but the bike is mint (ish) how do people keep their bikes like that?

    2 ways:

    1 don't ride it.

    2 spend much time and money to keep it all pretty.

    Welcome to the wonderful weird world of trials. It is a bit of a mental adjustment when one realizes that this slow speed sport is more difficult than it seems. But it is OH SO MUCH FUN!!

  8. I assume this is a puncture in the rear tire.

    There should be a couple of tools with the kit, a sharp pointed poker thing and a hook thing.

    Basically what I did is use the poker to kinda ream out the hole.

    put a dog turd in the the hook so the whole unit looks like a T.

    Slather the turd with rubber cement that came with the kit.

    insert hook and turd combo into tire (the "sides" of the T will fold back so it looks like 2 turd sticking out) so that about half is sticking out.

    pull out the hook and by magic :marky: the turd stays in.

    trim the turd flush.

    worked for me, there may be other methods.

  9. Problem solved.

    We from this point on should vow to never dab again. We will keep our feet on the pegs no matter the situation. That way when we crash and collect our 5 we will be able to do so knowing full well that there will be no confusion as to the score. :dunce: And then I can get the observer to sign my cast also.

  10. Straight from the MOTA handbook (come ride with us we are fun)

    Section 5. Scoring Practices

    a) The following scoring table shall be used. Point losses are not

    cumulative. The rider shall receive the point loss value of his worst

    error.

    Points

    None (Clean Ride)………….…….……….…..0

    1 Dab* (Foot rotation allowed).….……….….1

    2 Dabs……………………………...…….….….2

    3 Dabs or more (including sliding of foot)…...3

    Dabbing one (1) time while stopped………….1

    Dabbing two (2) times while stopped…..….…2

    Dabbing three (3) times while stopped….……3

    Moving backwards……………………………...5

    Failure……………………….……………….…..5

    • *Dab - Contact between the rider’s foot or any other part of his body

    and a supporting surface or object.

    • *Dabbing outside of section markers shall be scored the same as

    dabbing in the section

    My personal opinion on dabbing while stopped is that it is a 5, but these are the rules we have and they are not horrible and I get to have fun.

  11. 18 to the gallon, you should be ashamed.

    Think I am getting about 14 to 15 with my 2002 GMC 2500HD Sierra, 2 wheel drive Extended cab with 6.0 Liter V-8.

    But on a side note I generally do not drive it everyday, I have a small car that I run when I just need to get from point A to point B (30 miles/gallon) The truck is for truck stuff, hauling bikes, wood, moving logs etc......

 
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