I get the feeling that I am not alone in my feeling of contempt for people who see me on my treils bike and ask "the question", IS IT FAST......sorry, but it makes the blood boil.
I usually get "How fast will it go?" To which I reply "If you are really, really good it will just stand in one spot balancing and not go anywhere." And then look at the goofy expression when they don't understand that a motorcycle does not have to be moving.
Anyways What exactly is it?
My first impression was a TY that is missing the rear fender and the muffler. But any ideas what year? And if it is a twinshock motor stuffed into a mono frame?
"when started goes very well" Most bikes do, Or does this translate to "Good luck getting this B*****d to fire up" ?
Can anyone confirm this myth and tell me what that other fluid was?
BEER!!!! Well it is trials and after water and sports drinks Beer is the most highly consumed beverage............oh who am I kidding it is THE most highly consumed beverage at a trial.
Trials is an odd sport, not just the sport itself but looking at the class structure.
In local events it is possible to have an 11 yr old kid barely able to hold the bike up finish the day in Novice with 9 points and in the same event have a 40 yr old newbie finish the day with 50 points. Boy that does wonders for the adults self esteem.
Trials is unique in that we run the classes according to ability and not age/ machine size.
It all gets really subjective when a "vintage" bike is thrown into the mix, because now the rider has to decide what class their ability can handle and what the machine can handle.
so being called a ringer is really subjective, it just means somebody may have to learn to ride better. I used to ride for medals, got super stressed out, Now I ride for fun and my own personal triumphs. Much more fun. But medals are still nice. There is a competitor of mine that used to ride an 80's TY 350 in Sportsman class, and he would kick my ass consistently. But that just meant he is a good rider and I needed to practice to get better. He now has a modern montesa and can still kick my ass in the Advanced class, so basically he is a good rider. (Assuming of course I am of decent ability )
Well Dammit, that looked like it was alot of fun!!!!!
I could not make it due to working 3rd shift friday night and then remodeling a relatives house saturday from 1:30 pm until 3:30 am sunday morning. makes for long weekend.
I eagerly await the pics from Gary. Have always enjoyed the pictures that Gary has taken (just wish he could get one of me with my feet ON the pegs )
I do hope you enjoyed yourself at the MOTA events, (Bent Fenders is always the best one but I am a bit biased as that is the club I belong to) Hope to see ya out some more this next year.
Oh and do be careful of Copemech...........ya know them Texans is crazy
once fitted properly, with the nut fully tightened, it would be very difficult to shear a woodruff key?
but not impossible. Sheared my key once, had many of the same symptoms. Ran great put it away, tried to start it next practice out and just backfired and kicked back like a mule.
Zippy I ran a smaller rear sprocket that Cody gave me, that V Mar racing made for him. I basically stayed in third. I must have been too scared to go to 4th gear. Next year maybe I can man up
Thanks for the info Clive, and Just riding that thing is manning up to the challenge.........................Although 4th would be faster But with 4th would you lose some of the low end torque for getting up an obstacle with little or no run at it? So maybe 4th in the longer straights?
My 2000 had the thumbs up logo on the flywheel cover or was it the Clutch cover............that is until the sticker fell off. But there was no actual "Bultaco" written on the machine.
I may not remember too well as the bike has had many graphical changes.
"The rules don't say you can ride between those two trees with outside boundary markers make a trail ride loop and come back into the section between those same trees without crossing your path"
"OH" says rider who just did that "But the rules don't say I can't either"
Problem is nobody likes a 5, so many will argue any arbitrary point they can to get out of a 5.
yep failure sucks no matter the reason, that is why you have multiple attempts at the same sections, so you can improve.
Ride better and you will place better.
the Two fer may not be an entirely bad idea. But how do you keep the difficulty low enough for the newbies that want to try out the sport and challenge the middle riders?
Good to hear he is released from the hospital and on a good path to recovery.
Hope this does not steer him away from riding trials. The youngsters are those who will keep the sport going.
Very important: If he is anything like 99% of trials riders, somebody will need to make sure he lets himself fully heal up before riding again. I know that is easier said than done because the first day ya feel good all you can think of is getting back on that bike.
Well it is trials and after water and sports drinks Beer is the most highly consumed beverage............oh who am I kidding it is THE most highly consumed beverage at a trial.
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Posted · Edited by ZIPPY
I usually get "How fast will it go?" To which I reply "If you are really, really good it will just stand in one spot balancing and not go anywhere." And then look at the goofy expression when they don't understand that a motorcycle does not have to be moving.
Anyways What exactly is it?
My first impression was a TY that is missing the rear fender and the muffler. But any ideas what year? And if it is a twinshock motor stuffed into a mono frame?
"when started goes very well"
Most bikes do, Or does this translate to "Good luck getting this B*****d to fire up" ?