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from what we have around here (ie no rocks at all) the local enduro riders don't like any bridgestone enduro tyres, michelin are popular (comp ms front is best seller, comp IV front is new) but pricey, maxxis are good mid price. dunlop haven't really got far with the enduro riders yet but they'v done a lot of work with the geomax range (from what i gather dunlop are very popular state side)

if you want an ACU answer then phone the T&E dept at rugby, we have two paid members of staff (Mary & Allison) there to answer questions. beyond that there is a 8 member T&E committee who's phone numbers and email address are in the front of the handbook (which is one the ACU website) obvisouly some time john collins and mick wren (and others ???) pop by the forum and post

i didn't think there has been any chat about moving the A, B, C & D , nor was there last year. i think its only the BTC that there has been the discussion about running two champs; one on non stop, then another stop permitted.

i respect what your saying pete, i'm a sceptical cynical person most of the time - i was in the room when they floated the idea of this in a proposal paper, i herd them explain the thinking, the thinking form the top (board of directors) was to ensure that becoming a club member was a compulsory precursor step to an acu licence. the reasoning was along the lines you outline. again (as above) we get this silly situation where the poor chaps who have to man the ACU stand at the shows feel they need to be able to give/sell cards out on the day. don't ask me why, i;m quiet happy selling day licences, while on the other end of the scale the road racers require you to go on a course before you get a licence (ie hell will freeze over before they give them our on the day)

i think BMF and/or MAG will have a better answer on this one - as they are on top of the lobbying/etc. i don't think the FIM trials commission / elsewhere at the FIM has a political lobbying arm per se to respond (similarly with UEM)

work fine for me (someone else put a tubed tyre on a tubeless rim by drilling a security bolt hole) also IRC make a tubed tyre

when they where designing the new online system they could have done away with the need for a club, the MSA (cars) i think has done so. but we in motorcycling want to maintain the idea that every rider is a member of a club to ride - ie no club membership, no acu licence. yes this in some ways is archaic, but we are not in a world of professional promoters putting on trials so ...

the acu (uk governing body) handbook can be seen online if that helps - http://www.acu.org.uk/Resource/ACU-Handbook.aspx all i would say is keep it really simple so you can do whatever you want. there are trials like the scottish 6 days with loads of land, distance, etc while at the other end of the scale there are events in tiny (a few acres) bits of woodland. have fun!!!

if your marking out a section for yourself then you can use what ever colour combo you want. traditionally it was/is red and blue (right & left) but many place run additional routes and colours (ie down here the red blue thing is an alien concept! we use pairs of the same colour) - but whatever your used

i've a 1999 so could be close i run 50:1 for years, no problems ie 1 notch of a 1L bottle of oil, some nice - ipone? - bottle have special measuring thing. there was a pdf/spreadsheet posted here years ago with all the measurements broken down in easy to know sizes also check out this site - http://www.trialsport.com.au/beta/documents.htm - loads of parts diagrams and manuals for beta (top work to they guys who made that site) fuel - if i recall correctly, forward (towards bars) is off, sidewards is on and backwards (towards rear wheel) is reserve

don't come down here in the south then! you declare your licence number on the entry form (if it's enter in advance) and/or you can't enter online with the new acu online entry system without one then when you sign on we make everyone show their acu card and club card, no card - buy a day licence (which is the same as an annual trials licecne - a tenner)

i've a 1999, it was the last techno, 2000 onwards was rev3. price - it all depends on how knackered it is/looks. there are many out there that haven't been trashed by northern experts over rocks, there are soft shandy drinking southerners who's bikes have only seen mud and not damaged. anyway i run an old bike, as long as it's monoshock and water cooled (early 90's onwards) you can have fun on modern trials courses, while older bikes (air cooled, twin shock, pre65) are still fun in their own categories.

my take on it is that my club runs a handfull of wobbler trials to get new people, we get a really good turn out - many ask why - my take would be (and i could be very wrong) a) out site is really easy to get to (right next to m25, j3) tarmac road in, all weather car park c) loos (we hire loads a year so we get a deal, us blokes don't mind but the ladies really appreciate it) d) burger van (we do a deal over all our mx, enduros & trials so a little trial balances out with a busy mx for them) e) routes - our easy route is for 50's, enduro bikes, sidecars & rigid pre65s. its so easy that anyone on any trials bike could clean them blindfolded (you know what i mean), but this build up newbies confidence. the 2nd harder route is for newbies on modern (ie mono) bikes. some times we'll put bits that approach the difficulty of the novice route at a group trial (ie still easy) f) we've got lots of mx and enduro riders in out club, and they've been buying old trials bikes (your circa £1000 ones) and having a play (because at that age the value doesn't really drop off any more) our problem down here is that having got 50 to 100 riders at these events, how do you get them to go to the next step up - group trials? our local group (NKTC) have run yellow (wobbler/sportsman) routes at most events and the red (novice) is meant to be easy, but its not drawing these guys who have an old trials bike at the back of the shed out for a play... ????

again i don't mean to but into Scottish affairs, it's your SACU, you decide but some questions if i may; a) why only £10million public liability, trials under the ACU is £30million although most mx, enduros, & grass tracks can have a £10 million option what level of personnel accident insurance are you offering ? i) weekly benefit or ii) fixed payments if serious injury, 4+ weeks in hospital, etc - ACU offers ii, as i was to expensive but private providers offer it, most mx, enduros, & grass tracks have none at all. re an example budget (we don't have to talk about BAMCC), every club has land costs, insurance costs, levy, permit, etc - the infrence here is that entry fees are going to have to rise, or are we missing a cost to clubs that has gone down?

hello mate see you soon aka Jamie

i take it from andy's answer they were hacked ? one of the two i do has been hacked in the past ...

we give 10's if you miss a section looking at the results there are some odd ten's in there - try dropping peter burrell an email (see "about us" on our website)

thanks for that, my team worked hard to lay out the sections and it was really dry and easy on Saturday but we knew the rain was coming, and bugger me it was wet!!! we've got a wobbler trial in two weeks if you want another go

it's your SACU, and you get to decide the fees. i'm not going to tell/preach to you how to run your events - however it does sound very expensive, considering trials normally/reactively charge very little in the way of entry fees (compared to mx, enduro and esp road race). i'm not up on the politics up there but didn't you guys just loose half your mx clubs to mcf ??? also is there a particular to scots law reason why you feel the need to add personal accident insurance into the competitors licence fee? the presumption down here has been that if the riders wants it, they can go to a provider (used to be CICA) and get it. similarly to keep costs down the ACU rolled back personal accident insurance to only big injuries to keep costs down and then offered "basic" permits (for mx, grass track and enduro) without any personal accident insurance (for riders) to keep costs low.

you got a link to the story? undoubtedly some at the ACU, FIM, UEM, BMF, MAG, etc knows more about this and what lobbying has been done and how much manoeuvring room there might be, etc

absolutely right of one reads back through directors minutes and/or national council minutes then you'll see that they had about 80 odd riders join the acu last year (???) without specifiying a club. the argument they have ran before is that while at the show, you get a newbie come along, who want to "join up" there and then with cash in hand, you can't (realistically) say go away join a.n.other & DMCC then come back, especially with mcf, bsma, etc, etc stands next door. as a club i don't like it - but i'm not sure there is a much better answer (as a close by club i can see how it hits you hard)

one way around it would be to start your own club under any federation and get a permit (ie insurance for the day) and only have you (and you mates) riding - but this is complex and expensive. another way would be to set up an entity eg "devo8 trials park" and buy the public liability from the usual suspect like a mx practice track - i suspect this will cost thousands of pounds, but might be less for just trials, and for a only a handful of riders

I think we use stacey's (http://www.stacyandson.co.uk/) but from a print point of view it should be doable with some sort of pvc (banner material???) that anyone who prints banners should be able to do

well as best as i know the downland is usually the last round of the sammy miller series (i could be wrong). ie its a a trial with road work rather than a LDT. in any event with road work, the onus is on you the rider to comply with all road legal legislation. for instance you'll normally need extra insurance as your road policy (normally) doesn't cover competitions (and pizza delivery), you'll need your driving licence, MOT, tax, etc, road legal tyres (see recent discussion about IRC not being road legal), etc in LDT the only difference is that you have a road book, and it's really beneficial to come up with some form device to hold the roadbook (normally tuperware box, with rollers in)

i've in years past (before i had family in the tyre game) i ran my beta with a tubed tyre on a tubeless rim