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Barnsley club did run a Trial at the Doncaster Moto Park but it's more of a Moto-X facility. I'd look out for Novice Beginners Trials in your area. Search the Calendar on here and the Events in the back of Trials and Moto-x News. Unfortunately not everybody is posting the events on here as yet. Once you are familar with the clubs you get to know where you can go.

That's OK now but if numbers rise how do you choose? The idea of these classes is to allow any Youth a go! Any Registration scheme runs the risk of excluding those who can only afford to do "local" rounds or those who want to join the series late after discovering they are good enough! You also don't want to exclude those who know they are not going to beat the top lads but enjoy the ride. A compromise needs to be reached where no rider is left without a "catcher".

The distances between sections is always a problem. Otter Vale for example is a great trial but the gap between the two "groups" of sections means that Dads, (and some Mums) need to be super fit or have help to get between them. Historically Youth nationals are "open" to anybody who matches the Age criteria. Hence four of five years ago entries near to a Hundred. This meant that with Dads following on bikes the whole thing got too crowded and accidents and incidents happened hence the ban on Minders bikes. With the current more manageable numbers it would seem to be allowable but I can see numbers rising again if that happened leading to the same problem. Perhaps Organisers could arrange Quads, (farmers types) which could shuttle Mindersto and form the extreme's of sections??

It actually varies from 5000 to nearly 9000 looking at the Bar charts. I'd say that if Gas Gas are producing that many then yes it could be 30,000 to 50,000 or even lower in the current climate. I do know that a local dealer used to sell 2,000 bikes a year back in the late 70's and early 80's. Now that can be the whole of UK sales on a bad year. The problem is simple really. Trials Motorcycles are now so specialised and competition focused they are not much use for anything else. You used to see TL125's and TY's on the road commuting during the week and out at Trials at the weekend. Now try doing that on a Raga or Evo. Not really going to happen.

Over the last couple of months there are at least 10-20 youngsters turning up to ride at any Conducted trial in the area. The main thing is they all enjoy it whatever mark they get. It's heartening to see OSET's out as well!! Pretty wide size range though!!!

Horsforth have announced that Small Wheel Conducted Trials will be included at all Club Championship Trials starting this Sunday. This has got to be a big boost for the Youth sections and is due to the larger numbers of Young Trialers looking for events at weekends. All Yeadon Guiseley Trials (Beginners, Club and Centre trials), Barring Nationals, All Horsforth Beginners, Wednesday night and Club trials and All Ripon Club trials in the Yorkshire Centre now have Conducted classes. All we need now is somebody to produce a NEW 50cc manual and we're off!!

Funnily enough the Bottom end rattles have been a "feature" of the Sherco usually down to the "Mains" not getting enough lubricant. I never had any trouble but used High Spec Castrol XR77 in the fuel. Looking at the New XPA bike it has little in common with the Sherco Maybe the "Problems" they had in that most people perceived it as a Sherco copy forced the re design and rename??

It depends really. The main brands Gas Gas, Sherco and Beta produce bikes covering all ages and all are competitive. They have slowly developed the bikes into Trial winners at all levels. Montesa are very much in "No mans land" at the moment. The bike as it stands has not been developed since it's launch and is expensive. Bou's bike is nothing like the Pidcock bikes and would cost 6 figures to buy if Honda ever would let anybody do so. Scorpa will be an offshot of Sherco, probably producing a range of more "conventional" Trials bikes. Greeves and Ossa look like being on the cutting edge producing a limited range and trying new technology. It looks like XPA might be joining them after starting as a "cut price" maker. Hopefully at least one of them will push on and do well in the market. It has to be remembered that the UK market may be small but worldwide the market is probably in the region of 60,000 to 100,000 machines a year. Peanuts to the "big" japanese makers who look to one model doing that to be successful but still worth chasing.

Funnily enough they had TY250's as well and they lasted a long time. But it has to be said that they fell out of favour because they didn't keep up with Beta, Sherco, Scopa, Gas Gas and Montesa when it came to competitive riding. A case of they were too well built and heavy. The Scorpa has the TTR engine so that is pretty rugged although the early TTR's did have Frame problems.

I don't think it would be just Xispa's that would give you trouble. A Charity local to me went to Scorpa 125 4T's as the two strokes they used were high on maintenance and that was another make. Given the work cycle I'm not sure many Trials bikes these days would survive. The demand is for a competition bike that has to be light, powerful and can be easily thrown around. Most owners spend a weekend running them and spend the week "fettling" them back into shape. You need a bike that can stand being ridden for 7 hours a day for at least two days a week with riders of varying abilities and mechanical sympathy.

Personally I've seen it happen. Riders start with a clear section only for another rider, minder or even spectator to wander into the section or dislodge something into the bike/rider. If it happens I take a view on it. If my, or the "obstruction's" actions cause the rider to drop marks I usually give them the chance to "go again" which is allowable or take the marks if it affects the mark I give them. In many cases they may well be on a "three" anyway so will take it. In others they swing back and try again. As for "not seeing" marks dropped, in many cases where it happensI miss them due to the masses of riders/minders in the way!!

If your lad is used to a Gas Gas then get a new or 2009 Gas Gas 125. The "better built" quotes attributed to other bikes are generally not that true. I know of a few problems that Beta's have and Sherco's and I could regale you with the Gas Gas faults as well. Suffice to say if you look after ANY of the 125's out there they will give sterling service. Even then you could be caught out by their flaws. The Beta Evo and Sherco ST are also pretty good with the older Beta REV-3 in it's later form with the Kehin Carb being a sturdy and sure footed machine.

Yeadon Guiseley's Club Series moves to Brimham Rocks this Sunday. No word on Dot's butty wagon but the start will be at 11am so grab something on the way. Signposted from the Harrogate and Ripon to Pateley Bridge Roads. Flags will be out at the entrance to Brimham Rocks to direct you to the car park.

Spen Valley's Club series continues this Saturday at the ever popular Home Farm Tong. 1pm start means you can have a lie-in or grab Lunch before you go.

Now available on the Yeadon Guiseley Website

The contact for the secretary is Mrs. D. Queen, 106 Oakwood Drive, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 9JY. Tel/Fax: 01229 583886 email: dot.queen@btinternet.com The ACU Site does have a list of clubs and Centres. It is a pain as all clubs decide their own dates and some have to change during the year due to weather, land issues and clashing dates. The best places to check are TMX and the Calendar on this website. A lot of clubs do also have their own websites which have more up to date information.

The Local Centres each produce their own Booklets. The ACU themselves have little to do with them. In the Yorkshire Centre Barry Robinson is involved in getting them compiled and published.

McLaren, Hamilton and Button handled it better than Red Bull!!!!!!!!! As for the radio conversations, don't forget that the FIA have forbidden Teams to issue team orders. Hence the conversations between the Pit wall and the driver tend to be "veiled". This does leave things down to Driver interpretation. Button felt he had the fuel to push harder and Button gets the info from the Pit and thinks about it. Hamilton reacts to the info.

The Conducted Route at Y&G Trials had an Electric entrant at Emmotts this weekend When Henry Stephenson was First in class. I also think That Tonight's Horsforth Trial at Swaine Woods would be suitable as another turned up these for the last trial. They do run in their own class. I should think any of the clubs with conducted route's (Y&G, Horsforth and Ripon) would be glad to see them. Maybe Ripon would be a Good start as the Easy course there might suit them better.

Most of the clubs send them out with Membership cards as it's your local centre. I have seen them at various trials next to the entry forms until they run out.

Modern Synthetic oils tend to need a little less in the Petrol than the older oils. I use XR77 Castrol and use 60 to 75ml in 5 litres.

2 o'clock start on Saturday 12th June at Emmotts. Mainly Steam sections with some Hills as well. See Yeadon Guiseley's Website for directions.

So he should have been charged with Riding an uninsured Vehicle. My point is that in this case it seems the Police couldn't do that so in error issued a Section 59.

I noticed when reading the minutes of an ACU board meeting that an official preparing an Enduro in the Langdale forest received a "Section 59" Notice. Now they were there operating under an ACU licence which I presume means they were also there with the Co-Operation of the land owners. the Incident is discribed thus. Langdale Forest Incident Mr Willoughby had reported on a recent incident that had taken place regarding a Work Party of six riders on bikes in the Langdale Forest preparing a course for an Enduro event. The Work Party was operating under an ACU permit. During the day the riders were approached by three Police Officers and a National Parks Ranger. The police officers checked the bikes for Tax, MOT tests and Insurance. One bike in question was found to have no tax or insurance. After being interviewed by the Police, the rider in question was interviewed a few days later at a Police station and was issued with a Section 59 document. This incident has raised some concerns as to the legality of riders in the forest and the General Secretary was asked to obtain precise details of the incident in order that the Board can fully understand the matter and take any appropriate action. The matter is ongoing. Now this means that they were unable to prosecute the official and issued a Section 59. Now listed below are the reasons a section 59 can be issued and you do not have to attend a Police Station to have one posted against your vehicle. Where an officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is being used in a manner which contravenes Road Traffic Act Section 3 (Careless Driving) OR Section 34 (Driving elsewhere than on a road) AND also the manner of use of the vehicle is causing or has been causing or is likely to cause, alarm distress or annoyance to members of the public. It's doubtful the Rider Contravened Section 3 of the RTA or all riders would have been issued a S56. Section 34 was not contravened either as again the other riders were not issued a S56. and again as the other riders were not issued a S56 He was not causing Distress etc. This is yet another Misuse of a badly thought out and worded piece of Labour sponsored law. It seems that in this case the Officers themselves had no means to prosecute the official and have tried to mistakenly apply this act. Given the Police concerned did not apply the law correctly, (they seem to know Nothing about it or merely use it maliciously), it would be prudent to ask why it was used and get it struck off because of the mistakes made by the Officers.

You usually need a different Hub and Spacers to make it fit.