Trials Riders Riding History - Just For Fun...

[b40rt]

Unfortunately, an intentional omission!

I kinda like'ed the FAT women theory!

The other ones are like a Monty 4T, require too much money, a long warm up, and little return, yet better suspension!

The 4T / fast women comparison doesn't stop there. Over complicated, tempremental, requires very careful handling, irrational.

FAT women / air cooled twin shock, a bit grubby, noisy, smokey, but great fun to ................

[kjax]

Fat or thin - all of them are great! Just as long as they move slower than me.....

[paulthistle]

Lets see;

Rupp minibike

74 RD60

JT1 Mini enduro

Harley 125 rapidio ($20 in box)

YL1

Bridgestone 100 (another box)

Harley SX175

Mongomery Wards 125 (Ducati)

Superhawk 305

TM125

TS185

RD400

IT175 77

CR125 77

CR/XL 125

XR200 82

CB125

S2 350 Kaw

DT125 1980

H2 Kaw

YZ250 1980

S1 250 kaw

KX125 81

VF500 84

CB400F

CB400A 1978

CB900F

XR350 1985

XR250 1986

YZ125 1990

YZ125 1975

XR350 again

DT50 1990

YZ125 1998

YZ250 1979

TTR250 2000

YZ250F 2001

WR250F 2001

WR250F 2003

YZ125 2005

Sherco 125 2005

Beta 125 2007

YZ450 2008

Not all I've owned, but all I've spent time riding.

Edited November 20, 2008 by paul_thistle

[hensley]

Paul

Way back when i was about 13 i had a friend who had a Harley Rapidio 125 he tried to ride it off a hay wagon with bad results another had a Bridgestone 100 he was pretty rough on. Im just wondering if they got put in a box and shipped to Georgia or where ever you were at the time.

The Rapidio guy would after putting the tank on reserve fill it up with gas put premix in his gas cap dump it in work the forks to mix it up.

[firstgear]

It is fun to try to remember the bikes you have owned. I am sure I missed a couple but here is the bulk

Trials bikes

73 Honda TL125

76 Yamaha TY175

85 Yamaha TY350

86 Yamaha TY350

87 Honda TLR200

93 Fantic K-Roo

95 Montesa Cota

97 Beta Techno

88 Beta TR34

01 Montesa Cota

04 Beta Rev 270

07 Beta Rev 270

08 Beta Rev 270

09 Beta EVO 290 (Due in 2 weeks)

Play Bikes

81 Yamaha RT180

81 Yamaha IT175

88 ATK 250

91 ATK 406

94 ATK 406

98 Yamaha WR400

00 Yamaha WR 400

04 KTM 450 EXC

86 Honda XL600

99 Honda XR650L

Road

67 Norton Atlas 750

86 Harley Sporster 1200

88 Ducati Paso 750

94 Ducati Monster 900

00 Victory V92SC

Bikes purcheased for kids and Wife

81 Honda XR50

97 XR70

98 XR100

87 XR250

98 XR200

00 Yamaha TTR125

04 TTR125LE

85 Honda Rebel 250

98 Honda Shadow 750

94 Gas Gas JT160

98 Beta Techno 250

05/06 Osset 12.5 (does it count?)

Wow.. Looks kinda cool when you write um all down!

[paulthistle]

Hensley,

I was living in tallahassee fl. I look back and wonder how I did it. I wasn't much older than my 12 year old. My mother would drive me to the sellers houses, I was a paperboy and watched the crap for sale. So I took my paperboy money bought junk and I would hang them out the back of the lemans for the ride home. Cool!

I tore up a lot of stuff. But I learned alot of what you couldn't do.

[copemech]

Thistle's list reminded me that I seem to have forgotton my old trusty Honda 305 Scrambler! It was what, a 65-69? something that had been refurbed to mid 70's, real beauty with gloss black laquer and pinstripes!

No muffler installed, just a couple of twisty bafflethings, made LOTS of noise! Remember I always had to cut it off and coast from at least 3 houses down from the HS girlfriends house at 2 am, or it would wake her dad and get me shot as she snuck out!

Now THAT was trials on a Honda!