A new name for the oldest sport in off-road motorcycling: MotoTrial

[old trials fanatic]

WEEEEE! Here's my chance to BE LIKE LANE [you know, the guy who invented trials]

Who's Lane ????????????

I can tell you that America's first Indoor "Moto Trial" was put on at the Cow Palace in San Fransisco California.

Only in america would you have a "cow palace"

As for the squid that puts up a frown when referring to Americanism, I guess I can only say that jealousy is be a horrible thing and it can really bring a person down.

Jealous ?????????? do they let you out very often.

[old trials fanatic]

The Europeans now have a setup that maximizes Trials exposure by combining EnduroCross and Indoor Trials (renamed X-Trials) in the same stadium. The recent Italy event has the track weaving around the sections. I'm sure the Trials purists won't like the idea, but if that combination could happen here in the States it could be the hot ticket. Most top US trials riders already race EnduroCross so it would be a good combination.

Thats just moto cross with some bricks thrown in

[beta_trials]

i like the idea of combining the two sports to gain a interest and grow the sport. You can never get the really hard sections built into a stadium where riders really show their talent but when you host a venue like that an people attend because their curious. Then your starting to get places. The real problem is how do we start to get people to come out to trials events at our national level like the do at world level in Europe. The national i was at here in Colorado this year at least from what i saw was there were more riders than spectators. but i could only see what came around as I was working that event.

Edited December 9, 2010 by beta_trials

[eastcoasthopper]

I'm still trying to fathom how a simple name change is going to attract new riders. Trials is a participant sport and most often does not attract money from spectators or promotion from aftermarket companies. What other motorsport allows a rider/driver to buy a new machine, put fuel in it, check the tires and enter a National event with a reasonable hope of winning one's class. The low cost of riding Trials can be a two-edged sword in that it must rely on promotion within the ranks, rather than outside organizations that are profit driven.

Any student of business management will tell you that word-of-mouth advertizing is the most efficient, cost-effective way to promote sales. Provide a new rider with a fun experience and he/she will tell friends. I think each club needs to take the time to actually talk to new riders and get an idea of their experience starting out. What, if anything, needs to be changed to make them want to come back? If we are more concerned about how we can join the new riders rather than how they can join us, we have a better chance of seeing them again. Do we need to back off the difficulty of some of the sections or loop? Do we want to provide a half-hour rules/riding workshop for beginning riders before the event to help them get started on the right track? Do we want to have an advanced rider take them out as a group to show them the ropes? Do we want to conduct an "exit interview" of a rider who dropped out of the sport? Lots of possibilities.

MotoTrials, Trials, Observed Trials. I think that what we call it is not nearly as important as how we do it.

Jon

DITTO! Well stated!

[baldilocks]

According to a certain online dictionary thing the word 'Moto' in Urdu translates to 'Fat Girl'

I'm gonna stick with 'Observed Motorcyle Trials' thank you very much !

GJ

Fat Lass or Fat Girl, a term commonly applied to the 4RT Montesa.

as its the current World trials Champ winning machine Mototrial seems perfectly appropriate. I just call it trials when I talk to people not of my religion, this normally results in a brief conversation about kickstart and Eurosport indoor trials. If I say off road bike most guess I have a mountain bike..........