Greetings From Nw Washington

[pacificnw1]

Hello, I live in the NW corner of the NW State and it's a fairly lonley place to be a trials rider... It's a bit suprising really as the weather is terrible, wet and cold. It's perfect for trials riders!

I am a new dirt rider but have done some dual sport riding. I'm old enough to not want to experience the thrill of a flying thru the woods with my bike no longer beneath me. I learned that should be a goal on my first choice for a dirt bike. I bought myself a new KTM 300 XC-W - oops. What a great bike!

I took a class from Chris Birch and asked - What do I need to get from a street rider to a dirt rider? He and the Vancover Island Trials Champ both said - practically together - get a Montesa.

So I said I was looking at a 74 TY 250 to buy - Chris sais, "Oh, my mom had one of those. Called it Bessy for some reason."

I need some help with that TY - where should I post?

[biffsgasgas]

I would suggest posting in the Yamaha bike specific area. Be careful with those bark busters on there. On trials bikes its much easier and more common to go over the bars. Bark busters can get in the way of exiting gracefully and have been known to break wrists.

 

--Biff

[pacificnw1]

Thanks bifgasgas - the experience and caution present in your reply is what makes these forums valuable.

In fact I was practicing covering the rear brake doing small wheelies in the yard on the RT/4 two nights ago.

I guess I stood on the rear brake a bit too hard or for too long and I very nearly experienced that forward dismount you described.

I will be careful-thanks. But for now they gotta stay. I'm new 2 dirt and trail ride that bike in the woods. With that I'm not at as great a risk as a genuine trials rider. They've already saved my hand once! I got into some mud and clipped a tree with the left grip. It slammed the handlebar 90+ degrees and skidded the front wheel to a stop - love the trials steering stops! Likely kept me from leaving the trail for one heck of a ride!