Whats gone wrong with Trials.

[ChrisCH]

13 hours ago, metisse said:

....The added cost now, of a licence at 145 euros for a classic type or over 250 for a modern type might also add to the problem.  Hope that helps from across the channel.

 

Do you need a FIM licence just to practice?  There are lots of places in France where you could spend a day or so riding some great terrain (near you I am sure).  There always seems to be a lot of people with crossers and quads in the forest dom. when we visit.

[metisse]

No  in France no licence required to practice, however the bike should be insured. To ride in a competition the bike should insured and registered even on private land.

[turbofurball]

Is that why in the French competitions the bikes have lights fitted (?)

[metisse]

All bikes whether practice or not should.. be insured.  Competition wise if its all on private land they need to be insured and registered lights not needed. Competitions taking in  road or bridal paths, need to be road legal, insured, registered and lights .  Some require lights working some or most classic twinshocks require lights working or not... No one said it was easy....For the classic Costa Brava in Spain, part of the entry covers insurance and they have special dispensation from someone high up.... so no lights, registration document, and I assume no insurance is ever needed or indeed  checked. They even have the local rozzers on the rounderbouts stopping traffic in favour of trials bikes roaring through the town. 

For these two trials the numbers speak for themselves, quality events in quality areas, attract riders willing to possible moderate the amount of mediocre trials  in favour of the must do events.