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eLuSiVeMiTe
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Berkhampstead. Yes good venue. Another in mk. Both of them together for a years membership with keyed anytime access is less than 60 notes a year. Cost you that for a day or two on an mx track.
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Be looking for a bike in spring. If you can get to mk I'd be happy to give you a good taster mate.
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@eLuSiVeMiTe That's a very generous offer! Thanks.
MK is only half an hour up the M1 from me. The old BMX "skills" will come in handy......
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Scottish six day trials are held here in fort william every year always great to watch concidering getting into it myself if i can get my motorcycle licence finished. I would say to you maybe to start with better of with an enduro bike as they have a seat and are therefore more comfortable to use on the road if you have a long way to go to a practice area. Trails bikes are baically stripped down enduros minus a few of the creature comforts and a good bit lighter. If you can manage to do it on an enduro then doing it on a trials bike will be a easy peasy. There are many brands of trials bikes but gas gas is by far and away the most common. Honda's 250 enduro seems like a nice bike.
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Long range tank and seat on a trials would be far better for the 6day as a beginner far more forgiving and far less likely to leave you broken in a heap ontop of a rock.
Geometry and power delivery are worlds apart, as is the gearing. If your lucky youl have 2 gears for road work on a trials.
Most important thing for that is fitness.
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Trials machines are much, much different to enduro machines. The likes of graham Jarvis etc can pilot an enduro bike like a trials bike but it takes skill few possess
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Remember Jarvis back in the day at the indoors.
One of the most dangerous layouts I've seen and he's riding without a minder.
He Makes what he does on an enduro look easy. Far from it.
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Here.
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Wow. That’s a great watch. Must have been quite an art getting the ports, exhaust and throttle matched to your style. I guess a laptop takes care of it nowadays.
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Most still run Carbs. Few efi 2t about and the 4t obviously.
Reeds and jets are my limit and removing any restrictors.
Fast or slow action throttle.
Adding or removing weight from the flywheel. Personally I like a heavy flywheel. Helps in boggy mud,
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I don't understand what the minder does, he's not gonna stop him failing or anything? I don't know a thing about it, I'm more familiar with street trials, like this;
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Your jumping up a steep rock and you don't quite make it. A minder grabbing your front wheel or handle bars could be the difference between a minor off or a damaged bike and damaged limbs.
There also spotting and giving visual position cues on wheel positions and landing points.
Riding trials is about confidence. Committing to splatting with enough force to clear.
Having a minder to catch if it goes wrong gives you the confidence to attack harder.
4ft step for eg.
2nd gear poss third. Coming in slow. Dip clutch and wind up. Front wheel hits obstacle 3/4 of the way up.
Front forks compress as you throw your weight back and down to compress the rear. At the same time your dipping your clutch and winding the power back on releasing at the same time as throwing your weight up and forward.
Weight back to the rear and roll off the power. There's a lot going on in a small space of times having someone to nanny you helps.
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Steve colley is a lovey bloke too, met him at the bike show, he stopped for a pic with mrs TBD and had a chat, ever the gent. He isn’t half paying for years of bouncing off things though
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My honest mistake had always thought they were born of the same kind of bike therefore very very similar.
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Well worth the pennies.
Run trials through the year and evening trialt in the summer catering to all skill levels.
https://www.miltonbuzzard.com
