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I had a brilliant day with the Merthyr Club at their club trial today, in the lovely rocky stream gulleys.. A quick report of the day, & now full results download HERE ... thanks to all at the club for a top event and for making us welcome.. As usual I rode like a pillock :) Image Gallery
Zona 1 held their trial at Nettleton this weekend... full results .pdf
.. and photo gallery on PhotoBucket. |
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Stroud Valley Motorcycle club will be running the Bill Peters Trial on 14th Feb at BreakHeart Quarry, Dursley.. SVMC Website for more details and forms..
The Mendip Vale Club are running their Winterhead Trial on the 28th Feb at Churchill Rocks... info download link. |
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Pontypool dmmc are running the John Bull Trial at Cwrt Henllys farm (NP44 7AS) on Sunday 7th March,10.30 start time , All adult and youth classes. Signposted off the A4051 Cwmbran drive. contact Rob Cobley 01495 769039 |
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Bob Wright and Martin Mathews, from our sister Fantic and SWM sites, will both be at the Classic offroad and road racing show in Telford on the 13 & 14th of February. ... show website.
If you want either Fantic or SWM parts brought to the show contact them to arrange via the image links on the left. |
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The Jersey Classic and Modern Trials club are running their 2 day event on the 6th & 7th March 2010... some special price deals have been sorted out for ferry and accomodation ... check out their club website for full details. They would especially like to see more pre 65 and twinshock machines. |
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Burners and I rode the Mendip Vale Turkey trial on Saturday, it also happened to be my birthday so I didn't commit myself until the last moment to ride and wasn't in fancy dress but most were... I dropped my partner Jo in at the deep end and handed her my camera so she could get some shots. Having never used an SLR before I think she got some good ones... use the image on the left , the traffic cone, to see the gallery!!... results now on the club web site.
It was a one route, fairly easy trial but Burners and I were mucking about and having a laugh with the others so much we both dropped marks we shouldn't have. And sadly for my bank balance I discovered that the scratches I had put in my fork tube last week is terminal, as oil is now running freely! |
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Becky Cook, Alexz Wigg and Ross Danby were at the BVM test day and gave us all a lesson in riding....
click the image of Alexz on the left to see a gallery of images I took of them during the day... then click on any thumbnail to view larger versions. Report on the day Here. |
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It's that time of the year again... well actually a bit later! The BVM test day was delayed for a few weeks to enable the 2010 Sherco ST 290 to arrive. Unfortunately we were without the Montesa and Scorpa machines but GasGas and Beta had a full selection to try out along with the Sherco's... views on the machines Here,.. meanwhile click on the image of me on the left to see a selection of images I took during the day. |
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First ride on the new 290 Evo today for me... I was joined by Mike, Burners, Squancey, Ben and Steve over in Wiltshire for a 5 hour play!! I was pleasently surprised that I managed to keep riding all the time, I thought the 3 month lay off would have not only ruined any fitness I had but also what riding ability. But the bike flattered me, it grips like mad and feels so much easier to move around than the Rev3. I put a few scuffs on it so it doesn't look brand new anymore!! .. click the Here for updated (16th Dec) bike info and work etc... A few pictures of us riding and a group shot here. |
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Matt Liberatore, from over in the USA, has recently had a new GasGas Raga replica 300 to play on. He has sent us a very comprehensive test write up.. click GasGas image to view |
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Now this looks nice... Ossa released the prototype TR280i at the Milan motor show this week. Fuel injection, chromo and alloy frame, twin tube swinging arm, reverse canted cylinder, exhaust outlet and air inlet opposite to normal etc etc.. Only bit I am not keen on is the USD forks. They have been tried a few times on trials machines and not lasted long. The black/white/green colours look stunning I think, and hints back to the old ossa days. click the image to visit the zonatrial info page. And see more images from MotoTrial.it here .. discuss the new bikes Here. 1280 pixel wide images available Here |
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There is something about orange, black and white together that just looks good... and I have to say the 2010 Scorpa's seen at the Milan show do look so much better. The SY seems to now sport a Sherco engine, making it look much smaller and more modern than the very old Yamaha lump used previously.. loads of images from Planetetrial Here |
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Steve Saunders took Heath out for a play on the 2010 Beta Evo...
Read Heath's thoughts on the bike and view the photo gallery of the day's ride by clicking the image of Steve.. |
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Click the image here to get a large view of the 2010 TopTrialTeam Beta Evo... I reckon the original white plastics would look good with the black frame, like the SXS version from last year. |
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Rob and Heath had an evenings play on the cycles down on the rocks at Sand Bay, near Weston-Super-Mare. The sunset was a stunner... click image to view complete gallery. |
