Anybody ride off-road?

[englishpremier]

I don't do trials but I've been known to do a bit of this:

And this:

More often than not it ends up like this:

Trials is definitely a good place to develop your off road skills though.

 

[Danm54]

I've joined a local trials club, that way I can legally practice whenever I like, I'll probably enter some events too.

Earl Shilton?

Looks like they've got a good setup going, been on the lookout for a cheap trials bike for a while and that'd be my closest club.

 

[Lopéz]

Earl Shilton?

Yeah, they have an event on Sunday, so I'm going to go and take a look. I'll probably actually pay up from January on as the bike needs a bit of work before I use it properly - it's a bit expensive to join in November just for a month.

Here is the beast. My mum thought it was a kids bike. She doesn't know a lot about trials!

 

[signs]

Me a good few years back ..

 

[signs]

XR250 anyone ?

 

[gbradders123]

I had a rev3 awesome bike. Fell to pieces often, but still better than a gasgas. Motul 10w30 for the gearbox is the best imo. Maybe need a fresh tyre. So long as you can do a figure of 8 on full lock you are good enough to do a competition.

regret selling mine.

 

[Lopéz]

I had a rev3 awesome bike. Fell to pieces often, but still better than a gasgas. Motul 10w30 for the gearbox is the best imo. Maybe need a fresh tyre. So long as you can do a figure of 8 on full lock you are good enough to do a competition.

regret selling mine.

Yeah I just picked up a new Michelin X11 for the back. The front is a lot better but could still do with replacing.

 

[ShakenNstirred]

ShakenNstirred has an old Suzuki banger he takes off-road

That's a bit mean

lol yep its 37 year old Beamish Suzuki 250, I'm doing classic trials
it not as extreme as modern trials, but it is harder in 1 area, you have to keep forward motion.
None of the balancing still and even rolling back that you can do in modern trials.
You stop in the old rules we run with at you get 5 points

 

[Lopéz]

Nice twin shock!

 

[ShakenNstirred]

I wasn't riding today, have a bad back, but was a good day out videoing it Stathams farm (Peakclassic trial): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz3viLD8efZnzcJs0c43XgE_UZAPS2h-L


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[acemastr]

Rode today, got lost, crossed up on some whoops and my thigh hit the handlebar as I flew over it... big lump right now

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Took the Beamish out for a practice today.
I'm coming along good. was practicing slow tight turns, coming down hill and then up hill.

 

[thedoc46]

is this a trials thread or off-road as in trails thread ? I don't ride trials, but i do ride trails. Lots of.. Actually IMHO road riding is boring in comparison. I have a modified KLX250, which is now a KLX351, with a mikuni pumper carb, and fmf exhaust. I have probably what is equivalent to London and the surrounding counties, of no-mans land maybe 8miles from my door step. From there, i'll see bear, alligator, snakes, deep water swamps, sugar sand, mud. Only thing is if you break down, you may have a long walk back... I'm always nervous when i go off-road, with the what ifs.... actually truth be told, you always have a moment, every time, be it a front wheel wash out in sand that you saved, or nearly running over an alligator that seemed to have just blended in with the shadows.. Or go thru water that just gets deeper and deeper, til you're thinking not good. If i leave early in the morning for a 100mile round trip, i quite often see no-one for 80 of those miles.