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I know from reading your emails to me today what else you are thinking... don't do it mate

I thought i would never say this, but have you condsidered buying a Scorpa sy250 ? I rode my mates 2003 sherco a couple of months ago and can see why you feel it is a bit of a handfull.. i have a 300 pro with a keihin carb and love the grunt but the 290 does have a lot of low down grunt if you are not that experienced or heavy!! In fact he has now sold it because it was carrying him away most of the time and he weighs 15 stone in old money!! The 250sy is the bike that is being chosen here by guys that used to have 315 montesa's... they are soft and smooth all the way through the rev range. The SY has the advantage of being a bit lighter than the 315 and also that it is still in production!!

Go for a part exchange on a 2003 or 4 scorpa or see if anyone wants to do a barrel swap with a 250 Sherco (assuming the stroke is the same).

Oooouch r2w

That must have hurt I have made the same suggestion to Neo regarding swapping bikes.

And David, he already has a slow action throttle, a parachute and body armour and a desire to retain as much skin as possible! Just like me

Well I never thourght i'd see the day!!!!!
R2 have you been out in the sun to long (it didn't reach 30 degs over there did it?) Recommending a scorpa!!!!! Wow!! can't wait to tell Andy

Neo,
I haven`t been away from Trials Australia ???,just thought there were enough good suggestions going in already.
All I can say is it`s a coordination thing, and if the sport was that easy, that it could be mastered in six months, we`d have a lot more competitors.
Kids take to it far faster than adults, they have better fitness, reflexes, vision ,and no fear. Hell I`m still running on skills that I learned 25 years ago, to try and survive B Grade.
Have you entered any events, what grade, and how did you go.??
This is the best way to get a realistic feel for your abilities, and what grade you are capable of.
Best of all COMPETITION improves the breed, and you meet the nicest people, all willing to give a hand. Beats the hell out of rediscovering the wheel.

Thanks Howard,

Didn’t mean to have a crack at you. Just trying to get a few more active participant on TA.

I just posted, on another Topic, that I spent the weekend riding in first gear and using the clutch a great deal. In fact the clutch was more in than it was out! But hey, I really started to feel I was controlling the bike rather than it controlling me.

Yeh I know Comps are the way to go. But you forget that GGG does this stuff so I don’t miss out on meeting the best of people (including yourself of course ).

Ok I’ll make you a deal. When I can hold that stationary/slow moving wheelie, I’ll invest in the Compo licence. How does that sound? – Any tutors for the wheelies OUT THERE……….?

Read the write-ups so I'm wishing I'd come down to Cowra now.

Best of balance.

Neo

Neo

The season is at a close, no more excuses! If we don't see you riding clubman next year you're in trouble!

By the way, I find it easier to use second and slip the clutch because it increases the drag and makes it easier to control the power. Sherco Girl told me I was a whimp and should practice in first because it was a weakness in my ability. As if I was going to let her tell me what to do!!!!

If I did that, before I knew it I'd be listening to the mrs.......(what's that dear......put the rubbish out ....NOW.....OK).

Like Howard said, us ole dogs can't learn new tricks, we just have to remeber the ones we have forgot!!!!!

(shhh.... but riding a SY250 makes up for a lot)

Yep,I reckon your going to need those stationary wheelies in clubman, hope it doesn`t take you a year to master em though !!!!

Hi Neo,

Just want to reinforce what Howard and BJ wrote. Get your licence and compete. I rode my first trial in March this year and have done all right recently (and I certainly haven't been riding bikes all my life either; in fact I had almost exactly 20 years without one, but admittedly things have gone a bit silly in the last three ). There is nothing like riding between tapes to put a whole new aspect to the game. You concentrate so hard on remembering where to go that things like throttle control and balancing just don't seem to matter so much. Mate, give the slow moving wheelies a miss, you don't need them to ride a clubman section.

I'll make a deal with you. When you get your licence I'll give you a colour coded (blue for your sherco?) chain tensioner block and swing arm protector - no charge. Just do it.

Hey Rob

Slow moving wheelie = endo don't it!!!!! Us OF's too old for that stuff, I'll leave the tricks to the x-spurts

Neo wrote:Thanks Howard,

When I can hold that stationary/slow moving wheelie, I’ll invest in the Compo licence.
Neo

you mean like this:
http://www.trialscentral.com/user_photo ... xa_Hop.wmv

Just to compete in clubman?

I know that the standard is a bit higher on the big island but it must really have come on since I rode there last.

Y'know.

Cheers though.