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Photos coming soon.

John

CRM114 said:

Is that your first World Championship Trials Event?? Photos just don't do it justice, you have to be there!! :thumbsup:

It reminded me of the first Formula 1 Grand Prix that I went to. I'd seen races on TV, but when we walked into Indianapolis Motor Speedway an F1 car came around turn 13 at over 200 miles per hour and my jaw just dropped. Watching on TV you get NO SENSE of the speed. Zero. The blast of wind that comes off the car. The incredible noise of that V-10 (now V-8's) running at 19,000 RPM. 19,000! :jawdrop: The smell of the high octane exhaust. Heaven.

The trials videos and pictures are nice to have but you get no sense of how steep the terrain was. How undercut the boulders. How sharp some of the rocks. How wet and slick. The loose dirt and leaves. The incredible danger to these guys. You get no real sense of any of that on videos or pictures. Watching Albert Cabestany hop that dang Sherco on the edge of a trail across a 50 degree slope was something I will never forget. Or seeing this junior national hop over a root on top of a steep boulder to clean an uncleanable section. And that wonderful 100 octane fuel. Heaven

Why has this sport not exploded in America??? Actually I know why, the kids are all too busy and the lawyers would ruin it. On second thought, let's keep it small!:ride:

John

Cant wait to see the WTC pics. There are a few videos posted on youtube. I watched the "walk-thru" with the event organizer. Looked IMPOSSIBLE.

I like that trials is relatively unknown, but the televised coverage (speed channel, fuel, etc.) is really scarce.

I hope it stays unknown. If it ever gets popular the lawyers would get involved, they'd build fences everywhere, we couldn't get within 100 yards of the riders. I like it just like this.

John

CRM114 said:

Don't worry, it will not get popular... Most new motorcycle riders only understand speed and want the bike to do it for them while they sit there and go along as a passenger. It's too slow for most people, but that's really a misunderstanding.

In the places where these bikes are meant to run, there is NO faster bike.

Plus, it's a lot of work and requires more thought than many people are willing to do.

But it's the same challenge that I loved in other endeavors like: Golfing, Surfing, Snow Skiing and Flying... The Personal challenge to master a new discipline that requires finesse and control. :thumbsup:

:p im with you "we dont need no stinken bashes"heard it in a movie once.your killing me where are the pics???!!!:worthy:

CRM114 said:

Yep, much more thinking involved in going around and slowly over obstacles than cruising through the bush or down a road.

The thinking man's motorsport, like chess on two wheels.:ride:

I reckon riding trials makes you think more about your riding, when your on other bikes / vehicles as well.

It would be good to see more riders learning through trials. but if that attracts the bureaucrats, nay sayers and joy killers, meaning more expense to compete. Environmental impact statements whenever we want to go for a ride, then i'd rather it stay less known.

look at guys like david knight,geoff aaron,there trials experience has definately paid off in there enduro skills

The first thing to suffer if it got big would be the approachability of the competitors. Honestly, there was this big crowd, just milling about, looking for a good viewpoint. The sections were taped off, but between the sections was just single track. Dougie Lampkin or Toni Bou finishes a section and just rides to the next one, and his minder is calling for people to "get out of the way," and Dougie is missing them by like 6 inches. How else does my son get a close up of Lampkin? I can see lawyers all over that. Those bastards would completey kill it. Unless we killed them first...:thumbsup: Now there's an idea!

JB