Trials bikes any fun?
CU92
thought about getting a trials bike to play around on when I get home from
work.
I have never even been on a trials bike before and do not know what is like.
Any of you ever had the opportunity to ride a trials bike?
Just thought it would help my mx riding too.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Danny
Mike Baxter
Hi Danny,
Riding a trials bike is big fun. I have concluded that If I
can only have one bike for the rest of my life, it's going to be a
trials bike. I have been beating the crap out of my '97 GasGas JXT270
for a couple years now. It will help your riding on the big bike and
you will enjoy it. However, the first few rides generally wear people
out and is less fun than it is after you have learned a few basic
things. I can have fun in the street in front of my house working on
bunny hops, nose wheelies, and balancing. Be prepared to start
dragging home large logs, culverts and other obstacles.
Mike Baxter...2000 GG EC300...1997 GG JXT270...Timekeepers MC
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Tami Rowell
looked to be havin' one helluva good time whilst throwing his bike and
himself off of a huge house-sized boulder in Idaho. Repeatedly.
Tami-
g tardiff
I have a trials bike too and can play around in my backyard for hours at a
time. Like Baxter said, the first few times out are a little weird, well,
they were for me anyway. Once you've learned a little technique though,
you'll be on your way.
If you live anywhere near a trials event, you ought to check it out. There's
usually lots of used bikes for sale, and you'd probably have the opportunity
to ride a little (most trials guys are very friendly and are always looking
to induct another member to the cult).
GaryT
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Dean H
> If you live anywhere near a trials event, you ought to check it out. There's
> usually lots of used bikes for sale, and you'd probably have the opportunity
> to ride a little (most trials guys are very friendly and are always looking
> to induct another member to the cult).
True, that. Dan Williams lent me his spare last year for my one and only
observed trials. Fine man, that Dan Williams. The poor bike took a few
crunchy tumbles, but I did clean one section and that was a rush.
They are wierd to ride for sure. Forget about gripping the tank with
your knees; it ain't there. Steering is best done by "weighting the
pegs". The controls hear your every whisper. Sloppy doesn't fly on a
trials bike.
While I don't think that I could have one as my only bike, I'm
absolutely sure that having one would improve my riding. And yes, you
could have a lot of fun/practice in a small, confined area like a
backyard. Plus, they are quiet, so you won't piss off the neighbors too
much.
I heard something here that they too are going 4stroke, so the 2strokes
should get cheap fast.
Just my limited experience,
Dean
DirtCrashr
quite a workout. More than Trials exactly it's like extreme trailriding with
obstacles thrown in and it wears me out.
It seems because they naturally turn so easily that the trails never go
straight for more than about a bikelength - so you have to keep your eyes out
for the trail which is faint and hard to see under a deep tree canopy.
Because they go over things easily the trail also does a lot of cruel, weird
and unatural stuff - like making a blind-sharp 97+degree uphill off-camber
right with a big log in the middle of it covered in moss. And then you have to
go down the other side...
Because they have such good traction, torque, and gearing, and big soft tires
you have to learn to pick a gear to run it, and then roll OFF the throttle in
order to climb up things that would bury a normal, mongo-heavy moto bike - like
walking up a 60-degree slope covered in soft oak-leaf mulch with pillows
strapped to your feet.
You need more flexible boots with better traction soles, so you can stay
standing instead of sliding down a steep hill on MX slick-shod boots. You
don't get the cooling wind-effect very much because of the slow pace and
trecherous landscape, so you also need a light, well vented open-face helmet so
that your profusely sweating head doesn't burst, and you can gsasp for every
molecule of air.
It's a lot of fun actually and you can get an 80-mile enduro workout in about
800 yards of "significant" trail - 8 miles of that spaghetti will tear you up.
DirtCrashr