post pics of your trial bikes

[Fetona]

It's old...fat...and ugly, but I love it all the same...

Old and Fat... yes, Ugly - no way!

[Ud_Luz]

It's old...fat...and ugly, but I love it all the same...

Nice TL. I still regret to this day I sold mine.

--Bill.

[socalhodaka]

My Custom Hodaka 125

Me riding the only factory built Hodaka trials bike called the BullFrog and the only one of its kind. Its owned by Ed Chestnut who work at Hodaka and still is racing and riding trails.

Kelly

[Murray_Gray]

Yea...to see it behaving badly go to...

http://bandjtrials.blogspot.com

[thejunkman]

Me, my Dad and my Mom's bike (she is behind the camera)

And me doing a few ground tricks in a local 4th of July parade ?

[treehopper]

Me riding the only factory built Hodaka trials bike called the BullFrog and the only one of its kind. Its owned by Ed Chestnut who work at Hodaka and still is racing and riding trails.

Kelly

Some real pictures of that bike would be nice.

[thillsam]

2000 GasGas TXT280, still have the bike...due for a new one!

[Ned1]

Count me in. '01 315r. Seems like cheating riding this thing after spedning too many hard days riding tight singletrack and tough ground on a 300+ lb SXC.

[themanoy]

the trials bug just bit me the other day and now im so pumped up to ride my old honda TLM200! check out my garage

https://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/garage.php?do=viewvehicle&vid=8659

i have another one still being serviced though.

[1992yz125]

Hey Manoy, here is the response to the question that you asked me in the other forum:

The stoppies are easy, you just jump down on the rear wheel, then lock the front brake and dart forward. Youll go over a few times, but it's not as bad as you think. The wheelies are similar, but in reverse. (I just got a training DVD and can go into a ton of detail if you want to know all of the different ways) When you go realy far back, then you have to start using the back brake to stop yourelf spinning out. Then if you go really far back, or are trying to go really slowly, after you get on the back brake, you snap you knees straigh as you let off the brake. That way you back wheel actually rolls back the way you came. The thig on the log is just ballance and some leg strength, because you can't put any pressure on only one side of the handlebar. I then obviously had to use the back brake to take my hand off the front brake.The log is tricky to explain, but basically you come at it slowly, then pop a little wheelie straight onto the log about 2/3 of the way up. Then you jump forward and give a very agressive seccond burst of throttle to shoot the bike up.

Here is a great site for this stuff: http://www.trialstrainingcenter.com/...w_to_ride.html

[themanoy]

thanks for the link 1992!

[Husky-71]

Here's my baby, and my girls in the background enjoying their ride

[RacerX400600]

It's old...fat...and ugly, but I love it all the same...

honda used to make trials bikes? Is that what that bike was intended for or is it just a model that was good to use before purpose built trials came around

[Murray_Gray]

ooohhh yea...

go to...http://metalmarkers.tripod.com/hondatrials/

Murray

[TLtrials]

honda used to make trials bikes? Is that what that bike was intended for or is it just a model that was good to use before purpose built trials came around

Trials specific indeed, Sweet sounding little thumpers!

[Yamaha WR400F]

I just bought my friends 1993 Beta Synt 260 TODAY!

This is my first trials bike, and I'm looking forward to a new learning experience.

I have a few friends who ride, 2 are District 6 Mavv champs, and the others started last year, but really progressed.

I think it will help with my Single Track riding also.

Just unloaded

After a few hours of tlc

[1992yz125]

Wow1 you really did a great job, it looks excellent.

Is it just me, or has trials started to explode in the last few months?

[Yamaha WR400F]

Is it just me, or has trials started to explode in the last few months?

I think the Endurocross series had a lot to do with it, most of your top Enduro, GNCC , Motocross riders are either former trials champions, or have a background in trials.

To bad the AMA being berated by the top 5 bike makers threatening to pull out, have banned trials bikes from next years format. They even went so far as to ban trials tires, real reason-Maxxis their biggest sponsor of the series doesn't make trials tires and thats what everyone was using.

[Gandalf_WR450]

Quite a difference, huh? I have a WR450 and just got a 314 Monty and have a 280 Gas Gas on the way. Balance and suspension is a whole new world, and I'm liking it!

[1992yz125]

You should have a lot of fun with it, especially if you can find some guys to ride with.