Probably best to just enjoy both 'sides' of the sport and carry on turning up on a Sunday trying to get over that slippery as hell little branch, without feeling too inadequate...
I moved up a class on Sunday, and it's just like starting all over again!
Mark
Hi Mark, me too, into the reds/novice (one up from wobblers), down here it's mainly mud, ups and downs, cambers and tight turns. Not a lot in the way of rocks (thankfully!) Still hard though....
Great sport, totally addictive.....
Think we need a 'how many points I lost this weekend' thread?
My aim this year is to finish a trial riding reds and not to score a single five....
Looking to try a multi day trial in France too...
Jon
) and rushing to take my daughter back to Uni.Couldn't agree more, especially the last bit. I moved up a class on Sunday, and it's just like starting all over again!
Mark
Well we have a "yellow" route up here for the novice class, which is one up from beginner. You follow the standard route (between the blue and red markers) except where there is a yellow, easier, diversion.
This weekend was my first DNF in any form of motorcycle sport for years, owing to a combination of mechanical failure (thermostat died
First lap was a sobering mix of 3's and 5's, with one 2 my best.
Second lap I got my first 0, a 1, two 2's, one 5 and the rest 3's
Third lap two 0's, four 1's, a 5 and the rest 3's
Fourth lap a 0, two 1's, then my Beta started boiling up, paddled through two more sections in a cloud of steam and called it a day.
Last year my totals were in single figures.
Mark
Well we have a "yellow" route up here for the novice class, which is one up from beginner. You follow the standard route (between the blue and red markers) except where there is a yellow, easier, diversion.
This weekend was my first DNF in any form of motorcycle sport for years, owing to a combination of mechanical failure (thermostat died
First lap was a sobering mix of 3's and 5's, with one 2 my best.
Second lap I got my first 0, a 1, two 2's, one 5 and the rest 3's
Third lap two 0's, four 1's, a 5 and the rest 3's
Fourth lap a 0, two 1's, then my Beta started boiling up, paddled through two more sections in a cloud of steam and called it a day.
Last year my totals were in single figures.
Mark
Now you know how I feel
Are you riding the yellow clubman route now (as opposed to beginner before) or red 50/50 novice route
A fellow Beta rider..... 08 250 here, cracking bikes..... (I take it you know about the water pump problems some suffer with?)
Jon
) I could have finished.
) the kids all seemed to be on top quality kit and really ran rings around an old duffer like me. So after 3 years I packed up again after hurting myself on a section, putting me off work for a few weeks. 
Mine is an '04, with '07 plastics and a new graphics kit. The water pump case had been replaced by the previous owner, who was a bit of an animal. If I had known on Sunday what I know now (link wire
Mark
It's a great sport though and it appears to be quite cheap to compete still
Good luck to you all
Shep
As in wiring the fan so it's on constantly?
No ride this weekend....
Jon
Yes, and the Wrexham club are running one this weekend. Bit of a drag from your end though.
Mark
ymca) is above those....
I walked the "white" route with Denise as well, we were thinking of you, especially as your mate was there with his Mont.
There does appear to be an agreement to disagree about route marking.
Cheshire & North Wales centre mainly use:
White route - beginners
Yellow route - novice
50-50 route - inters
Red and blue - experts
Mixed in with this are different classes of bike and rider.
I was advised to start with the beginners class, as I had never actually competed in a trial before. At first this was challenging enough, but after a year I was thinking it was time to step up.
Mine is an '04, with '07 plastics and a new graphics kit. The water pump case had been replaced by the previous owner, who was a bit of an animal. If I had known on Sunday what I know now (link wire
Mark
Thanks for that Mark...................I ride the Yellow - Novice (Clubman as they call it in Yorks)
I find it ok and was told that the White route was either too easy or unavailable
The Yorkshire yellow route is probably the same as our white
There does appear to be an agreement to disagree about route marking.
Cheshire & North Wales centre mainly use:
White route - beginners
Yellow route - novice
50-50 route - inters
Red and blue - experts
Down here in the South Midland centre, we have
Sportsman / Wobbler riding Blue
Novice / Clubman riding Red
50/50 & Inters riding Red/White
and
Expert riding White.
A rider who rides out of centre could get confused very easily.
