r2wtrials Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 As most of you know i ride motorcycle trials and have recently taken up the cycles again to keep fit and hopefully learn some technique... I have been trying to spread the word in the moto world that they could all do themselves a favour having a cycle to hop around on, now i have found a few great videos that show the cross over from the biketrials techniques onto motorcycles in slow motion so they can be appreciated more... To save time i will post a link to my page with both on.... Slowmo moto Trialshope you don't mind a bit of moto stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 thats a bit nuts, cant imagine back hoping a motor bike. its kind of cool how an older sport that basically invented bike trials is now taking techniques from the sport.on a side note, i saw someone called barry wearing a r2wtrials hoody in college today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) thats a bit nuts, cant imagine back hoping a motor bike. its kind of cool how an older sport that basically invented bike trials is now taking techniques from the sport.on a side note, i saw someone called barry wearing a r2wtrials hoody in college today.....Bloody hell... Barry Baines is still alive!! He rode with us for several years on the moto stuff and packed it in earlier this year to sort out his career, including going back to college. If you see him again say hi from Heath will you.. tell him to turn his bloody skype back on to give you an idea on his technique have a look at the Barry Baines collection... HERE Edited November 26, 2008 by r2wtrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Crazy stuff! Can't wait to see the day Cabestany finally wins the worlds. He's been in it long enough, he deserves a good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon W Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) must be a good camera, seems to be about 6546864 billion frames per secondmakes you realise just how technical the sport is... Edited November 27, 2008 by Damon W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Crazy stuff! Can't wait to see the day Cabestany finally wins the worlds. He's been in it long enough, he deserves a good year.I fear he has missed his day... he won the indoor world championship once but the gap between him and Bou and Raga is widening at world level. Perhaps if he rode a proper bike instead of a 4 stroke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Evil1 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I fear he has missed his day... he won the indoor world championship once but the gap between him and Bou and Raga is widening at world level. Perhaps if he rode a proper bike instead of a 4 stroke I made the mistake of thinking cabo's had his day, but he's won the last 2 spanish indoor rounds, and him bou and raga are all tied, hes making a comeback!The videos are awsome, i miss my sherco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Oliver Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Is good to see in slow motion, now i know how to do it Anyway, i shall be looking forward to riding a comp on my Gasser on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M S/c Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I'd like to see him try it on a sidecar!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan GU Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Good video I ride mototrials, you got any pics of yourself riding ?Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Good video I ride mototrials, you got any pics of yourself riding ?Jordanme... Is good to see in slow motion, now i know how to do it Anyway, i shall be looking forward to riding a comp on my Gasser on Sunday. get bikespace out with you... he is complaining on the trialscentral forum that he can't do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I fear he has missed his day... he won the indoor world championship once but the gap between him and Bou and Raga is widening at world level. Perhaps if he rode a proper bike instead of a 4 stroke Yeah, I know what you mean. I can't ride a 4-stroke worth a flip either. I also wish Dougie will get his hundredth win, but I doubt that will happen as well. Raga and Bou are just riding so well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 The Spanish riders all seem to have been biketrials riders long before throwing a leg over a motorcycle.. i believe at one point you couldn't ride a motorcycle trial in Spain until you were 12 years old.. so they all started on cycles.Fajardo and Freixa are also great fun to watch playing around on the back wheel.Would be nice for Lampkin to get the 100th win but unlikely now.I think we may be in for lean times as far as the UK riders go on the motorcycle front... many of the teams they rode for this year are either cutting back or leaving the world championship altogether, sponsors are not getting any return and in the present financial climate some of the riders will be without any support. I know of several who are into Enduro, which still has some money in it. Our best young rider at the moment is Alexz Wigg and he hasn't, at the time of writing this, got any deal at all for next year. In a year or two there is a lad from the south east who is going to be brilliant, Ben Morphet. But unless the sponsorship returns or he gets a full factory ride he may be the right guy but at the wrong time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 The Spanish riders all seem to have been biketrials riders long before throwing a leg over a motorcycle.. i believe at one point you couldn't ride a motorcycle trial in Spain until you were 12 years old.. so they all started on cycles.Fajardo and Freixa are also great fun to watch playing around on the back wheel.Would be nice for Lampkin to get the 100th win but unlikely now.I think we may be in for lean times as far as the UK riders go on the motorcycle front... many of the teams they rode for this year are either cutting back or leaving the world championship altogether, sponsors are not getting any return and in the present financial climate some of the riders will be without any support. I know of several who are into Enduro, which still has some money in it. Our best young rider at the moment is Alexz Wigg and he hasn't, at the time of writing this, got any deal at all for next year. In a year or two there is a lad from the south east who is going to be brilliant, Ben Morphet. But unless the sponsorship returns or he gets a full factory ride he may be the right guy but at the wrong time.Yes, same as here in the US. Many promising national calibur riders who have little support from the factory teams. I can't even afford to ride this year at all. Haven't had a new bike in forever. ( riding a 01' Sherco 2.5 since 06') Our US star, Patrick Smage needs to be picked up by the Sherco factory team, he literally doesn't have the sponsorship money he needs to ride the Worlds. He has a fund that gets money for him to ride through donations. If he doesn't get enough donors, he doesn't ride. If the factory teams would help out more, you would see at lot less of this stuff. People could ride more often, and get better. A lot of our guys are starting to ride that Endurocross, seems there's some money in that. We've lost many full time riders to that now as well. Power to them if they make money, but that's beside the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 It will come full circle again at some point... but it is sad for the youngsters that are good now who will miss out. I was lucky to start moto trials in the heyday, back in the 1970's. It was on TV when we only had 2 or 3 channels and was much better known and there was a lot of money and sponsorship around. I even ended up with several bikes from dealers cheap or almost free and although i won several club championships i was nothing special compared to the national riders. Now even guys in the top 10 in the UK championship have to pay at least trade price for their bikes.... just the top few get factory or importer deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'm loving this Real trials talk!does anyone remember kickstart?My friends dad John metcalfe appeared in it a few times.I think he was a uk champion in the 80's. He had the nickname "Mecca".I think its great to see biketrial and mototrial together x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'm loving this Real trials talk!does anyone remember kickstart?My friends dad John metcalfe appeared in it a few times.I think he was a uk champion in the 80's. He had the nickname "Mecca".I think its great to see biketrial and mototrial together xYes, he was a very good rider. There are a few episodes on Youtube of Kickstart. Pretty cool stuff. I like watching Eddy Lejune( sp.) and Bernie Shreiber ( only US world champion) ride those sections. Pretty weird obstacles, but still amazing stuff for it's time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) I have just located the missing segments of a video made in 1995 i think... Takumi Narita was a world championship rider from japan who was over 6 foot tall, and bloody good. Have a look at these to see what he was doing 13 years ago... Narita Beta techno video Edited November 30, 2008 by r2wtrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 I have just located the missing segments of a video made in 1995 i think... Takumi Narita was a world championship rider from japan who was over 6 foot tall, and bloody good. Have a look at these to see what he was doing 13 years ago... Narita Beta techno videoYeah, I've seen that a long time ago. Posted it up on Trials Central and Honda Trials. http://metalmarkers.tripod.com/hondatrials/Really amazing rider, got a lot of respect for riding that well that long ago. I know I couldn't ride that bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I had one of them and couldn't ride it like that... and still can't Ahh, must of been one of my times when i kept off TC for a while. I posted the original one on Youtube about 3 years ago but never did see the other parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Just seen this today... full circle http://www.trialmag.fr/trialmag/article/89...y+a+sign%E9+%21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Just seen this today... full circle http://www.trialmag.fr/trialmag/article/89...y+a+sign%E9+%21Can't really read it, but I think I get it. That's pretty cool, if your one of the top riders Monty or Koxx or somebody should just give you a bike to play around on. Would be nice to see a vid of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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