kick starts come a long way.

[firedfromthecircus]

wonder if it's harder on a motorbike than a bicycle?

As both a trials motorbike rider and a mountain biker I think I may be qualified to answer this question.








They are both equally hard for me! :cry:


Doesn't matter whether you are watching Toni Bou or Danny Macaskill, these guys have some crazy skills that most of us can only dream of.

 

[cyfa2809]

Haha i was hoping a rider of both would comment.

I guess theyre probably different enough to be challeging in their own ways.

 

[greenstiles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUuKUMkK ... re=related


!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

 

[bert uk]

This thread needs more retro.

:shock: that is pristine!!!

worth a few now i reckon,mate had an xl125 in the 70's,fine,until the cam,which in them engines runs direct in the head ,became one!!



nice to look at though

this is what i used to use when i done a bit of the feet up game>

was only 156cc but it would go up the side of a house!!

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Haha i was hoping a rider of both would comment.

I guess theyre probably different enough to be challeging in their own ways.

Definitely. Both great fun though. The motorbikes have been the priority the last wee while but now I am back into the mountain biking I am remembering why I enjoyed it so much back in the day.

I think it can be summed up thus. With trials motorcycling you are trying to go as slow as possible without falling off. With mountainbiking you are trying to go as fast as possible without falling off! And falling off can hurt with both!

 

[firedfromthecircus]

This thread needs more retro.

this is what i used to use when i done a bit of the feet up game>

was only 156cc but it would go up the side of a house!!

Nice Fantic. They are a nice ride and you are right. The engine has plenty of go.

These are mine (and 2 are retro FMJ )

 

[bert uk]

ooooh nice love that ajs,in fact,get the tissues out now,i had a 250 ajs over the fields when i was about 14.it was unreliable so we threw it in the river :shock: :cry: i also has a d7 trials bantam,that too went to a watery death.

if we knew what we know now we'd have a few bob,but hey,we got given it!!so no real loss at the time

the montesa you have is nice too,the real"on any sunday"trials bike!!

cheers for sharing pics.

 

[twain]

i just love the fat squidgy tyres........

 

[firedfromthecircus]

i just love the fat squidgy tyres........

I think there are 'specialist' magazines for that kind of fetish! :shock:

ooooh nice love that ajs,in fact,get the tissues out now,i had a 250 ajs over the fields when i was about 14.it was unreliable so we threw it in the river :shock: :cry: i also has a d7 trials bantam,that too went to a watery death.

if we knew what we know now we'd have a few bob,but hey,we got given it!!so no real loss at the time

the montesa you have is nice too,the real"on any sunday"trials bike!!

cheers for sharing pics.

:roll: :shock:

If we could all go back knowing what we know now, eh?

The AJS is a project. Genuine comp frame and engine, except it's a scrambler as in '52 the trials irons were still rigid.
Still, I'm sure I can do something with it.

The Mont is a '79 348, so a bit late for the Bruce Brown classic, but Montesa gave the tank cover/seat unit a similar look from '69 right through to the early '80's. So it looks very similar to the early 247 that was in the film.

 

[bert uk]

very nice!!and a great still from that classic film,i was 10 when that came out

must of seen the film 100 times but it never gets old...unlike me!!lol