What did you do with your Trials Bike today?

Rode a nice, but muddy trial today.. would have to have been really as the sections were set out by Steve Saunders!!
Got best Twinshock award, riding the harder route, and beat a goon many new bike sin the process :)

me, today..

Do I recall that this is your commute?

Looks like your having fun

no this is not it, the one i take on my way to hell, i mean work has rock sides, not concreet

Yes, but then anyone can do that with a 150 lb modern trials bike as opposed to a vintage bike 100 lbs? heavier! :eek1

Got my daughter a new toy, had to pry her off of it.....

ha! she is SO not watching her line! great pic.

Yep. The up side of couse is that no-one ever expects you to do the Toni Bou "bouncy, bouncy" thing!

Nice pic of miss K :) and cool bike!!! I almost upgraded to one of Tom L's but I bought too many orange things this year

that's awesome!!! Looks like she's rockin it!!!

Not trying to hi-jack the thread, just thought you guys may like to see this.

I went up to the practice ground today to do a photo assignment for the Trial Magazine .. the test riders brother, who works for Morgan cars, arrived in this ..

They drove one of those on TOP GEAR a few seasons back, looked like fun in a way...

Took it out riding for the first time at Lake Houser ATV Park in Mooresboro NC.

Had a ton of fun, and wore my self out. I've got muscles sore that I didn't know I had. Haha!

Mixed up some fuel (Maxima Castor/Ester) and 76 gas (92 octane) at 70:1 and filled the tank on my new GasGas 280TXT Pro.

Then I practiced for about 1/2 hour on my acre with a gnarly hillside, taking it easy since it's still being broken-in.

She high-sided me when I starved her for gas, it was a slow-motion: "Crap, here we go!" kind of moment. Good to get the first fall out of the way...didn't have to be a high-side though...

I came in the house and my wife said: "Go look at your chin." Ha, I have old-man skin and hit something during the fall, had dried blood all over my chin, looked horrible but was barely a scrape...

I went out and tried riding with my motocross/full face helmet, you know what...I think it will work fine. I didn't notice a lack of vision and my chin will thank me the next time I fall.

Here's my new girl

OK, I am crashing your thread again.

I declare the XT255 to be a trials bike
It's what I have, so it will have to do.

Enjoy!

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A 225 with better handlebars, tires and gearing makes a pretty good novice level Trials bike, grind the steering stops too.
I suggest taking the mirrors off for such activity though.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I already run the Shinko DOT trials tires. Maybe not the best, but cheap and durable .

I don't want to mod the gearing as this bike is my daily driver. I'll just have to work on my clutch control.

Grind the steering stops. I might give that a try.

Elaborate on the better bars comment please. I am not sure what you mean.

i'm still saving for a trials bike, but enjoy taking the 450 into tight spots. FYI: 10 miles south of Moab, UT is a great place to ride trials or have event: (AREA BFE)

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Wider and stronger, I have some old YZ450 bars on mine. The additional leverage and reduced flex makes a huge difference.Anything with a crossbar will be an improvement.

Well, yesterday I took my new bike out for a trail ride, whoopie! I'm still breaking it in so I took it easy, which at 60 years of age (me, not the bike), is a good way to ride-I think.

Spectacular view 12 miles to the ocean with my pretty little bike framing it perfectly. 80+ degrees in October, how I love the Central Coast!