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Sherco taking legal action

Posted by Dan on Sat / Oct / 2007 to Links and Bikes

Earlier this week Sherco released this statement regarding the launch of “a trials motorcycle that is practically identical” to that of their own. I said back around the launch of the new machine that it reminded me a lot of the Sherco. It looks as though Sherco are preparing legal action so it’s anyones guess as to what will happen.

Andorra videos

Posted by Dan on Sat / Sep / 2007 to Links and Trials videos

Todotrial have posted up some videos from the final round of the world trials championship in Andorra.

Beta 2008 4-stroke pictures

Posted by Dan on Sun / Sep / 2007 to Links and Trials photos

Beta have released new details and a photo of the new 2008 Beta 4-stroke. Looks rather tasty.

Who’s going where?

Posted by Dan on Fri / Sep / 2007 to Opinion

So with the 2007 world championships over and done with there’s little left of the 2007 trials season for the top professionals, with the exception of the Spanish Championship. So with this is mind it won’t be long before we start to hear shouts and rumours emerging from various corners of the world as to which riders will move to which team.

I think the obvious one that is on most people’s minds would have to be Dougie Lampkin. With his contract at Montesa due to run out, where next for the legendary trials rider? I wouldn’t mind seeing him back on the Beta, flying the flag for their 4-stroke model. If Dougie does indeed leave (although theres nothing saying he won’t sign another contract with them but I have noticed he isn’t in ANY of the new team photos promoting next years bike) who would be the man to fill his boots? It would take a brave rider to try the impossible task of replacing a trials legend. I could see having all top 3 riders in the world at your team being an ideal for Montesa but personally can’t see how they would manage if Raga was to come in due to the rivalry between him and Bou for the championship. Although saying that Dougie and Fuji managed for a while didn’t they? They were even good friends.

Then of course we have the new Xispa coming to town. Who’s going to ride that? I wouldn’t mind betting someone like Adam Raga or Jeroni Fajardo could jump on board the latest bike to hit the market but thats just a wild guess and really just something I would quite like to see. I don’t know how long any of the riders contracts are at their current teams, so this could be and probably is, utter dribble but it’s a bit of fun.

So what about the likes of James Dabill? Admit-ably he’s already at one of the biggest teams in the world championship paddock and the only real way up from there would, dare I say be to the top dog Repsol Montesa-HRC team? I would have thought he would be attracting a lot of attention over the summer from various teams as he looks to break into the top 5 or 6 next year. once again I must say though that I don’t know the length of contract signed with his current team.

Feel free to share any thoughts on what riders you could see moving. I can see it being an interesting build up to the start of the World Indoor Trials Championship.

Subscribe to site updates

Posted by Dan on Fri / Sep / 2007 to Site news

Another new update to the site is the introduction of an RSS feed, which will allow you to subscribe to the site and receive updates as and when new articles are posted on the site. You can subscribe to the feed using any sort of RSS feed reader. We recommend Bloglines which is a simple and easy to use RSS Feed reader, which is free to sign up to. Trialsblog RSS Feed.

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Now you can comment on articles

Posted by Dan on Thu / Sep / 2007 to Site news

Just a quick announcement regarding a new feature that we have been working on adding to the site - comments. Now you can voice your opinions on any articles or links that we have posted on the blog. Hopefully this will make the site a little more fun and will give the writers a chance to get some feedback as well as readers a good chance to discuss any topics raised on the site. So don’t waste any time, we look forward to reading what you have to say.

More Xispa photos

Posted by Dan on Wed / Sep / 2007 to Links, Bikes and Trials photos

Xispa have released what I would consider to be “official” photos of their new X250R trials bike. There is also additional information regarding the bike’s spec, which is of interest. I have to say that although it’s not the most exciting of bikes in terms of graphics it has definitely grown on me. Really looking forward to finding out what they ride like.

Beta pictures are here

Posted by Dan on Mon / Sep / 2007 to Bikes and Trials photos

Beta have finally released pictures of their 2008 model with a list of changes. Most notable for me would have to be the change in carb, as they are now running on a Keihin. Does look nice though I must admit.

2008 Scorpa 4 stroke

Posted by Dan on Mon / Sep / 2007 to Links, Bikes and Trials photos

Todotrial.com has posted pictures of the 2008 Scorpa 4 stroke.

Braund Jitsie photoshoot

Posted by Dan on Fri / Sep / 2007 to Trials videos

Check out this quick video of rising French star Braund during his first Jitsie photoshoot outing.