Any trials riders?

[Coop]

A few weeks ago a friend gave me a 1992 Gas Gas GT25 (250cc) trials bike. It's really not in bad shape. In all the years I have been riding, this is my first ever trials bike. They are neat, but weird little bikes haha.

Here is when I brought it hom with Yamaha fenders he rigged on. I have the original Gas Gas rear fender ($85 yikes!) on the way. The front fender with mounts is $186, I think the rigged Yamaha front will be ok for awhile  .

Ignore my messy garage and my wife's DR200 dual sport in the background. I almost had to ban myself allowing that in the garage...  .



How it is currently sitting:

[_X_]

man, i have to have a trials bike. i would ride it year round.

[riffraff]

Damn, that's a pretty nice friend

[SachsGS]

I've got a vintage 348 Cota and a 250 Mar in the shop right now.

[Coop]

Montessa and an Ossa, nice!

[cnrcpla]

I had one of those role through the shop, they are really light weight.

[Coop]

Damn, that's a pretty nice friend

I think he took pity on me for being bikeless right now and I do all his mechanical work for free for him  .

[Coop]

New rear fender came in today. Looks much ncier than that zip tied Yamaha fender. Well other than the tank looks like crud now haha.

[vetman]

ther awesome if got a beta rev3 great for exploring in the mountains ,they teach amazing clutch control but once you ride them for a while it gives you new options at attacking things on your regular bike  ohyeah cheap to run and you only need a couple of acres to have fun

[motoxr377]

I used to have a 2000 Montesa HRC 250 (they called it a 315R).  That thing was so trick!  Sold it in '05... 

[TMKIWI]

Nothing wrong with the old DR, Coop.
Thats how 4 strokes should have stayed.

[VintageBlueSmoke]

I have a '96 Beta Techno (250). I got it to ride with my son as he progresses with his Oset 12.5 Trials and Husky 50. I've taken it out a few times with my buddies at the motocross track (climbing the sides of the jumps, crossing the creeks, and climbing various logs around the track). All the places I took it, I let my friends ride it while I rode my KTM 144. I have an 'extreme off-road' background and I was able to "trials" my KTM just as good as the Beta.

Now obviously, I am more comfortable on the KTM and I don't practice trials much so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it.

That Gas-Gas is a great bike. You'll get a lot of enjoyment from it.

[Coop]

The terrain definitely plays a role. Watch some trials videos on youtube and I don't think anyone would be able to do some of that on a regular bike. The gearing, weight, layout of the bike, etc., all plays a role in clearing a section. Just climbing over rocks and roots sure, but stopping on a rock, turning 90 degrees and accelerating/hopping over to another rock or ledge would be sketchy on a regular bike haha.

[eprovenzano]

OK Coop, where are the vids of you doing the bunny hop over logs, scaling vertical walls without ever dabbing a foot....     I've always wanted to try my hand at trials...  Sure I'd suck, but it would be fun

I would think too that this would not be too hard on your back.

[vetman]

Its a full learning experience guys, its amazing how moving your weight 1inch can be the make or break of getting up a hill.i got into them 4 years back when fuel got so costly it was costing round 60/70 dollars just to go for a play somewhere(fuel for the truck as well) but the do improve your balance and technique the biggest thing ive found is instead of hittin stuff at warp 9 like i would on my 250 im now assesing obsticals alot differently but in the end if all the hard enduro winners are x trials guys cant be a bad sport to get into have fun on that gasgas good to hear how you get on