Wanted: trials bike >$1000 [Archive]

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kiwifruit

26th April 2006, 15:16

Im after a trials bike, pref under a grand
an old montesa or simalar, will consider anything.
cheers, Allan.

crazybigal

26th April 2006, 16:20

Hi there
my brother has a yamaha ty 250 1985 i think.
hes keen to sell it as he has a new bike.
e mail me if your keen harrie@xtra.co.nz

kiwifruit

26th April 2006, 16:24

cool!
chhers m8, have emailed you

welcome to the site btw :D

Coyote

26th April 2006, 18:05

Keep a look out on this site: http://www.motorcyclemarketplace.co.nz/ You might know about the mag too. They often have some nice trials bikes in it. Good luck finding one :niceone:

kiwifruit

26th April 2006, 18:30

thanks alarumba :)

kiwifruit

29th April 2006, 20:19

thanks crazybigal, picked it up 2day :D
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=30963&d=1146298555

Motu

29th April 2006, 20:30

Oh nice! Mono shock,but drum brakes.They were considered pretty good when they came out,good enough to compete on equal footing with the Spanish and Italian bikes.1985 was the year I stopped doing trials so never really saw them in action.

Matt

1st May 2006, 14:20

Nice :yes: , I had a TY years ago (with front disk conversion that was worse than the drum!), never got on with the low suspension/soft power but boy would it grip when it got really slippery!

Have fun!

Matt

kiwifruit

1st May 2006, 14:41

Thanks guys :D
yeah, the brakes are pretty shocking.... makes things interesting

I love this bike and all its simplicity, bloody good fun

sAsLEX

1st May 2006, 15:01

Thanks guys :D
yeah, the brakes are pretty shocking.... makes things interesting

I love this bike and all its simplicity, bloody good fun

congrats looks like a lot of fun

so did it end up less than <$1000
or more than >$1000?

kiwifruit

1st May 2006, 15:34

Paid $900 for it :D
well stoked

chris

1st May 2006, 16:22

Paid $900 for it :D
well stoked
You'll have lots of fun. Here's my TLR.

kiwifruit

1st May 2006, 16:24

thats a tidy one chris, very nice!

chris

1st May 2006, 16:29

thats a tidy one chris, very nice!
Thanks. They are a lot of fun. I can just potter around the section, up and down the deck steps etc. Fantastic for learning skills that will become useful in the forest. Full lock figure of eights are worth practising.

kiwifruit

1st May 2006, 16:34

Cool. I have just gotten this to try and stop me doing wheelies etc on my road bike. Thought this would be a little more sensable.
Plenty of places to tinker around on it here.
30 more minutes and i will be doing just that! :D