Trials Helps Everything:

**Oscar** · 17th August 2004, 14:05

Originally Posted by denill

Well I haven't paid money BUT I have commited to it.

Just to perhaps p*ss me off how much does Brucee want for his LC4 ???

Cheers
Bill W

I don't actually recall, as at the time I was trying to persuade him to keep it. I had a ride on it and found it was smoother than my (newer) one. I was trying to find a piccy but all I had was this'n:

Bruce and the Katomba in the background.

You could PM or e-mail him: DZL

**DZL** · 17th August 2004, 14:56

In a roundabout kinda way my LC4 is for sale because of a sort-of trials bike . .. last couple years I've had a DT230 for trailriding, but then I was seduced by a GG Pampera. . which I initially had in pseudo-trials rig (T/U tyres, bashplate, ultra-low gearing, low front guard etc) but then I tried it on knoblies & stock gearing for trailriding ~ & it makes the sweet DT feel like a draft horse!

So now the DT 'looks' roadlegal for Adv Rides, & the LC4 is for sale coz I already have my G/S beemer (keeper, sorry!) for touring etc, & I dont have space enough or pockets deep enough to keep the Elsie as well.

Bloody shame too, coz the KTM has to be about the best of the (very many!) adv bikes I've owned. . . . great suspenders & widespaced gears so ya have one for everywhere from dead slow to ? highly 'Illegal'! Kickstart as well as electric is nice too .. .

. . . . mine is a 2000 with (only!) 5,000kms onna clock, USD WP's at front & Ohlins rear, an 18ltr tank, KTM bashplate & carrier rack, raised bars & lowered suspenders, headlight protector, 15 toofront as well as the stock 16, & exceptionally tidy .. . oh, & the bark busters too of course, which have had the left one extended & reshaped to go around the clutch lever properly (stock they arent long enough to fit right).

It goes in the next MC Tradermag asking $10,900. Right now it's back on the floor o/b at NPMC, who I bought it from, one previous owner from new.

Ya couldnt do better (well, unless someone will give you a silly price as 'trade-in' on some old beater . .. .. )

HTH
BrooC
;-))

PS My old topcase is NOT included . .. it fit just right onto the DT230!

**F5 Dave** · 17th August 2004, 18:07

Getting back to the topic:
Yeah Trials is the sort of thing many people say they would like to try but never do.

I got a bit of a push from a friend & an old aircooled (but single shock Beta came up. What a bunch of fun!

Same friend then corrupted me with a ride on his modern GasGas bike & I found some more money & upgraded to a GG200. I gave the old bike to a friend & ride it occasionally, but I can’t believe I used to. New trials bikes rock!

Personally I don’t like the competition side of trials, I just like going for a play with a few mates to see what we can do, but do go to an event & get talking to some of the guys then find some money & you will have a great time just stuffing around or entering competition.

**DZL** · 17th August 2004, 18:23

.. or just get a GG Pampera & have the best of both worlds! All the great low-grunt of a 'real' trials engine, & still fairly light (90kg!), especially considering ya get a sittable seat & a 9 ltr tank, even road-legalable if required so ya can cruise the neighborhood looking for places to play after work, ANY/EVERY day!

Unless ya REALLY want to get into competitive trials the Pamp will do all the slow-pottering ya can ask, & with knoblies it makes a briliant trailbike too . .. . as I have an acre section with tracks thru native bush, I can even have a great play in the garden any time I like .. . . & with Maxima 927 synthetic Castor EVERY ride smells like speedway night!

WeedEaters Rule OK!

;-))

**NZPED** · 11th October 2006, 21:15

Hey, where do you get your maxima 927, im dead keen to get some, we run it on the go-ped race engines

**cheese** · 12th October 2006, 08:17

My brother just got the new scorpia. Should be fun! WR250 motor in it.

**Wellyman** · 12th October 2006, 08:28

How does GG bikes fair in trials? I wouldnt mind having one just to have a play around with whenever I have a bit of free time/ at our tree farm.
WM

**Matt** · 12th October 2006, 08:47

I agree that some trials skills do really help you when you have a go on other types of bikes - although everything else seems really fast and over-geared! I recently bought a road-bike and just couldn't believe the acceleration above 100k's, my old Beta Rev3 used to be flat out (and smoking like hell) at about 80k's! (riding between sections on road trials).

Still, really want to buy another (those Montesta 4RT's look good, never ridden a trials 4 stroker though), but the missus wants a house first...maybe have to see about an older GG/Beta.

Matt