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2003 NZ National Trials Champs
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[QUOTE="wayneg, post: 680128, member: 24675"] The first lap takes probably about half the total time as you walk each section slowly, but the last three laps are fairly quick as you only need to quickly check that someone hasn't changed the obstacles too much. This year the first day was the longest, starting at 10.15am and finishing at 4.30pm. The last day was much quicker starting at 10.00am and finishing at 3.00pm. Overall it wasn't too bad, and apart from the bruising on the last day I didn't even feel sore in the mornings (I have been riding a bit more recently, so maybe I'm a bit fitter than I thought ;)). The worst bit at any trial is if you keep dumping the bike all the time - it takes up huge amounts of energy picking the damn thing up each time, at least with the two strokes they do start easily after a crash. This is the one thing I'm not comfortable with about the four strokes as I've bad memories of XRs and a KLX that was almost impossible to start once hot and tipped upside down. If you can keep mostly upright and 'save' the bike from tipping over then you will feel better at the end of the day. On the first two days I didn't really crash very much at all (a minor miracle!), so that definitely helped with the energy levels. I did have a short ride on the new 125cc Scorpa, and think that it would be a perfect Clubman level bike. There was only one thing I didn't like about it and that was the cable operated clutch. Maybe I've been too spoilt with hydraulic clutches, and maybe it was just that bike, but it felt horrible. The other thing that surprised me was the height at the seat level compared with the two strokes - the four stroke motor will always be taller, and they have to put the airbox somewhere. The engine was certainly different to ride with, but had enough power and enough flywheel that it wouldn't stall easily. The bloke that was riding it (the local Scorpa imprter) got about 5th or 6th in the intermediate grade, which is a bit better than he normally does - so that sort of proved that the thing works quite well. I didn't test the hot starting procedure as I didn't think the guy would be very impressed if I scratched it :) [/QUOTE]
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