Trials motorcycle

[Workerbee33]

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1. Want to Buy

I am looking for 250-300cc newer style( by newer i mean 1990 or newer ) trials motorcycle. Don't care if it's 2 stroke or 4 stroke, new used or needs minor repair.
I have several guns to trade or just good ole cash.
I am not particular about brands because I am just thinking I might wanna bounce around and jump stuff.
Sherco, vertigo, montessa, gasgas

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[coop44]

Is ISDT still a thing?

 

[Workerbee33]

I believe so. I do it for conditioning for my big bike and hunting.

 

[The Heretic]

Something like this?

 

[Workerbee33]

Yes sir

 

[HB of CJ]

Add a BIG gas tank and you can go a very long way in very difficult territory . Perfect if you are going to go some place very remote and difficult to get to.

 

[The Heretic]

Yes sir

Ok. I will think about it.

I bought it some years ago for the same reasons you want one, and never rode it - got busy with my property. Now, with my back and heart I am not sure I will ever ride it - although I think I want to try it once before I decide if I want to sell it.

It is rare - especially in the excellent condition it is in. It is a '99 two stroke Beta Alp (200cc IIRC), fully street legal (with Oregon plate and expired registration).

 

[HB of CJ]

In my humble and worthless old age opinion a modified big bore trials bike answers most of the needful questions about getting out and traveling to some place safe while carrying or even towing a sizable backpack or cart load out.

I/me and my brother owned and rode most of them available back in the seventies and eighties. Even got to test ride Honda's prototype 250cc that Sammy Miller had. Honda, Cota, Alpina, (not quite a trials bike) Honda TL125 and 250's.

I am sad I traded off my Honda Reflex 190cc. But I am NOT familiar with the new generation two and four stroke trials bikes. My Cota would start and run backwards. Fun to goof off with in the bike pits. Long ago far away. Fun.

Both the Taco and Cota had one way compression releases in the second spark plug hole in the air cooled head. Great fun pretending it was a heavy diesel Jake Brake coming down those steep endless fire roads. Simple air cooled engines.

 

[The Heretic]

Yes, I had a compression release on some of my older 2 stroke bikes. This one doesn't have it IIRC. It is water cooled and 13:1 compression. One of the reasons I haven't ridden it is that it requires high octane fuel and I need to get some 2 stroke oil too. I guess I need to do that sooner than later and get at least one short ride out of it. I suspect my back won't deal any better now with the stance of the bike than it would years ago when I bought it.

 

[The Heretic]

I am looking for 250-300cc newer style( by newer i mean 1990 or newer ) trials motorcycle. Don't care if it's 2 stroke or 4 stroke, new used or needs minor repair.
I have several guns to trade or just good ole cash.
I am not particular about brands because I am just thinking I might wanna bounce around and jump stuff.
Sherco, vertigo, montessa, gasgas

Still looking?

 

[308]

Is ISDT still a thing?

Sounds like he was referring to Observed Trials rather than ISDT.

 

[The Heretic]

Sounds like he was referring to Observed Trials rather than ISDT.

Yeah, six days is quite different - especially now. They have diverged quite a bit - not that I am all that knowledgable about them.

 

[308]

Yeah, six days is quite different - especially now. They have diverged quite a bit - not that I am all that knowledgable about them.

I started off doing observed trials when I was about 10, on my dad's Bultaco Sherpa T.

 

[Workerbee33]

Yep, whatcha got,?

 

[The Heretic]

'99 Beta Alp 250 two stroke - garage queen - photos above

 

[edzz]

Noticed this one today, makes me wish I were a bit younger. I'd love to have it

TRS Trials Bike - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle...

The Most Advanced and Lightest (140 LBS) Trials Bike Made. The bike is art in motion. This 125 is...

spokane.craigslist.org

 

[Workerbee33]

Price?

 

[The Heretic]

Price?

$2K

 

[Workerbee33]

You interested in trades?

 

[The Heretic]

You interested in trades?

I primarily would like cash, but I am not opposed to some trades, depending on what you have to trade.