On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:35:30 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:29:50 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:34:48 +1000, Jon Anderson
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On 7/21/2015 1:32 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
Bringin' braappers back to life. I love it!

http://www.gizmag.com/honda-two-stro...-filing/38529/

Ossa has a direct injection 2 stroke:

https://transmoto.com.au/ossa-direct-injection-two-stroke-trials-bike/

Watercooled 2-stroke? That's a very odd looking scoot.

After seeing more trials riding videos lately, I can see where the
kids on the stunt bikes get their inspiration. Trials is amazing.

Attempting to learn it was a very humbling experience for me. So was

I can imagine. I wanted a bit more speed back then and played on
friends' Hodaka Combat Wombats most often.


ice racing. I could bumble around the courses but was nowhere near
competitive.
http://www.mvtr.org/

They really give you the reflexes to control a car on ice.

That might be the only reason I'd attempt learning it. I don't throw
myself down an ice slope without brakes, either. I water skied.
A buddy had a really tricked Husky 400 we nicknamed The Trencher. It
had a toggle switch throttle. Thank CROM it was reverse rotation.
After riding it once, I said that was enough. I was much happier on a
Yamaha 250 Enduro another friend had. (My Kawasaki 100 wasn't much
offroad.) http://tinyurl.com/oh986yw

I sure miss the smell of burnt castor oil from those old braappers.

My last serious dirt bike...

http://www.motociclismo.it/ducati-sc...ione-moto-1134

I gave away a Honda 350 single last year..probably should have kept
it..but..playing on dirt wasnt in my goal spread then.

Shrug

Gunner