How to set up your trials bike︱Cross Training Trials Techniques

https://crosstrainingenduro.com A guide to setting up your trials bike: handlebars, levers, tyre pressures, throttle and more. On a dirt bike your boots will tend to be firmly against the bike but on a trials bike you will want about an inch between the bike and your boot - the centre of your boot soles will tend to be on the outside of the pegs. This allows you to lean the bike sideways easily. When cornering, put pressure on the inside footpeg and you will find the bike naturally wants to turn - this is very handy in slippery conditions. We are all different shapes and sizes but the basics of setting up your trials bike will be the same - ensuring you are well balanced and can use the bars, levers and bike with ease. Tire pressures are typically 6psi for the front and 4 psi for the rear but can be varied to suit conditions and the individual rider. Your suspension becomes increasingly important as you progress through the grades as techniques like hopping the wheels rely heavily on the suspension. Experienced riders in the club will be happy to look at your bike and see if you need to get the suspension tuned to suit your weight and style of riding. These trials training vids on bike setup and written info on observed trials techniques are thanks to Tom Wager, James Wager and other Western Districts Trials Club members for their expertise in putting together this video on setting up a trials bike.

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Learn to ride moto trials! This introduction to trials techniques explains why trials riders are so glad they are in on the secret - we reckon you should be too! Visit your local moto-trials club and chat with some trials training fanatics today... Trials riding must be the best kept secret in the world of motorbikes. For some reason trials riding (or observed trials) is only big in Europe and the UK... elsewhere there are just a handful of trials clubs in each country such as Western Districts Trials club which makes these trials training vids.

Ideally your handgrips should be in line with the front forks. If the bars are too close then there is a tendency to go forward over the bars too easily. If the bars are too far forward then you won't be able to position your body back far enough when required. If you are very tall, you may want to install bar risers and/or handlebars with a high bend. However, the natural stance in trials will have you leaning forward, so don't feel you must raise the bars to match the normal stance on a dirt bike. Give it time, speak to experienced riders, and see if you really need those risers or high bend bars. Position your hand levers so that when standing your arms don't need to move up or down to use the levers. Riders usually have their levers between 30 and 45 degrees from horizontal as you will be standing on the pegs all the time. However, experienced riders often position their levers closer to horizontal for when they are leaned back right over the rear wheel for some techniques. Make sure that the take up on your front brake and clutch allow you to disengage the clutch or apply the front brake without pressing against your other fingers. Ideally you should only have one finger on each lever so you don't want to crush your other fingers! Position your levers inward along the bars so that your bars will probably hit the ground first if you drop the bike. This lessens the chance of braking levers. You can also loosen the lever mounts enough that they will twist on impact to lessen the chance of breaking levers - obviously it's always a good idea to carry spare levers too. Make sure you have a lanyard kill switch fitted, and your throttle returns properly. You don't want your bike screaming away if you drop it, and these will be assessed in the machinery inspection prior to any trials event. Trials bikes don't usually have a rev limiter so you can easily seize your engine if the throttle grip is jammed into the ground wide open.
Copyright B. Morris 2014
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