Now What?

Our tank is ready, but our bike is most definitely not. As you can see it exploded over the week-end. We've got a pile of parts that would make a junk-man shiver.

The new tank-seat unit proto-type stage is complete and the first tank is free from the molds and is perfectly sweet. The first production run is being made as you read this, and we've got the mounting system and hardware sorted out. If you're considering one call us and place your order now.

Back to our pile.....what are we ever gonna' do with this mess? We are going to make the sweetest and most competitive TLR200-X (X for Extreme) that has ever been seen on the shores of North America. The Honda TLR200 Reflex that was imported here was a dumbed down version, turned into a trail bike for the U.S., of a true competitive trials bike that was available in Europe as a TLR200 and a TLR250. To put this in perspective, those of you that are familiar with the Bultaco's, can remember how the Bultaco Alpina was a trail bike derived from the very competitive Sherpa T trials machine. The Reflex is the Alpina of the Honda world. We have discovered that you can make an Alpina return to it's Sherpa T heritage, and we intend to do the same for our Reflex, only more so.

So, what have we done so far? Well, we've talked about the tank-seat unit that saves approximately four pounds from stock. We also have the new WES Exhaust system that shaves a similar amount of weight and flows better than the stocker. Plus it looks way better than the p.o.s. stock exhaust. We're going to trade the steel rims in for some alloy units.

Bob has already taken the plasma cutter to every excess bracket on the frame, there were sparks everywhere. We don't know how much weight this saved, because he didn't give us a chance to weigh it, when the frame hit the floor it was whisked to the welding bench and he simply started cutting.

Motor. Our motor has some internal worn out parts, it remains to be seen how many. We know that the cam-chain is a goner, as it doesn't seem to want to stay on the sprockets. We are going to do some mild performance gains while in the motor, and will be working towards a balance of cams, compression, displacement, and flow. This part does not happen over-night so bear with us as we work through it during the season.

The Guru has had the slide-rule out (utilising his sly-drool) and has been working on a new valving design for our Falcon Shocks especially for the TLR. We're terribly happy with the Falcons that we're producing now but, as usual, he's never satisfied, it can always be better.

That's enough for now, stay tuned as the TLR project unfolds. Ah, ITSA Twin-Shock class look out, here we come......

ITSA/Midwest Trials

Well, Hockeyboy did in fact make the dusty, musty TL125 do things that motorbike has no business pulling off, proving again that most motorcycle competitions come down to the rider and not the machine as in most other forms of motorsports.....cool.

But, the Old Man's age and treachery prevailed over youth and enthusiasm once again, by coming out on top by the score of ten to thirteen points in a hard fought battle played out on the difficult expert line sections. As usual, one mistake spelled the difference between a victory and a second place finish.

The same was true in the battle of the Wallace boys with Pap coming out on top there.

The weather was absolutely perfect for trials riding, we had a good turn out, and it seemed as though everyone had a good time. We know we did! If you didn't come you missed a damn good trials and a beautiful day in the woods, so try and come join us next time.....

Miracle in Barton's Creek.

If you'd like to see a miracle then come on out to the ITSA/Mid-West Trials this Saturday at the Ranch hosted by B&J Racing .

This is the musty, trusty, muddy, and dusty TL125 ridden by Dustin (Hockeyboy), miraculously resurrected just a couple of weeks ago (Jessie eat your heart out). We personally like the new tank decals and we're sure it'll save him several points. The boy does things that this bike has absolutely no business pulling off. About the only good thing you can say about this motorbike is that it doesn't smoke as bad as Parsley's Cub, course they're 'sposed to smoke, aren't they?

So come on out and ride with us, we've got some great new sections cut in, and see Hockeyboy pull off some of his magic, and maybe even beat the old man.....

Series Openers

This coming Saturday is the first round of the Mid-West Vintage Trials Series and the concurrent second round of the ITSA (International Twin-Shock Assocation) Trials series.

This event is a replacement for the Mid-West Puryear round from the past couple of years.

The B&J crew worked both Saturday and Sunday this past week-end cleaning up the Ranch and reclaiming many of the loop trails and laying out a Scottish pattern one line trials. We'd really like to Thank the guys (who shall remain nameless due to all the practicing they got in) that gave up their week-end time to drag limbs and clean-up and set-up the sections.

In the pic we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of the ITSA Trophy. ITSA jig-saw puzzle kind of award that will be assembled based on your results during the course of the series for 2006. We had Atilla blur out the bike so's it'll be a surprise as you build it. To qualify for year end awards you must ride five out of the eight ITSA Trials.

Now, to qualify for the venerable "Nubbie Award" you only have to do something worthy of being labeled "REALLY ENTERTAINING & STOOPID". No doctor's excuse is required. Just to let you know Scott Hale is already putting in his bid for the "Nubbie", he's not quite there yet, but confidence level is high.....

So come on out and bring your bike (that makes participating a little easier) and enjoy a day in the woods, all your favorite celebrities will be here.

B&J RIDER BREAKS INTO THE BIG-TIME!!!

DATELINE: March 3, 2006
WHERE: Gainesville, Florida
WHAT: AHRMA National Vintage Trials
WHO: Pee Wee Adcock, B&J Trials Team Member - EXTRAORDINAIRE (FINALLY)

B&J's own Pee Wee Adcock rode his B&J fine-tuned RL250 Suzuki to his VERY FIRST National Win!!!!! Yeah!!! (move him up...) Pee Wee is pictured here displaying his First Place Award perched upon our makeshift podium so we could have a Kodak-moment to keep this for posterity just in case it never happens again...We feel that this is just the beginning of Pee Wee's illustrious trials career. 'Nuff said there.


Now, above you see Mr. Adcock reacting to the post he knew was coming.

Congratulations, Pee Wee, on a great ride!!!!

The Crew 2