ITSA Bike Show!

This past weekend marked the first ITSA (International Twin Shock Association) trials bike show at the U.S. round of the World Trials Championship held in Tennessee.

ITSA members and twin shock enthusiasts entered their bikes making the show a huge success. We had 36 bikes in all ranging from a plunger Triumph Tiger Cub to a Honda TLR250!

Thanks to all who helped make this event possible, and Congratulations to the winners.

Eat Your Heart Out Larry.....

Allright boys and girls. Here it is in all it's black and white glory, with a little Hammertone thrown in for contrast.

Come to the U.S. World Round of the Trials World Championship and stop by ITSA's vintage bike show and check it out, along with dozens of other twin shock trials hardware.

We'll talk more about what we've done, and what we're going to do later.....

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Log?

Although Trevor the K asked, "How did the Chicken cross the log?" Here we see the Trialsrooster on his venerable BSA Bantam in section 11. At least from the picture it looks like the front wheel's going to make it over the log.....

The ITSA event was blessed with absolutely gorgeous weather, the rider turn-out was good, and the trials was deemed a smashing success.

We were afraid that with the storms all week the sections might be a bit too challenging. But, on Friday the sun came out, the winds blew, the limbs fell from the trees (providing the opportunity for us to repair the ribbons in several sections), the drying process produced perfect conditions, with a few left over slick spots to catch out the unsuspecting.

The battle of the Dad's and Kid's was fought to a draw this week-end with Pap prevailing over Clay, while the Guru succumbed to the crocodile tears produced by Hockeyboy when the Guru beat him last time.

If you weren't here you shoulda' been!

ITSA Trials This Week-End

The next round if the 2006 ITSA (International Twin Shock Assocation) will be Saturday the 13th out at the ranch at B&J. The link to the flyer is HERE .

The recent passing showers have provided us with perfect conditions for a great trials. We are experiencing moderate winds, blue skies and sunny weather and the weather man tells us that Saturday holds more of the same. Don't forget that there's a full moon!

Went for a ride this morning to check out the loop and such and was quite pleased to see that I was able to clean most of the sections that I'm gonna' have to ride tomorrow. Catch up Hockeyboy! Age and treachery has the upper hand over youth and enthusiasm again!

Nope, really didn't ride any of the sections. Sheesh! But can't wait to ride them they look great.

In the pic you'll see our new tie-breaker section. Whoa!

Come on out and join us.

Almost There

It looks like we're between things here. This is the point of progress so far. Still waiting on some periphery items like a sprocket and some bodywork. Of course that'll keep us from mucking the bike all up before the show at the World Round next week.

We've decked the TLR out with the usual good stuff, a WES alloy exhaust system, Renthal bars, Domino throttle (the fast one for Hockeyboy), the trick adjustable levers, a PCW air filter, and some custom B&J super-smooth cables.

The motor is still fairly sane right now, although we have raised the compression a bit. Silkolene oil, naturally.

Now, rumor has it that Pap is pretty close to being done with the cosmetics on our new B&J custom TLR tank-seat unit and the refurbishing of our stock fenders. We're close now, salivating heavily, stay tuned to this station.....

We're Rolling!

Actually we got this done before the week-end, we just didn't get time to post it.

The wheels that we had the Pathfinder build for the TLR are sweet. We used alloy rims, touched up the plating on the spokes, and the finish on the hubs, and did a complete refurb on the brakes. We are quite pleased with the final result.

The Guru engineered us up a nice new pair of Falcon Shocks to hold up the rear end. This is some kind of weird shock internals that the Guru has had in his brain, we aren't sure how they're gonna' work. We can't wait to strap the Hockeyboy to it so he can try them out. If we're not pleased with this new shock you'll never hear about them again, and we're going to pretend that they never happened.

The next step is the power plant. Hopefully see tomorrow's post.......

ITSA News

Upcoming Events
This is a friendly reminder, bring your butt out! Bring your bike, too!!!

The next ITSA Championship Trials Series event will be held on Saturday May 13th at the Ranch at B&J . The event flyer is HERE . The trials will be Scottish Style (no splits in the sections). If you haven't ridden a Scottish trials before, come on out and try it....you'll love it!

Then the next week, May 19th through the 21st at the USGP of Trials in Sequatchie TN, ITSA and B&J Racing are hosting a Vintage Trials Bike Show. We would like to invite you to participate by entering your bike in the show. The entry form is HERE on the B&J Racing website. Your ticket to the world round covers the entry fee for entering your bike in the show. There will be three classes consisting of Prehistoric, Historic, and Twin Shock. Awards will be for 1st in each division and for Best Of Show. Your bike doesn't have to be pretty, let's show the world some trials history.

We need you to help make these upcoming events successful! Hope to see you there!