Weekend in Marion Ill.

Last weekend the crew took the trip to Marion Ill. for the AHRMA national trials. The trials shared the day and portions of the loop with AHRMA's cross country event. For some reason AHRMA feels the need to cram both of these events into the same day with trials always taking a back seat to the cross country.

Here you see the Guru's TY250 serviced and score card at the ready.....a couple of hours after the published start time.

The Mid-West boys did a fine job of using the terrain presenting the entrants with plenty of tight turns, banks and logs.

The trusty TY drug the Guru through the sections to wins both days. Skatetruck had a flat the first day but borrowed Menonite Mike's TY175 to finish First on Saturday. After a tire changing party Sunday morning Skatetrucks RL was back in action. He rode it to third due to an oversight of a mis-punched 5 which was really a clean.

The boys are practising for the cookout and liquid refreshment to be partaken after the event. Really they are having a snack before they ride...yes they had lunch...but, by the time the trials started they were feeling a mite peckish!

Virgin Ground

The September 17th ITSA trials will be at a new location. R.Q. has graciously offered to let us use his land near Palmyra Tn.

Here you see the group of us that went over to check it out to see if we could put on a good trials. OK, you're right, it's a picture from last month's world round but the Trialsrooster, Skatetruck, and the Guru had such a good time riding and looking around that we completely forgot to take any pictures! Doh! The terrain looked good though, and we're looking forward to laying out and hosting a trials in a new location.

Thanks to R.Q. for his hospitality...he bought lunch and provided the Gatorade....we have to buy next time, so don't get any ideas.

R.Q.

Freshly returned from the World Trials round a couple weeks ago is our buddy R.Q. While there he got the hots for one of the minder bikes. After conferring with the Guru and Hockeyboy it was determined that a Beta Rev3 250 was the way to go.

The Guru was dispatched to the Beta pits to strike the deal and this is what he ended up with.

We're going riding at his place tomorrow to see if this new ride is going to make him fleet of foot and a log-crossing aficianado. He is definitely the youngest eighty year old we know!

The other reason for the Saturday ride at R.Q.'s airfield/compound is to scout his acreage as a possible site for an upcoming ITSA trials. More to come.....