Used Trials bikes?

On Jan 28, 7:52 am, "Dean H." <m... DeleteThis @groove.calm> wrote:
> The fortunes of love have landed a 17 y.o. young man, Jennifer's first born,
> in our home here. He is an astounding athlete with a lot of energy and
> plenty of wrong choices available once he gets settled. In the name of
> offering better choices, and as difficult as it is to "get out" in CT woods,
> I'm thinking a trials bike would be a good outlet for the boy.
>
> Budget is a big concern. Any advice?
>
> TIA,
> Dean

I know of a clean older GasGas in MD available for $1,500 or less.
I'll dig up the info and shoot you an email. It's not the deal of the
century, but it appears to be a solid bike. I saw it at an event last
year when it wasn't yet for sale. It became available after I'd
already bought my Montesa, otherwise I'd have bought it.

If you show up at events, there's almost always a bike or three
available for sale.

If you want to get him on one to see how it fits, Mine is available.
Of course, we're not exactly neighbors.

Craig
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On Jan 28, 6:12 am, Craig <googlegroupm....RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 7:52 am, "Dean H." <m....RemoveThis@groove.calm> wrote:
>
> > The fortunes of love have landed a 17 y.o. young man, Jennifer's first born,
> > in our home here. He is an astounding athlete with a lot of energy and
> > plenty of wrong choices available once he gets settled. In the name of
> > offering better choices, and as difficult as it is to "get out" in CT woods,
> > I'm thinking a trials bike would be a good outlet for the boy.

You're a good man, Dean.

> If you want to get him on one to see how it fits, Mine is available.
> Of course, we're not exactly neighbors.

HellCraig, if I can invite him to test ride my auto-clutched 300 out
here in Washigton, it certainly seems appropriate for you to offer
one. At least you're within a days drive.

Tim H
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On Jan 28, 7:52 am, "Dean H." <m....DeleteThis@groove.calm> wrote:
> The fortunes of love have landed a 17 y.o. young man, Jennifer's first born,
> in our home here. He is an astounding athlete with a lot of energy and
> plenty of wrong choices available once he gets settled. In the name of
> offering better choices, and as difficult as it is to "get out" in CT woods,
> I'm thinking a trials bike would be a good outlet for the boy.
>
> Budget is a big concern. Any advice?

Go to a trials competition - there's several in CT and RI. Fun to
watch, and there is always a bunch of bikes sitting around for sale.

http://www.newenglandtrials.org/

JayC
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Goto events, 99.5% of people that attend and ride, will offer the kid a ride
on a bike (if adult is with them, and they seem to "get it" when talked
to... Oh and it helps if he's ever ridden a cycle before that is... when
you go, take your own boots gloves etc that he can wear. WHY? see what he
thinks about it (trials), some "kids" wont do things unless everyone else on
YouTube and the dog are into it. so it depends on the kid, IMHO. one thing
is for sure, if you both got one, he's got another 88% chance of liking and
doing it, and you got your bonding thing. PS we got several wives riding in
Nebraska and a couple in KS now so technically Jen has no excuse to not make
it a "whole" family thing.

FYI, around 30 years experience in starting and training "new" trials
riders, that is all I have to go by.

Balance is the Key to ANYTHING... (Trials, the school of big rocks)


"Dean H." <moto.RemoveThis@groove.calm> wrote in message
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> The fortunes of love have landed a 17 y.o. young man, Jennifer's first
> born, in our home here. He is an astounding athlete with a lot of energy
> and plenty of wrong choices available once he gets settled. In the name of
> offering better choices, and as difficult as it is to "get out" in CT
> woods, I'm thinking a trials bike would be a good outlet for the boy.
>
> Budget is a big concern. Any advice?
>
> TIA,
> Dean
>
>
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