Observed Trials

Motorcycle trials is not as simple as it appears, even in vintage-appropriate sections. The rider must maintain control of his/her machine at all times, and a simple lapse of concentration can turn into quite a tank-slapper, and a"five."This challenge of rider-and-machine-versus-terrain is different, yet as equally engaging, as the'bar-to-'bar competition of motocross. To many, it's perhaps even a little more satisfying.

Photo by Dorian Sleeper. It's Matt. Sears Point. Around the turn of the century.