Ashes Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 (edited) Found this lurking on my facebook homepage today all i can really say is i've never seen anything like it on such an old bike. Sorry dont know how to actually put the vid in the topic so the link will have to do. :\ Edit: ^^^^^ scratch that, it did it itself haha. Edited December 3, 2010 by Ashes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 His aggressive style of riding would suggests towards Toni Bou, but its hard to tell. Impressive still even for an old video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam n Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 amazing i agree, but why would the age of the bike matter? its still the same shape, type, idea, concept of the newer bike there for it's more about the skill of riding it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo!Man Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 why would the age of the bike matter? its still the same shape, type, idea, concept of the newer bike there for it's more about the skill of riding it ? Well, it makes a HUGE difference. That video was recorded in 1994/1995, the bike is a '94 Beta Techno. The rider is, as the title says, Takumi Narita, Japanese trials rider, at that moment he was in the top ten of world best trials riders, with others such as Jordi Tarrés, Marc Colomer or Tommy Ahvala. The bike weighed around 85 kilos, more or less, when the currently ones are around 69/72 kg. That is without considering the power of the engine and so on, furthermore the technique has improved a lot. So the age of the bike, matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam n Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Well, it makes a HUGE difference. That video was recorded in 1994/1995, the bike is a '94 Beta Techno. The rider is, as the title says, Takumi Narita, Japanese trials rider, at that moment he was in the top ten of world best trials riders, with others such as Jordi Tarrés, Marc Colomer or Tommy Ahvala. The bike weighed around 85 kilos, more or less, when the currently ones are around 69/72 kg. That is without considering the power of the engine and so on, furthermore the technique has improved a lot. So the age of the bike, matters. oh :$ i didn't realise it was that old to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balls Deep trials team Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Well, it makes a HUGE difference. That video was recorded in 1994/1995, the bike is a '94 Beta Techno. The rider is, as the title says, Takumi Narita, Japanese trials rider, at that moment he was in the top ten of world best trials riders, with others such as Jordi Tarrés, Marc Colomer or Tommy Ahvala. The bike weighed around 85 kilos, more or less, when the currently ones are around 69/72 kg. That is without considering the power of the engine and so on, furthermore the technique has improved a lot. So the age of the bike, matters. the bike new or old doesnt matter its the rider that counts a good rider should ride any bike at the same level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) I had a '96 Montessa. There isnt much difference to the bikes from around the '90s compared to now, apart from the weight, which isnt much, and a bit of power. We have a VCR of the '91 world champs with Dougie Lampkin and Mark Colemner, and they were still doing insane things. This whole video is good, but watch the part at 4.20min Edited December 4, 2010 by Joe O'Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo!Man Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) the bike new or old doesnt matter its the rider that counts a good rider should ride any bike at the same level There isnt much difference to the bikes from around the '90s compared to now, apart from the weight, which isnt much, and a bit of power. Not really, of course the rider it's the most important thing, but 15 kilos of difference, I think they make a difference. Probably riders as Jordi Tarrés, Eddie Lejeune or Tommy Ahvala could have reached the level of Toni Bou if they had had a -15 kilos bike. I'm not saying Toni Bou or current riders are not praiseworthy, but as I said, 15 kilos are a lot. Edit: And great video! Edited December 4, 2010 by Zoo!Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsmax04 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Awesome seen this before. Have to take my hat off to him, having been on a '98 techno all last year and found that hard enough compared to a new bke. There okay when you get used to them. Good rider, but i know people who can ride like that at club level. Just shows how far the world of trials has come in 16 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H! Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Takumi Narita is a legend in Trials, The bike is a 1994 Beta Techno, To think someone could do stuff like that on a bike so old is seriously impressive, There is also a video on youtube with Takumi riding a New scorpa TY-S 125f, which is impressive, Some other vids here of him riding the same bike. Also just to see how much trials has changed, Have a watch at this video with Toni Bou, But I still prefer watching Takumi! Edited December 4, 2010 by Ben H! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackMeek Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 3.07 What a total bad ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I preferred watching that origional video to the latest backwheel hopping, low speed riding that's going on at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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