Road legal Trial bikes

[Demannu]

Anyone got one?
Care to let me know how long/far they run on a tankful.
Don't envisage doing a jog on it or even a ldt, but I do have a seemingly endless supply of tracks and woodland nearby.

[MyLittleStudPony]

Do you mean trail or trial?

[KungFooBob]

Do you mean trail or trial?

Or maybe a combination of the two... a Beta Alp.

[GuzziPaul]

DT175MX for a litt;e light trail riding , although I did do an enduro on it 25 years ago. No tax or mot 60 to 70 miles to a tankfull.

[Skub]

@derek badger just bought one.

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[Yorick]

If you mean trail, the KTM/Husky/GasGas F.I. bikes are very frugal.
I've never needed a refill in 5 years of long 4 or 5 hour enduro rides.

[Demannu]

Had a 250 sherpa ages ago, that took over a gallon!
I'm on about a 250txt kind of trials bike. 3l or so tank. Local duffer is getting rid of his and its fully regd, which is handy. I could actually get into my woods without going on the roads, but eventually sure les flics would start sniffing around.

[Demannu]

Do you mean trail or trial?

What did I write?

[Yorick]

Do you mean trail or trial?

What did I write?

Nothing wrong with double-checking. He meant well.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

3 litres is going to get you about 20 - 30 miles on a two stroke trials bike, depends a lot on how you ride it, you'd be better off with a Gas Gas Pampera, they have very similar engines to the txt but are a lot more road friendly, the Mk3 Pampera is actually really good, but you'd be buying a 20 year old Spanish trail bike, which would be a brave purchase.

[KungFooBob]

3 litres is going to get you about 20 - 30 miles on a two stroke trials bike, depends a lot on how you ride it, you'd be better off with a Gas Gas Pampera, they have very similar engines to the txt but are a lot more road friendly, the Mk3 Pampera is actually really good, but you'd be buying a 20 year old Spanish trail bike, which would be a brave purchase.

No power valve on the Pampera to disintegrate into the cylinder tho'

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I knew a coup!e of people with them 20 years ago, they never had any problems with them.

[Demannu]

3 litres is going to get you about 20 - 30 miles on a two stroke trials bike, depends a lot on how you ride it, you'd be better off with a Gas Gas Pampera, they have very similar engines to the txt but are a lot more road friendly, the Mk3 Pampera is actually really good, but you'd be buying a 20 year old Spanish trail bike, which would be a brave purchase.

Then I'd buy a 250/300exc, as we have moved into enduro/ldt/trail territory.
Trials bikes tend to have frame/plastics/wheel damage rather than knackered motors

[MyLittleStudPony]

I had a Beta 250 Evo which was road registered. Tiny tank but I never hit reserve when I was out on it. I think the longest I was out was about 90 minutes and going pretty gently and stopping sometimes.

[Gregor]

I knew a coup!e of people with them 20 years ago, they never had any problems with them.

A mate bought a brand new one from a dealer somewhere in south london, went to pick it up, dealer started it up out front and it seized up on the forecourt after ticking over briefly

He still bought it and it seemed pretty reliable .