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My first trials bike experience was really funny. A guy I know used to race pro motocross many moons ago. We invited him for a trail ride and he shows up with this Fantic 305 trials bike with a piece of canvas where a seat should be, and funny looking tires. My brother in law and I looked, he offered for us to try it. We did, and said to him, "good luck." Then he proceeded to kick our butts all day. It was very interesting. This was about 15 years ago, and he let us each try the bike, showed us some trials techniques, and really opened our eyes. From that day on, Dan and I became stand up riders, and we've not looked back since. I even took that bike on a trail ride once to get the feel of it. It felt foreign at first, but I adapted within an hour. Trials bikes are a hoot. They're very capable, and you can sure humiliate people who don't know about them on one.