Upper Midwest Trials Association

We’re phasing out the UMTA email discussion list in favor of an online message board/web forum. It’s called

The Pit

and it’s now open for registration and discussion.

As of the end of December, 2003, the UMTA email discussion list (hosted by the good folks at northfield.org) will be dead.

My attempt to fix the Google search was successful. For now, anyway.

See the Dec. 14 update from Steve Ahlers on the June 5-6 World Round in Duluth.

New listings on the Used Bikes page, including those from Dan Warner, Mike O’Donnell, Brian Dotterwick, and Kevin Johansen.

Let me know if you’ve sold your bike so I can remove it from the listing.

Google evidently is ignoring our meta tags which includes the word “minnesota” so I’ve added this phrase to the weblog header:

Motorcycle Observed Trials in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.

I’ve also changed the name of the home page to:

Upper Midwest Trials Association - Motorcycle Observed Trials in Minnesota

So there. Let’s see how long it takes Google to adjust and bring up our site when searching for the words: minnesota trials motorcycle. We’re first when the word “midwest” is used instead of Minnesota: midwest trials motorcycle

I don’t feel too bad because the words wisconsin trials motorcycle don’t bring WOTA up top, either.