The basic skills of bike control are constant, whether it's road, track, or mud, but specific skills that enable you to excel in any of those environments have to be learned individually. So what happens when you take a seasoned road rider and drag them out of their comfort zone?

We put MCN Senior Editor Richard Newland on a Honda Montessa Cota 4RT trials bike to find out.

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