mickl

The new 2023 certainly doesn't look lighter. I think the 2022's were the best looking bike of all time (Especially the factory and Fajardo replicas) I'm not sure why but on the 2023 it looks like the backend is now fatter(?) and overall less lean and ready to pounce😆. I'm hoping they look better in person, but im finding it hard to get as excited about the new Sherco vs the new Gasgas and others.

It may have been mentioned here before, But the reality is that the market will decide what product will be successful. If a manufacturer makes a bike that involves too many "exotic" components and becomes too expensive, People will not buy it. Likewise, if a manufacturer produces bikes that are continually not reliable. (Every manufacturer has a few years) people will not buy them. This logic applies to all products, it is the pursuit of continuous improvement that keeps manufacturers balancing the three fundamental factors; "Performance-Reliability-Cost". (There are three factors not just cost and reliabilty) I dont think retarding this continued development follows any logic. Scorpa SY series were a bike that had good reliabilty and cost, but fell behind on performance, so no one bought them and they went bankrupt. People will vote with their wallets for what makes the best balace for them. Interfrering with this, I believe is bad for the sport and bad for business.

The other thing you could check is that the gas cap is venting properly, The fuel in the tank gets warm when riding off of heat from the engine, and if you add fresh (cooler) fuel to the tank and then put the cap on, it will pull a vacuum if the cap is not venting properly. Just one of many possible explanations, but where I would start. The other thing would be changing to a clear fuel line to rule out if it is a fuel starvation issue.

I think Spenser is right on the rational behind this, This is likely the first small step in making the two stroke no longer a competitive option. I would expect to see displacement limits imposed upon bikes in the near future, with favourable limits given to four stroke machines. (For example new rules to allow competition on a 4T limited to 350cc, or a 2T limited to 200cc.) It has been seen in other forms or motorsport that the FIM favour 4T, and there have been rumours for years that Honda has deep roots of influence in FIM.

At one of our recent get togethers we had a discussion on how to properly (or improperly) pronounce Beta. Some of the answers seemed to depend on which region of the world you originated from. So I figured it would be interesting to throw it out to the TC members. Maybe someone connected to Beta can provide a more official answer.

The cinematography of the Toni Bou video is good and it is always awesome to watch him ride, but the TB video is very poor on the instructional side imho. Save your gold, and watch him ride on youtube. The Ryan Young videos on the other hand may not have the best production effect, but are very good for demonstrating riding techniques in ways that make sense.

Welcome to Trials, You will love it. What part of Canada are you in?

I am hoping the new rules do not turn too many people off of Trials, . We have all seen novice riders momentarily pause in section, or even momentarly pause and dab to regain composure. Right or wrong if they continuosly get a "epic fail-5", vs a "made a few mistakes but continued on-3" it will be very discouraging for new riders. Also if a rider in any class gets a 5 for stopping because it is what the checker percieved, and another does not because the checker didn't, it will definately turn riders off from the sport. The very essence is about control whether or not you ride it no stop if you have the control to stop and balance. Dry trials with traction work well for stoping and hopping, wet slippery trials you need to use more of a non-stop riding technique. Both require control and skill, and you need to be able to not only know how to ride both ways, but also when to ride a particular way in order to excel. Both styles have their place, but mandating one style is not in the best interest of the sport.

I have the same bike, Has been a very good bike for me. The stock bike has more power than I will ever need, but I got the S3 titanium pipe for it, and found a slight but noticable increase in power throuout, in particular right off of idle and near the top of the RPM range. Definately not nessessary but it is a option.

I have recently aquired a SY250 with longride tank, The tank has a few large areas of the thick blue/purple paint/ coating chipping off, and seems to be fairly easy to chip off. So I was wondering if anyone has ever stripped the tank bare to the translucent white plastic. Was it sucessful?, Did it make the bike look terrible?, Did it shave 2 pounds off the total bike weight? Thanks Mick