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Hi as Pete says halfords primer worked for me also, not sure how long it lasted as I sold the bike shortly after,last year I met a guy who rides with the bon accord club and his scorpa was done in a wrap, very effective and looked a realy good finish, and quite hard wearing according to the owner. might be worth considering, I`m sure he said it was only

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would lampkins really change the main bearings for £100 ? best to call and ask but payed 98 plus postage but that was 18 months - 2 years ago. Iam talking about sending only the shaft all other work by self Its a precision job not a difficult job. I`m confusing the issue here, by main bearing I mean the big end bearing, always been main bearing to me and what everyone else refers to as mains is crankshaft bearings to me sorry for confusion. crankshaft bearings don`t sieze, they are normally roller or needle so collapse rather than sieze Whiz

Hi Whip the barrel off and check to see if the con rod moves on the shaft, the noise may have been the main bearing siezing up and the piston taking lumps out of the cyclinder wall, which is one possibility for the kickstart not moving, with most other failures you get some sort of movement in the kick start but not with the mains. If it is take the engine out stick it in a box and post it to lampkins and you will have it back in a week minus around

Not Trials related I know. But Scotland and rallying have lost one of it`s greatest drivers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11412436 A truly nice guy and a tragic loss Whiz

Hi We have had Beta`s for years and there is not one answer to your problem, I`ve come to the conclusion that they all work but the real answer is luck. what I now do, is split the caliper, remove the pistons and carefully fill the caliper with fluid then very gently push each of the pistons back in, this is not easy as they have to be really tight for them to work, but only to the point where they have entered the seal, ie a couple of mm then when you have all the pistons entered ease them in in rotation as gently as poss untill all the way home, you should see air being pushed out, then re-assemble the caliper making sure that all oil ways are overflowwing with fluid. fit the caliper to the bike and bleed the rest of the system before you fit the pipe, end of pipe in a container full of fluid and pump till there is no air, make sure you have the caliper full of fluid then fit the pipe, fingers over the end untill last minute, fit banjo, slowly pumping as you tighten it up to get rid of air and the jobs a good un. The air in my experience always gets traped in the caliper behind the pistons where it can move about and not get expelled. This may not work for you, as I said it seems to be down to luck and perseverance. All the best Whiz

Thanks guys got it done. Dead simple

Hi Are you sure that the bars are bent? If your mate ran into a tree with the front wheel at speed it may be that the forks are twisted. Not as serious as it sounds, simply loosen off all the fork clamps a little, both top and bottom yolkes. Give the front end a good shake about, if it has twisted then with it all loose everything should settle back into it`s proper place. tighten up the clamps and have a ride around, you may find all is ok. bars don`t bend easy it usually takes a direct impact on the bars themselves at full lock and a fall from a great height. Hope you are lucky and don`t need to shell out Cheers Whiz Edit SNAP

Hi Folks can anyone out there give me an idea of whats involved in replacing the gear selector shaft on a 08 4t, and point me to where i can find a diagram or anything that might help, is it an engine out job? Many thanks in advance Whiz

Hi as prreviously stated simply push the fuel cap breather pipe into the aux tank pipe, this can be a bit awkward as it is a tight fit when re-fueling pull the original breather off of the cap rather than pulling pipes apart. This has worked for my young un for the last rwo scottish`s without any problems. I can see where Bigwig is comming from, i did wonder about that, but we ran the tank for a long time before the Scottish without any hassel, but if you have the skills to do as Bigwig has done then it will do no harm The only comment would be that my young fella will never use the revs that Alex would, therefore not the same demands are being made of the breather system Either way they are a great piece of kit if a little pricey whiz

world trials now on eurosport 2 A whole 2 hours worth enjoy

world championship trials now on eurosport 2 now A whole 2 hours worth enjoy

the only other start stop i can remember is the safeways carpark before it was built "if you`d seen those roads before they were made you`d lift up your hands and bless General Wade"

Mark Got to agree the West End is a nightmare. The mountain bike world cup seems to do all right being out of town, would the parade still take place and town hall Brae and the finnish podium still be as is? If so then I think it would work ok. Mind you there would be one hell of a que at Leanachan monday morning ps Might not be so good for the trade stands though

Hi i echo the previous posts, excellent work, very well done. Got to say the TC dvd and the CJB dvd are really quite different both giving an excellent overview of the SSDT in thier own style. As for the music debate there were three of us watching your dvd and almost in unison said ''it`s a pity you can`t hear the bikes" I appreciate how difficult it is with back ground noise and the amount of work that would be involved in choosing the footage where you can hear bikes and fading in and out from music and back again but if some kind of mix was possible I think it would improve an all-ready great dvd. The music choice was great by the way but the sound of a trials bike is also music HaHa Thanks again Whiz

Hi have a look here http://www.betatrialuk.com/content/blogcategory/23/72/ Cheers

Hi Lee I have e-mailed you!! Guys I`m not looking to upset anyone just need some help in getting my biike running the best I can, and this topic is very missleading What would you guys do? fit the oe carb? Whiz

totalshell what makes you say that the oko is miles better? Do you have first hand experience of the 26mm oko on a 200? reason i ask is that i have spoken with Chris this morning, he is unwilling to sell me an oko for the 200 as he has not done the development work for this machine as he feels that a 24mm would be the better carb. He also advised me to go with oe Dellorto from Bill Pye.(I will go with this untill he gets development done.) Got to say I admire his attitude and the value he puts on his reputation, pity there weren`t more like him. I may have got it wrong or it may be a case of a post going off topic ie 200 quetion 240 answer. Be interesting to hear if a 26mm set up for 240 worked out of the box for a 200 Another point is that what feels miles better for the average punter will be far short of perfection to someone of Chris`s well tuned ear. I`m rambling here Let me know Cheers Whiz

The angel Gabriel said to God What you working on today? God said I`m making a place called Scotland, It`s goin to have stunning mountains with fast flowing rivers full of beautifull brown trout, the most beautiful lochs, a stunning coastline, with lush green land and fantastic blue skies and sunsets that will blow your mind, the people are going to be friendly and intelligent and I`m going to give them a national drink called whisky. Gabriel said Aren`t you being a bit ott with this Scotland? the people will think they are already in Heaven. Na not really said God Wait till I tell you about the neighbours

That`s rubbish service. Take them back and demand your money back if they try and p--s you about, let them know you are going down to your local council offce/town hall and reporting them to the trading standards office if that does not make them see sense then they deserve all that they get. You are absolutely 100% due a refund as goods are not fit for purpose as has been said before. Sorry to hear of problems as they look like good boots and I was thinking about trying them as my beloved Gearnes are getting to be stupid money, but the best boots ever! Whiz

Hi Folks Rode the yoiung uns Rev 4t today and the clutch was like a switch very on or very off with sod all in between, very heavy to use as well. searched the forum and can find lots about the dragging clutch issues but not this particular problem, anyone have any advice?. He seems used to it but I`m keen to try and improve it if I can. Any thoughts or advice will be much appreciated. Cheers Whiz ps; haven`t actually looked at it yet It`s bl---y baltic in that shed!

Hi Russ try here http://www.betatrialuk.com/content/blogcategory/23/72/ Whiz

Hi I`ve got a twin room booked at the travel lodge at scotch corner which isn`t to far away, I`m not able to go now and the room is non refundable, if anyone can use it it`s yours for free. pm me and i`ll give you the confirmation no and details cheers whiz

Try here always find them very helpfull http://www.bultacouk.com/ inmotion trials is what you are looking for whiz

Thanks for the post Rockhopper you wouldn`t like to add a PS would you and share the results with joe public Cheers Whiz