[totalshell]

well with my 240 pro all bolted up all i needed was the 'excuse' to get into the garage and get the thing running for the first time.( i'd bought it as trial ready but a non runner!).

I follow Big Johns adage ' you cant have too many motorcycles' so it has been easy for it to be in the garage ( next to the washing machines and freezer) AND undiscovered by mrs TS since its purchase and during the rebuild..

with a fresh tank of unleaded and 50.1 PJ1 the bike fired third kick. ticked over on choke ok and would tick over with help once warmed through. once the smoke had cleared (PJ1 used as a lube during assembly) turned it off and let cool. a final check and off we rode round the TS estate.

10 minutes and back at the garage the carby was adjusted slightly and off we went..

WHAT AN ENGINE.. rides very similAr to my beta, fairly soft on tickover ( will be better when i' Ve RE-adjusted it) and pulls and wheelies v. easily

not wanting to rush but first trial on the thing tommorow.... nice and steady..??

[axulsuv]

GUARANTEED !! the more you ride her the more you'll like her !!! (had a girlfreind like that once...)
Glenn

[totalshell]

Well had the whole day riding the thing today. Red rose classic trial near todmorden. had some lazy marks lost in the 4t to 2t hangover ie expecting engine braking when theres v. little and expecting it to 'plonk' like my cub when really it likes to buzz.

so thoughts on the 240 and its first ride.. engine revs well and pulls usably in sections in 4th! some carb adjsutments might improve as from 1/4 throttle in 3rd and up it can 'bog' a little ( i mean a little) will tick over easily all day, forks are very 'chopper' which suits my style of attack, but they are way to soft so some firming deffo req.
rear betors ( new) were up to the job of keeping my 95 kilos off the back tyre. brakes.. not used to this but fronts nearly had me over the bars a couple of times and rears had me stalling twice! so they work may just wind off the rear a bit and investigate a less agricultural rear brake lever.

overall bags of potential a bike that is genuinely usable in 2 nd and third on sections, i'll play with the forks and the rear brake pedal i'm also off to see a fabricater tommorow as i saw a fantic with nicely made alloy side panels/ seat base ( this will mean i can sit lower and narrower and save my precious plastic side panels..

oh by the way we won our class.. ( hands up though only two of us in it..) next trial in a fortnight.

[axulsuv]

TS .!!! Told ya !
Check with Mike at http://www.tryalsshop.com/ he supplied me with a sammy miller adj. rear brake lever . It works much better than the stock one , and he may have another laying about . And when you get used to it as is , go for the OKO from Chris , Mine will tractor off idle in any gear that's practical ... And get some WES progressive fork springs and set the preload spacers up so you get the same drop front and rear.
They are abit softer initially , but very rarely bottom out hard with my 200+lbs on them .
Glad you like the old girl .
Glenn

[totalshell]

well the weeks half over (t- time weds) had the carby off and put an OKO on from chris at classictrials. swap was stress free ( fuel pipes a different bore to the one on mine, but easy to put a piece of new pipe on) hardest part was getting the Fecking rubbers on. not that the carbs at faut they just have to be snug and takes some lining up but that would be the case with an OEM carby.
just as prophesised by chris bike started straight away and ran easily on tickover in garage , warmed her up riding up and down drive , and with some tickling of the air screw and tickover shes purring on tick over steady as a rock . under way shes very smooth at tick over ( a little off 100% still but that will come with a little more 'play time') still all very controllable went up through gears ok so in an hour of fitting time and 15 minutes of tickling i've a bike that was better than before and the promise of more to come..
had the 240 seat and side panels off to move the rear mudguard further round and am having a shot at fabricating some alloy side panels combined with a seat base ( to save a little weight but mainly to reduce the length of leg req to touch the floor and to keep the panel and decals for resale. ( performance is everything cosmetics is for gurls..)

[axulsuv]

YEP ...
Next to the falcons , fork springs , footpegs , etc. etc. The absolute best mod to mine was the OKO , (although replacing the stock worn out , leaking shocks did make the bike 100% more ridable )
Glenn

This post has been edited by axulsuv: 26 November 2008 - 05:36 PM

[totalshell]

well did a couple of hours work and then into garage with the aim of getting the carby set up right. bike started first kick and ticked over straight away on choke, when warm let choke off and bike ran without help.

an hour ( including a chat with a motorbikeing jehovahs witness, who came round with the watch tower) playing with the throttle screw and air/ pilot screw and the bike is simply 99% spot on ( judged against my uber soft tickover Beta)

i had planned to take the bike up to my quarry but its coming down off the Pennines in stairods so a quick ride down the lane to railway emankment ( lots of long wet slippy grass and step slopes) and the bike rolled up and down as nice as pie , as good as i my beta and certainly better than my cub ( which is a very good bike)

at the trial on sunday the concensus was that it would need a second headgasket as it would 'fight a bit' or would be 'wizzy' ( there words not mine) but the half hour on the slippy stuff above it was very controllable and didnt spin out once.

so engine wise thats it craked as far as i'm concerned, i still have the forks to play with this afternoon and some head scratching regarding alloy side panels.

next trial is a week on sunday can't wait.

so the bottom line.. whats it cost to get here.

bike 240 pro circa 1981. bought from an ebay seller ( ironically in the next street!!) he withdrew the bike as it had lost compresssion and needed a new piston and re lining. bike had new cables, new plastics, new unused michelin tyres, new F and R brake shoes ( and the things were lathed to fit the bike) brand new Betor rear shocks, it was trial ready ( except for the engine..) cost 640

barral relined and new piston plus new steel kickstart all for 300 from bob wright ( smashing guy loads of advice)

oko carb from chris stevens ( classictrials) 105 (again loves his fantics loads of honest advice and i had the carb less than 18 hours after ordering it.. great service)

so for just over a grand i've got on paper and in practice a decent competative twinshock bike with all new consumables on it for 45 quid more than a grand. I think thats a fair deal. you could of course bought a 4 or five year old beta for that money but with all the plastics and new top end? or a p65 bike of dubious quality, certainly not a cub or any of the 'heavy metal.

now how to explain it to the wife..

This post has been edited by totalshell: 27 November 2008 - 01:14 PM

[Lee Harris]

been there, done that, bought the t-shirt

how about the exmoor 3 day at easter in 2009. You can meet soton man there also. And Bilco, but dont lend him your bike....
L