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    Hi Pete, I haven't really had a look at an 11 Evo rear hub but on my little brothers 07 rev 80 we had this problem with the sprocket and we ended up drilling right through and having bolts through and nutted providing a much stronger and secure mount, but as I say I can't say I have looked at a rear hub on the 11's so unsure weather it would work but just another idea. Also a merry Christmas to you to Pete. Cheers, Brad.
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  3. Hi guys. This weekend i'm going to the local trial and i plan to test ride/inspect an '08 rev 3 250, is there anything to look out for apart from the usual wheel bearings, shock mounts, and headset bearings?? Any help will be much appreciated. Cheers, Brad.
  4. Also power on in the rocky bits and use momentum on the sandy bits as i presume there will be no grip on them bits.
  5. Jitsie!! just bought some and they are great, not skin tight like my clice pants but not uber bagger like my fox motorcross pants, and they come in a variety of colours and designs, also they are much, much better quality than clice. I wear 32" pants/shorts for casual wear (perfect fit) and i bought the medium sized jitsie gear and they fit perfectly. Cheers Brad.
  6. here are some photos of my clean bike and the items used. http://s1134.photobucket.com/albums/m618/BetaNZ/ Cheers Brad.
  7. I will add a couple of photos tomorrow when it is light. Cheers Brad.
  8. Cheers Ralphy. My tutor is going to get my some hydraulic work experience, which should be awesome as hydraulics is the best out there i reakon . Yes catch up some time, that would be good. Cheers Brad.
  9. HOW TO CLEAN A MOTORCYCLE By Bradley Grant Aim: To end up with a presentable bike What you will need: 1: Bucket 2: Hard bristled brush 3: Weed sprayer (cheap one from a hardware store will work well enough) 4: Garden hose 5: Bike 6: Stand for bike that holds the rear wheel up in the air (a nice hydraulic one is good, but a big bit of firewood or something like that would also work) 7: About an hour of time 8: Good bike cleaner (I prefer a citrus based detergent) Method: 1: Park your bike on some concrete and on a stand of some sort. 2: Get your hose, hook it up to the tap (don't turn it on yet or you will just waste water). 3: Get your bucket, fill it with luke warm water and add your bike cleaner, and drop your brush in the bucket and place this beside your bike. 4: Get your weed sprayer, fill it with luke warm water and your bike cleaner, and screw the top back on and place this beside your bucket. 5: Turn the tap on and you should have a hose with water pouring out of it. 6: Wet your bike, some of the dirt should come of aswell, depending on how powerful your hose is. 7: Turn the tap off (I just tie the end of the hose in a simple knot to stop the water flow) 8: Get your brush out of your bucket with soapy water, it should be wet with some bubbly soap on it. 9: Scrub your engine (I start with the kickstart side) remember to scrub hard to remove all dirt! keep scrubbing until you are satisfied with the cleanliness of that side of the engine. 10: Turn on the tap (or untie the hose) and wash away all the loose dirt and detergent. 11: Repeat steps 9 and 10 on each 'section' of the bike. I do it as follows; 1: Kickstart side of engine area. 2: Front end (wheel, tyre, forks, mudguard, name plate or headlight, handlebars, front of radiator, header pipe, bash plate, and the brake components) 3: The non kickstart side of the engine area. 4: Rear end (wheel, tyre, swingarm, mudguard, chain and sprokets, brake components, shock, and the foot pegs) 5: The top of the bike (mudguard, tank, frame, and the 'seat') 12: Do this twice around the bike. 13: Now get your weed sprayer full of warm, soapy water and pump it up so that it has sufficient pressure and spray it all over the dirt/oil that remains, do this all over the bike and get the nozzle as close to the dirt/oil as possible, this usually removes the dirt/oil that you cant get at with the brush. 14: After you have thouroughly covered the bike with this method, rinse it off with the hose. 15: Stand back and admire your clean bike. For an added effect buy yourself some silicone spray, this will not only make your plastics shiny it will also protect them. Silicone spray also works on tyre sidewalls, dark metalic parts on your bike, and ALL plastics, such as the front sproket/flywheel cover, the radiator cover, and the chain guard. For an even more thorough wash, remove all plastics before washing commences and also clean the underside of the removed plastics. Cheers Brad.
  10. haha yea, an aprenticeship would be awesome!!!!
  11. All I wear is tight trials pants (clice, but I cannot recomend them as the quality is just not that great, after about 2 weeks some of the stitching had come undone), short sleeved t-shirt (normal cotton t-shirt that you would wear around normally., Gaerne trials boots (these are sooo comfortable and they look pretty good too), V-can v590 trials helmet, giro mountainbike gloves (because i get good deals at the local bike shop and the motorcycle shop had nothing likable in stock... try chainreactioncycles.com for gloves as they have a massive selection), I dont wear baggy pants as they tend to get caught on things and they just dont feel right when riding, and i highly reccomend wearing gloves as having grazed hands will only keep you from riding, also i wear a short sleeved t-shirt as I find that if you are cold in the winter you just arent working hard enough lol, and i find that the long sleeved trials shirts are just too baggy and get in the way, although i do wear my long sleeved trials top at national/ island events as it matches my pants and makes me look good lol. Cheers Brad.
  12. Hi pete, All I did is i took them to my engineering tutor at polytech and he helped me straighten them, so now I have straight forks and more engineering knowledge. Cheers Brad.
  13. Thanks for the help guys, the triple clamps are fine and not twisted in anyway, so I will do some more tests and then see where im at, Cheers Brad.
  14. Hi there, I have just had a crash out in the paddock in which i tried to go up a bank with nearly no run up (bank is vertical) and the bike got up the top and managed to do a flip while I watched from to bottom, when i picked it up everthing in the front end seemed bent or out of place so i came back to the garage and loosened all the triple clamp bolts and axle pinch bolts and wigled it around and it made no difference so i kept it all loose and took the mudgaurd and brake caliper off and then proceeded to take the front wheel out and it took a lot more effort than normal to get the axle out but it eventually gave in and out came the front wheel aswell, then i slowly turned the axle in my hand and up at the light to see if it was bent and it is fine, so i then went to take out the forks and as you would normally i grabed the stantions and pulled down aswell as twisted them and they would not budge at all so i took the top triple clamp off the top and the forks came out the bottom of the lower clamp normally. then i held a ruler against the stantions of both forks and you can see a gap between the edge of the ruler and the fork stantion about 5 cm up from the outer fork, but only on the left hand side one, the one without the spring. so my question to you is: Are my forks or well.. fork bent or not? and if your not sure any other ideas to test it? also if it is bent is it possible for the fork stantion to be taken out and straightened? (obviously not by me lol) Note: my bike is a 2001 beta rev 3 250 with the paoli forks. Really need urgent help!!! Cheers Brad.
  15. The pioneer guys are great, they have helped me a lot with my trials. They are based in Christchurch and most of their trials are out on the peninsula which is great, for trials dates check out their website...... www.pioneertrials.co.nz Also at the end of feb there is a trial down in Timaru, (where i live) it is held on an absolutly awesome property too. Hope to see you around. Cheers Brad.
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